The legacy cleanup vendor at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico is seeking a subcontractor to excavate several old concrete slabs and provide related deactivation and decommissioning work at Technical Area 21.
Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos (N3B) expects to sign a firm-fixed-price contract with the subcontractor that will be chosen based on technical approach, experience, price, and other factors, according to a posting on a federal procurement site Tuesday.
The contractor is not issuing an estimated cost for the subcontract.
The scope of work includes abatement of hazardous materials; completion of waste characterization; remediation of remaining structures, industrial waste, and utility lines; and removal of contaminated soils on the Delta Prime Mesa. The work will be done within Technical Area 21, the site of chemical research for refining plutonium and related operations at LANL from the 1940s until the 1970s.
The current procurement centers around removal of slabs and basements from previously demolished buildings.
The successful bidder will also conduct human health and ecological risk assessments, which will be reported to the state of New Mexico to ensure removal of asbestos and other hazardous materials from the site.
The work was originally advertised in April, and a series of modifications have been made since then. A site tour for prospective vendors is set for June 19. Proposals are due by 3 p.m. MT on July 8, according to the notice.
The primary contact is Heather Evans, N3B subcontract manager, at [email protected].
Earlier this year, N3B awarded a subcontract for an undisclosed amount to Los Alamos Technical Associates to tear down Building 257, a retired liquid waste processing facility, within this same area.
The N3B team started its $1.38 billion, 10-year legacy cleanup contract at Los Alamos in April 2018. Its work includes tearing down old structures, remediation of contaminated legacy waste sites, and protecting a major regional aquifer.
