The Department of Energy on Monday issued a request for proposals for the Nevada Environmental Program Services contract, which could be worth up to $350 million over 10 years.
Navarro Research and Engineering holds the current $80 million contract, which began in March 2015 and runs through January 2020.
The RFP for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract and task orders will be 100% set-aside for small business, DOE said.
The department issued its draft RFP for environmental work at the Nevada Nuclear Security Site in July 2018 and conducted an industry day for prospective vendors the following month. The incumbent and nearly 40 other parties attended the session, including: Los Alamos Technical Associates, Pro2Serve, Leidos, Veolia Nuclear Solutions-Federal Services, Longenecker & Associates, AECOM, and Atkins.
Any questions on the RFP should be sent by July 30 to EMNevadaEPS@emcbc.doe.gov. Proposals are due Aug. 21.
The selected firm will conduct characterization and deactivation and decommissioning (D&D) and soil remediation for industrial sites. The vendor will oversee the Radioactive Waste Acceptance Program (RWAP) to ensure generators of low-level waste or mixed waste comply with the NNSS waste acceptance criteria.
The DOE Office of Environmental Management contractor is also responsible for remediation work on the Nevada Test and Training Range and the Tonopah Test Range that were contaminated during nuclear testing operations.
There is a 60-day transition period to the new contractor, according to the performance work statement.
The Nevada National Security Site (NNSS), formerly known as the Nevada Test Site, was home for decades to full-scale atmospheric and underground nuclear testing. The last test was conducted in 1992.