Demilitarization and Disposal of Energetic Materials

Naval Sea Systems Command established this Master IDIQ on September 29, 2018, to procure demilitarization and disposal of energetic materials and reactive hazardous waste that cannot be treated at the NSWCIHEODTD Strauss Avenue Burn Point due to detonation hazard, permit restrictions, or facility-availability constraints. Ordering closed on September 27, 2023, and is no longer active.

The vehicle is expired and unsuitable for new pursuit. The last task order was awarded in September 2018, coinciding with the vehicle's establishment. Only two delivery orders were ever issued under the IDIQ, both in the contract's opening month and both designated as minimum-guarantee firm fixed-price awards to Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc. and General Dynamics Ordnance And Tactical Systems, Inc. Both orders carried $0 obligated and ceiling values in the source record. No ordering activity occurred in the five years between the initial task orders and the September 2023 ordering cutoff.

Scope encompassed treatment of reactive hazardous waste including multiple EPA waste codes beyond D003, with possible contaminants such as asbestos, ammonium perchlorate, and heavy metals including lead and mercury. The initial solicitation stated the first task order would address up to 7,200 grams of DXN-1 primary explosive, with additional first-year tasks contemplated; however, no subsequent orders materialized after the two opening awards.

The vehicle carried no set-aside designations. All work was unrestricted and Navy-exclusive. No information on place of performance, typical task-order values, or combined potential value is available in the source record. The five-year gap between award and vehicle expiration, combined with the absence of any task-order activity beyond the opening awards, signals that this vehicle did not achieve its intended operational purpose as a standing IDIQ for recurring demil and disposal work.

The purpose of this contract is to provide support in treating reactive hazardous waste which is not feasible to treat at NSWCIHEODTD Strauss Avenue Burn Point because of possible detonation hazard, other permit restrictions and/or treatment facility timely availability considerations.