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99 -- TECHNOLOGIES FOR POST-TREATING NEUTRALENT FROM THE DESTRUCTION/TREATMENT OF NON-STOCKPILE CHEMICAL MATERIEL DUE 062899 POC Ms. Cassie Volpe, Sr. contracts Administrator, 410-569-6865 The Office of Project Manager, Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel (PM NSCM) is seeking technologies that can be implemented in the near-term for post-treating neutralent from the destruction/treatment of non-stockpile chemical materiel (NSCM). Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation, as a Program and Integration Support (PAIS) II contractor to the Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization, has been tasked to identify, evaluate, and recommend technologies for chemical demilitarization. In this capacity, Stone & Webster is soliciting technical information packages for technologies for post-treating neutralent. "Neutralent" refers to the matrix of compounds produced by the destruction of either chemical agents (those compounds listed on Schedule 1 or 2 of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)) or industrial chemicals (those compounds listed on Schedule 3 of the CWC). Neutralents are produced by the NSCM treatment systems the Munitions Management Device, Version 1 (MMD-1) and the Rapid Response System (RRS). The MMD-1 is designed to destroy NSCM munitions such as projectiles, mortars, and bombs as well as NSCM bulk items such as DOT bottles, drums, and glass containers and vials. The RRS is designed to destroy the glass bottles or glass ampules of neat agent, agent/chloroform solution and agent adsorbed on charcoal that are found in Chemical Agent Identification Sets (CAIS). Post-treatment technologies are needed to convert neutralents from MMD-1 and RRS into benign effluents that meet regulatory requirements and can be safely released to the environment onsite or shipped to commercial waste disposal facilities without further treatment. Approximately 2,000 items eligible for destruction in the MMD-1 and 5,000 CAIS and CAIS components scheduled for processing in the RRS had been recovered as of 1997, the year the CWC entered into force. NSCM recovery operations are ongoing, and may be necessary at over 100 sites nationwide. The CWC mandates the destruction of recovered NSCM items containing chemical agents (substances produced for chemical warfare and no other purpose) within 10 years of its entry into force (EIF) date of April 24, 1997. For items containing industrial chemicals (substances fabricated for other purposes in addition to chemical warfare), the CWC mandates destruction within 5 years of its EIF. Based on these time limits, PM NSCM requires that neutralent post-treatment technologies be fully operational by the end of the year 2002. A request for technical information packages on near-term neutralent post-treatment technologies is available on the Internet at http://www.stoneweb.com/rfpneutralent.htm. The request outlines information required in a submitted technical information package, such as design information packages and testing plans for bringing proposed technologies to the level of field implementation. The request also provides information about chemical agents, industrial chemicals and reagents for the destruction/treatment of NSCM in the MMD-1 and the RRS. In an attachment, the request also summarizes the criteria and scoring factors for technology evaluations and provides the complete Evaluation Criteria and Questionnaire. In response to the request, Offerors should submit technical information packages to: Ms. Cassie Volpe, Sr. Contracts Administrator Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. 2104 Tollgate Rd., Suite 103 Bel Air, MD 21015 on or before 28 June 1999. The technical information packages on post-treatment technologies will be evaluated and recommendations will be made to the Office of PM NSCM for further development and/or implementation. The mechanism for any resultant contract will be determined and made on a case by case basis. Posted 06/01/99 (W-SN337447). (0152)

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