Twelve people representing 11 companies showed up at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site Oct. 21 to take a physical tour and learn more about a potential $21-billion, long-term contract for liquid waste cleanup.
In addition to Amentum, the lead partner for incumbent Savannah River Remediation, other firms who turned out are Aecon-Wachs, Akima, Atkins, Fluor, Geosyntec Consultants, Innovative Solutions Unlimited, Jacobs, James Fisher Technologies, Parsons and Sunbelt Rentals.
Based on an Internet search, it appears at least a couple of the firms in the group , Geosyntec and Sunbelt Rentals, are now involved in disinfecting facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
DOE released its request for proposals (RFP) Oct. 1 for what the agency calls the Savannah River Site Integrated Management contract. Work on the contract could go on as long as 15 years, but DOE would only place orders for 10 years after the award. Bid proposals are due by 3 p.m. Eastern Time on Dec. 1.
The new contractor team will be responsible for integration of liquid waste facilities that span three miles and 170 acres at the Savannah River complex adjacent to the Georgia border, according to slides from the event recently posted on a DOE procurement website.
Among the facilities involved include Saltstone Production and Disposal Facilities, the Defense Waste Processing Facility, H Tank Farm and the Salt Waste Processing Facility undergoing hot commissioning by Parsons. Parsons, which built the Salt Waste Processing Facility, is scheduled to run it for a year before turning it over to the liquid waste contractor.
Generally, the waste resulted from the processing of spent nuclear fuel and nuclear material production targets in the F and H Canyons from the 1950’s to today. H Canyon continues to process spent nuclear fuel today and sends up to 300,000 gallons of waste to the liquid waste system per year, according to the presentation.
