U.S. Department of Energy, Oakland Operations Office, 1301 Clay Street, Room 700N, Oakland, CA 94612-5208

99 -- CHARACTERIZATION OF DOE'S SEPARATIONS PROCESS RESEARCH UNIT AT KNOLLS ATOMIC POWER LABORATORY SOL DE-RP03-99SF21767 POC Donna Lloyd, (510) 637-3525 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contract specialist via, donna.lloyd@oak.doe.gov. The Department of Energy (DOE) Oakland Operations Office (OAK), intends to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Phase I of the environmental remediation of the Separations Process Research Unit (SPRU) located at Knolls Site of the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL) in Schenectady, New York. SPRU is an inactive complex that was used as a pilot plant for developing the chemical processes for extracting both uranium and plutonium from irradiated fuel. The SPRU complex, maintained in protective storage by KAPL for the DOE, consists of the main G-2 and H-2 Buildings as well as ancillary structures. Building G-2 was built to house the SPRU pilot plant and Building H-2 was primarily built to function as a waste process plant for SPRU. As a result of the operations performed in the SPRU facilities, the surrounding grounds, including groundwater, became contaminated radiologically and possibly chemically. The SPRU facilities will be decontaminated and demolished, the surrounding contaminated soils remediated for unrestricted use, and the onsite contaminated groundwater remediated to negotiated clean-up limits consistent with standards, requirements, criteria, or limitations that are determined to be legally applicable or relevant and appropriate (ARARs). Environmental remediation of the SPRU complex will be accomplished in three Phases. Phase 1 of the SPRU remediation effort consists of: 1) identifying the specific nature and extent of contamination of the facilities and of the surrounding environmental media (including surface and subsurface soil, surface water and groundwater); 2) evaluating characterization alternatives/technologies; 3) conducting RCRA Facility Investigations (RFI) for SPRU Solid Waste Management Units (SWMUs) and Areas of Concern (AOCs); 4) inputting data into pathway analysis/dose risk assessment models for determining site-specific derived concentration guideline levels; 5) estimating the occupational and public health and safety impacts during remediation; 6) disposing of waste generated as a result of Phase I activities; and 7) implementing interim corrective measures if required. The period of performance for the Phase I effort is estimated to be seven years. Phase 2 consists of: 1) evaluating remediation alternatives/technologies; 2) facility decontamination and dismantlement; 3) waste disposal; and 4) the selection and implementation of corrective measures for SPRU areas requiring further RCRA corrective actions. Phase 3 consists of confirmatory, final and site surveys. THIS RFP IS FOR PHASE 1 CHARACTERIZATION ACTIVITIES ONLY. The RFP is scheduled to be issued on or about April 7, 1999. A Pre-proposal Conference and Site tour will be conducted at KAPL approximately thirty (30) days after the RFP is issued. This RFP will be issued electronically. HARD COPIES OF THE DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE PROVIDED. Potential offerors interested in reviewing the RFP or wishing an electronic copy may download it on or after the issue date by accessing the OAK Homepage at the following internet address : http://www.oak.doe.gov. Potential offerors experiencing difficulties in accessing the RFP via the internet may request a copy of the RFP and associated documents on a CD -- ROM. The CD-ROM will contain all the documents available on the OAK Home Page: the RFP, drawings of the SPRU complex, a 1992 SPRU Characterization Report, a Current Status Report of the SPRU Complex, a 1993 SPRU Cost Estimate, soil survey reports, Federal Facility Compliance Act Site Treatment Plan Compliance Volume for the KAPL site, and an abbreviated KAPL-Knolls Site RCRA Facility Assessment Preliminary Review/Visual Site Inspection Report for SPRU areas. The OAK Homepage and CD-ROM will not contain DOE Orders, Standards, guidance documents and manuals. However, internet linking addresses for these documents will be posted on the OAK Homepage. Each potential offeror will be provided one (1) copy, if requested, of the CD-ROM. CD-ROMs will be mailed to potential offerors via the U.S. Postal System, first class mail. To obtain a disk, potential offerors must submit a written request along with a self addressed CD-ROM mailer with sufficient postage to Robert Kong, U.S. Department of Energy, Oakland Operations Office, 1301 Clay Street, Room 700N, Oakland, California 94612-5208. Potential offerors who request a CD-ROM but fail to provide a self addressed, stamped CD-ROM mailer will not be sent a CD-ROM. In the event of any conflict between the RFP/documents on the internet and the RFP/documents on CD-ROM, the internet version will prevail. Amendments to the RFP will not be released on CD-ROM. This solicitation will be issued electronically as will any amendments thereto. The Government, therefore, is under no obligation and is in fact unable to maintain a potential offerors mailing list. It is incumbent upon any interested parties to periodically access the OAK Homepage in order to obtain any amendments which may be issued. Failure to obtain any said amendments and to respond to them prior to the date and time set for receipt of proposals may render a potential offerors proposal nonresponsive and result in rejection of the same. See Numbered Note 26. Posted 03/15/99 (W-SN308629). (0074)

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