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Y -- REMOVAL, TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL CERTIFICATION OF TRANSURANIC WASTE AT THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY SOL DE-IB05-97OR22516 DUE 112596 POC Contact, Robert E. French, Contracting Officer, (423) 576-4849 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is planning to issue a second draft Invitation for Bid (IFB) for removal, treatment, and disposal certification of transuranic waste presently stored at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The draft IFB will be released on or about October 11, 1996. The first draft, released on May 1, 1996, required the treatment of approximately 700 cubic meters of remote handled transuranic sludges stored in below grade tanks and included an option for the treatment of the supernate. As a result of the DOE expediting its mission of nuclear waste cleanup, it is necessary to add the balance of the alpha low level/transuranic solid waste inventory to the existing solicitation. The additional waste streams amount to approximately 900 cubic meters of contact handled alpha low level/transuranic waste in drums and boxes, and 150 cubic meters of remote handled alpha low level/transuranic waste in concrete casks. The solid waste is a heterogeneous mixture primarily consisting of glass, plastic, tubing, filters, pumps, protective clothing, metal cans/drums, glove boxes, etc. and has not been adequately characterized to determine if it is alpha low level or transuranic waste. The treatment of the supernate has now been included as a requirement. All waste must be treated to meet Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Waste Acceptance Criteria (WAC), or the Nevada Test Site (NTS) WAC, depending on the activity of the final waste form. It is still the intent of DOE for this project to be totally regulated by external organizations such as the Nuclear Regulation Commission (NRC), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), etc. The purpose of the second draft IFB is to allow prospective offerors an opportunity to comment on the inclusion of the additional waste streams and on the other terms of the solicitation, many of which have been changed as a result of comments received on the first draft. The draft IFB will be available on the Internet at the Oak Ridge Operations Office, Procurement and Contracts Division home page under ''Current Solicitations'', address: http://www.doe.gov/procurement/oro_home.html. It will be in WordPerfect 5.1 format. Access will require a password which can be obtained by contacting Ms. Connie Bayless in writing either at the address included herein, at facsimile number (423) 241-2549, or by electronic mail at baylesscd@oro.doe.gov. All requests for a password must include the company name, a mailing address, and an electronic mail address. (0270)

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