SOURCES SOUGHT
35 -- Venting and Flammable Gas Analysis of Oversized Boxes
- Notice Date
- 1/18/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, National Security Technologies LLC (DOE Contractor), National Security Technologies LLC, PO Box 98521, Las Vegas, NV, 89193, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-Req-176298
- Response Due
- 1/24/2007
- Archive Date
- 2/8/2007
- Description
- Background TRU waste was shipped to the NTS from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) through the early 1980s in 58 oversize boxes (OSBs). These boxes cannot be shipped offsite under current shipping regulations and must be repacked. The OSBs are constructed of steel. They are various shapes and sizes, depending on the contents. All of the boxes are unvented metal containers. Eighteen of the boxes have lids that are bolted and the remaining 40 boxes are all welded construction. The boxes have been sealed for approximately 30 years. It is possible that hydrogen, methane, or other flammable volatile organic compounds (VOCs) may have built up either from radiolysis or from inorganic/organic decomposition. Because of the time frame involved (30 years), oxygen is expected to be depleted. Scope of Work Technical support and equipment shall be provided by the vendor to vent the OSBs, prior to any OSB size reduction and repackaging activities. All hands-on labor will be provided by the Contractor. The preferred fittings to be used are the Rapid-Port dart type produced by Nuclear Filter Technologies (NFT). Once the box is vented, a sample of the headspace gas will be manually pulled through a filter septum and analyzed for hydrogen and flammable gas concentrations using vendor provided equipment. In the event that the concentrations are at or above acceptable limits, the boxes will be allowed to aspirate and/or be purged with nitrogen until concentration levels decrease below levels of concern. Additional sampling may be required. The analysis for headspace gas is for safety purposes only regarding flammability, concentration and explosive limits. Requirements 1. The vendor will provide a remote drum/box vent system that has been demonstrated at DOE sites across the country with full time technical operational support. The vent system must be suitable for installing Nucfil Rapid-Port dart-type vents/filters (or WIPP approved equivalent). The vendor will provide a GCMS (or equivalent) for headspace gas analysis along with technical operational support and any required spare parts and supplies. 2. Minimum 10 years demonstrated experience using proven technology with remote drum/box vent systems for venting radioactive drums/boxes containing hydrogen and flammable gases at DOE sites across the country. 3. Demonstrated experience analyzing headspace gas samples using Gas chromatography-Mass spectrometry (GCMS) technology (or equivalent) for hydrogen and flammable gases at DOE sites across the country. 4. Vendor must have a minimum of 10 years experience working in nuclear facilities across the DOE complex and successful operational readiness review (ORR) experience.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Nevada Test Site, Mercury, NV
- Zip Code: 89023
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 89023
- Record
- SN01214398-W 20070120/070119092451 (fbodaily.com)
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