U.S. Department of Energy, Savannah River Operations Office, Contracts Management Division, P.O. Box A, Aiken, South Carolina 29802

B -- DEMONSTRATION OF ALTERNATE DECONTAMINATION TECHNOLOGIES POC Yvonne Torres, Telephone 803-952-6082 E-MAIL: click here to contact Yvonne Torres via e-mail, yvonne.torres@srs.gov. 17. Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC), management and operating contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, South Carolina, is seeking Expressions of Interest regarding the opportunity to demonstrate new and improved decontamination technologies/techniques. Such new technologies, or significant improvements in existing technologies, should be focused on reducing the concentration of contamination on waste items to reduce the personnel risks associated with handling these materials and the costs associated with their disposal. Significant savings can be achieved by reducing the concentrations of transuranic radionuclides on waste items to less than 100nCi/gram so they can be disposed as Low-Level Waste. Additional savings can be achieved if Low-Level Waste items can be decontaminated to levels that would allow them to be unconditionally released as non-radioactive. Transuranic (TRU) radionuclides are alpha-emitting radionuclides having atomic numbers greater than 92 with half-lives greater than 20 years. TRU Wastes must ultimately be disposed in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, NM. Low-Level Wastes (LLW) may be disposed on-site at SRS. Based on economies of scale, WSRC is considering the cost-effectiveness of waste decontamination and subcontracting with commercial enterprises to treat SRS waste. Demonstration of such new technologies, or improvements to existing technologies shall be conducted at the Supplier's own site or place of business and at "no cost" to WSRC. Successful decontamination technologies may result in future fixed price subcontracting opportunities for decontamination services of similar and/or other items. It is anticipated that three dummy connectors will be used in the demonstration of new decontamination technologies/techniques. The dummy connectors have been surveyed with the following results: (1) Transferable contamination: alpha = 400,000 dpm/100 cm>2; beta-gamma = 200mRad/100 cm>2; (2) Large area smears maximum: 400,000 alpha; 200 mRad beta-gamma; (3) Maximum dose rates: extremity = 7910 mrem/hr; skin = 2360 mrem/hr; whole body = 20 mrem/hr; (4) Primary isotopic contributors: alpha: PU-239; beta-gamma: CS-137 and general fission products. The maximum dimension of the connectors is 24 inches. Potential suppliers wishing to respond with an Expression of Interest should have experience with decontamination technologies and techniques, experience with regulations regarding the handling and shipment of radioactive waste and experience in handling radioactive waste products. Please provide Expressions of Interest and comments to Yvonne Torres, Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Procurement and Materials Management Department, Building 730-4B, Room 2146, Aiken, SC 29808. Expressions of Interest and comments will also be accepted via electronic mail at yvonne.torres@srs.gov or via facsimile at (803) 952-6092. All Expressions of Interest and comments should be provided within 30 days of the date of publication of this announcement. This is a request for Expressions of Interest only; it is not a solicitation for a formal subcontract. (0174)

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