Fleet & Industrial Supply Center, Norfolk Naval Shipyard Annex, Purchase Division, Building 1500, Portsmouth, VA 23709-5000

W -- RENTAL TYPE B SHIELDED CONTAINERS SOL N00181-99-R-0007 POC Terry Merkel, Code 531.5C, (757) 396-8349; Martha Hillegas, Code 530A, (757) 396-8349 Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) proposes to rent as a unit a Type B shipping container, transport and purchase a high integrity container for burial of radioactive waste. A new high integrity container will be required to be installed in each rented Type B shipping container. An option for four (4) additional units over the next three (3) years is anticipated. Rental Type B shipping containers shall meet the applicable requirements of 10 CFR 71, and must be approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). NRC approval of the shipping container is a pre-requisite to offer on the solicitation since time constraints do not allow for approval of a new product. The interior cavity of the Type B shipping container shall be an upright circular cylinder with a minimum volume to contain the high integrity container discussed below. The Type B shipping container must have two removable lids. The large lid shall allow access to the entire interior volume from above. The small lid shall allow access to the closure pan on the top of the high integrity container and shall be centrally located on the larger lid. The high integrity container installed in the Type B shipping container shall have a minimum capacity of 650 gallons. The high integrity container shall be approved for disposal as a stable waste container at the Hanford, Washington site by the State of Washington Department of Health when used in conjunction with concrete barriers and at Barnwell, South Carolina in accordance with the State of South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control requirements. The high integrity container shall have a closure pan on the top with connections for filling, dewatering, venting as well as level and temperature monitoring. The Type B shipping container and high integrity container shall be equipped with lifting attachments fabricated, installed, tested, and inspected in accordance with NAVSEA 0989-030-7000. Each Type B shipping container shall be provided on a trailer for highway transportation, and shall be removable from the trailer. A requirements-type contract is anticipated. Response date for submission of offers will be established in the solicitation. Requests for the solicitation package will be accepted via mail only, addressed to Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Norfolk Naval Shipyard Annex, Attn: Purchase Div., Code 531.5C/Terry Merkel, Building 1500, 2nd Floor, Portsmouth, VA 23709-5000. Fax and/or phone requests are not authorized and will not be accepted. Posted 01/27/99 (I-SN291879). (0027)

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