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F -- COMPLETION OF THE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING CENTER (ETEC) ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATON AND REMEDIATION POC POC -- Aundra Richards, Contracting Officer, (510) 637-1901 E-MAIL: Click here to contact Contracting Officer via e-mail, aundra.richards@oak.doe.gov. The Department of Energy (DOE), Oakland Operations Office, intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, and enter into a new contractual relationship with Boeing North America, Inc. (BNA) to provide for the continuation and completion of the environmental restoration and remediation of the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC), located within BNA's Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL). This environmental restoration and remediation work was originally performed by BNA (formerly, Rockwell International, Inc.) under a Management and Operating (M&O) contract, a form of contract particularly suited to research and development work, at a time when the primary mission of ETEC was to conduct nuclear energy research and development. A DOE decision not to continue the M&O contract, along with the change of mission at the site to one of environmental restoration and remediation, necessitates negotiating a new prime contract with BNA that includes terms and conditions more appropriate to the current activities being conducted on the ETEC site. The new terms and conditions need to accommodate a number of unique and special conditions and issues that apply to the ETEC Site. Among these special conditions are: 1) ETEC controls access to the ETEC site; 2) BNA and DOE share joint liability for contamination at the ETEC site; 3) BNA provides all of ETEC's infrastructure support and utility service access; 4) the ongoing radiation and facility Decontamination and Decommissioning (D&D) work; and 5) the fact that DOE's environmental restoration and remediation work is subject to existing regulatory and programmatic milestones. Because of these unique and special circumstances present at the ETEC site, the contract will be negotiated and awarded to BNA on a sole source basis. Moreover, because DOE and BNA share joint liability for the cleanup of the ETEC site, DOE anticipates that the environmental restoration work at the ETEC site will be conducted under a cost-sharing arrangement with BNA. The environmental restoration work will be conducted over nine years with a five year base period and one four year option. BNA, as the prime contractor, will be required to: 1) Complete the D&D of three facilities with radioactive contamination (the hot cell and two space nuclear reactor facilities) and initiate and complete the D&D of the Radioactive Materials Handling Facility; 2) Complete the D&D of three facilities with sodium contamination (the Large Leak Test Rig, the Small Components Test Loop and the Liquid Metal Development Laboratory #1) and initiate and complete the D&D of three additional facilities (the Liquid Metal Development Laboratory #2, the Sodium Components Test Installation and the Sodium Pump Test Facility); 3) Continue groundwater cleanup of the ETEC site in conjunction with groundwater cleanup effort for the SSFL; 4) Complete soil characterization and cleanup; 5) Operate the Hazardous Waste Management Facility (HWMF) and the Radioactive Materials Handling Facility (RMHF) in compliancewith RCRA permitting requirements and the management of mixed waste streams in accordance with the Site Treatment Plan mandated by the Federal Facility Compliance Act (FFC Act); 6) Conduct landlord activities including hazardous material removal, asbestos abatement, bulk sodium removal, soil monitoring, groundwater monitoring, facilities preparation and restoration or demolition, and facility and site surveillance and maintenance activities; and 7) Provide infrastructure support to the ETEC site (water discharge under the SSFL National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit, road maintenance, water and sewer services, electrical power, physical security, site access control, fire protection and safety and health support). Businesses, especially Small and Small/Disadvantaged Businesses, are encouraged to contact BNA for possible subcontract opportunities. ***** (0260)

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