The Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management is looking for a group of qualified vendors to compete for orders for nationwide waste treatment services.
In a recently published batch of questions and answers, the Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center, said it is not issuing an indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract for nationwide treatment services for mixed and low-level waste, but rather is seeking a group of pre-qualified providers to vie for basic ordering agreements.
“Once awarded, each site holds their own separate competition amongst the BOA holders to award work,” the DOE said in the document posted last week. There might be some sole source opportunities. There could also be some instances where only a few of the BOA holders will choose to compete for an individual order.
The Energy Department has not determined an estimated value yet for the procurement.
Babcock Services, Environmental Dimensions, EnergySolutions, Omega Technical Services Group, Waste Control Specialists, UniTech Services Group, and Perma-Fix Environmental Services are among the agency’s current waste treatment providers.
On Aug. 31, the DOE issued its final request for proposals for the nationwide waste treatment services.
The orders, which must be completed within six years, can include a range of radioactive waste in liquid, solid, sludge, or gaseous forms left over from nuclear weapons production. The material can also include bulk survey for release services waste, as defined by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The treatment forms can include methods including macro-encapsulation, stabilization and thermal treatment.
Proposals are due by 4 p.m. Eastern time on Sept. 30 and should be emailed to [email protected].
