U. S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Operations Office, P. O. Box 2001, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831

S -- CONVERSION SERVICES FOR DUF6 SOL DE-RP05-99OR22717 DUE 082099 POC Kevin Shaw, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, 423-241-1656 WEB: Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear energy, Science, http://www.ne.doe.gov. E-MAIL: Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science, Kevin.Shaw@hq.doe.gov. The U.S. Department of Energy has a requirement for services to convert its inventory of depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) located at Paducah, Kentucky; Portsmouth, Ohio; and Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Department's objective is to establish an integrated approach to manage the Federal Government's large inventory of DUF6. The Department issued a final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Alternative Strategies for the Long-Term Management and Use of Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride in April 1999 and expects to issue a Record of Decision in the very near future. The Department is seeking comments related to the Acquisition Approach and an initial draft of the Request for Proposals (RFP) to be issued on July 30, 1999. Issuance of these documents will allow the stakeholders and potential offerors to provide the Department with early input regarding this acquisition. The Department expects to issue a complete final draft RFP for comment in the Fall of 1999. Management of the Department's DUF6 inventory involves the following elements: UF6 cylinder surveillance and maintenance; the design, construction, operation, and final decommissioning of conversion facilities; design and construction of conversion product storage facilities for the uranium conversion end product; and disposition of end products not used and empty storage cylinders. The Department anticipates that required conversion and conversion product storage facilities will be designed, financed, built, owned, and operated by the private sector. To view these documents and the address to which responses and questions may be sent, please go to the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology home page referenced in this announcement. Comments and questions are due no later than August 20, 1999. Posted 07/29/99 (W-SN360482). (0210)

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