The Energy Department on Thursday released a draft solicitation for liquid waste cleanup work at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C. that could be worth up to $6 billion over 10 years, including options.
The deal will follow-up an eight-year, $4.1 billion deal held by incumbent Savannah River Remediation, a conglomerate led by AECOM and including Bechtel National, CH2M, and BWXT. Awarded in 2009, the pact expires on June 30, 2017, and includes a pair of concurrent options DOE has exercised.
According to DOE’s Thursday press release about the draft, work covered under the follow-up deal includes: operations of existing radioactive liquid waste facilities for storage, treatment, stabilization, and disposal of waste; waste removal from tanks and tank closures; construction of additional saltstone disposal units; operation of the Salt Waste Processing Facility after facility commissioning, startup, and one year of operation; and liquid waste program and regulatory support.
DOE also said it will hold a pre-solicitation site tour and one-on-one meetings with interested parties the week of April 18.
There is a great deal of interest in competing for the follow-on award, as a well-attended industry day in October testified. At the meeting, a BWXT representative indicated SRR intends to bid for the new contract, the Aiken Standard reported.
