The Department of Energy said Friday it is seeking offers from ventures interested in developing energy or advanced manufacturing or computing projects on up to 3,700 acres of available land at the Hanford Site in Richland, Wash.
DOE’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) announced a request for offer (RFO) on Hanford land in a Friday news release. Responses are due by 4 p.m. on Jan. 29.
The notice was posted online on the government procurement website, SAM.gov.
DOE’s Hanford Field Office will sponsor a virtual industry day on Dec. 9, to provide more information about this opportunity. To register, potential attendees should email EMRedevelopment@doe.gov.
Questions on the RFO should be sent to that same email address by Nov. 20, according to online documents filed with the RFO.
“EM is seeking proposals from industry to enter into one or more long-term realty agreements at the site that would be solely funded by the applicants,” DOE said in the press release. “Applicants will be responsible for building, operating, and decommissioning each project and must secure utility interconnection agreements.”
DOE is “committed to maintaining and enhancing American leadership in Super Intelligence (SI) [a term the White House prefers over artificial intelligence (AI)]and energy generation to promote economic competitiveness, national security, and scientific advancement,” according to the RFO.
Data centers are among the possibilities, the Tri-City Herald newspaper reported Friday.
“With our Hanford team delivering historic cleanup progress, now is the time to invest in a community that has shouldered the burden of the past for far too long,” said DOE Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management Tim Walsh, in the news release. “At a site where too many see only challenges, I see opportunities for revitalization and new generational and life changing jobs as we clean the legacy of the past to power a future built on affordable American energy, high-paying jobs, innovation and enduring economic vitality.”
