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DE-SOL-0008913

Amendment 000002

Savannah River Site Liquid Waste Services

The purpose of this amendment is to amend solicitation DE-SOL-0008913 as described below and incorporated in the conformed copy of the solicitation.

All other sections of the Final RFP remain unchanged.

Amendment 000002 to DE-SOL-0008913

Number RFP Section Reference Change From Change To

1. C.1.1.2.1, paragraph two The Contractor shall return the evaporator to service following pot replacement by the end of the second quarter of FY 2019.

The Contractor shall return the evaporator to service following repair or replacement of the evaporator pot replacement by the end of the second quarter of FY 2019.

2. C.1.1.2.2, paragraph three - ARP/MCU – Quantity of salt waste fed from Tank 49H (or other feed tanks) to SWPF at a nominal 6.44 M Na concentration.

- ARP/MCU and SWPF – Quantity of salt waste fed from

Tank 49H (or other feed tanks) to ARP/MCU or SWPF at a nominal 6.44 M Na concentration.

3. C.1.3.1, paragraph one The Contractor shall operate and optimize the SPF to support processing of low activity liquid waste, including DSS, for disposal in the SDF. The Contractor shall process up to 12 million gallons per year of low activity waste from Tank

50H and/or SWPF.

The Contractor shall operate and optimize the SPF to support processing of low activity liquid waste, including

DSS from Tank 50H and/or SWPF, for disposal in the SDF.

The Contractor shall process up to 12 million gallons per year of low activity waste from Tank 50H and/or SWPF.

4. C.1.3.1, Supplemental

Information, paragraph three

The annual processing requirement of 12 million gallons includes contributions from the ETF and H-Canyon of up to

500,000 gallons.

The annual processing requirement of 12 million gallons includes contributions from the ETF and H-Canyon of up to

500,000 gallons.

5. C.2.4, paragraph one The Contractor shall complete Tank Closure on a minimum of five Type I and Type II old style waste tanks during the base contract period of performance, and a minimum of two tanks during the option period of performance.

The Contractor shall complete Tank Closure on a minimum of five Type I and/or Type II old style waste tanks during the base contract period of performance, and a minimum of two tanks of any type during the option period of performance.

Number RFP Section Reference Change From Change To

6. C.3.1 C.3.1.1 Integrated Safety Management System

C.3.1.2 Safety Culture and Safety Conscious Work

Environment

C.3.1.3 Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security

Administration Radiological Emergency Response Asset

Support

C.3.1.1 Integrated Safety Management System

This work scope shall be included under the S/RID for

Management Systems.

C.3.1.2 Safety Culture and Safety Conscious Work

Environment

Occupational Safety & Health.

C.3.1.3 Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security

Administration Radiological Emergency Response Asset

Support

Radiation Protection.

7. C.3.3.1.3 Personal Protection clothing and equipment certain Ppersonnel Pprotection clothing and equipment

8. H.40, DOE-H-2048 Therefore, the Contractor shall, at least 10 calendar days prior to the planned issue date, submit a draft copy to the

Contracting Officer of any planned communications or releases of information to the public, the media, or Members of Congress related to work performed under this contract.

Therefore, the Contractor shall, at least 10 calendar days prior to the planned issue date, submit a draft copy to the

Contracting Officer of any planned communications or releases of information to the public, the media, or Members of Congress related to work performed under this contract with the following exceptions. Press releases shall be submitted for approval at least 3 business days prior to the planned issue date. Responses to media inquiries shall be submitted for approval at least 1 business day prior to release.

9. I.30, FAR 52.215-17 Waiver of Facilities Capital Cost of Money (Oct 1997)

Waiver of Facilities Capital Cost of Money (Oct 1997)

NOTE: This clause will not be included in the contract if awardee proposes Facilities Capital Cost of Money in its proposal.

Number RFP Section Reference Change From Change To

10. Section J, Attachment J-12, Appendix B

As issued with Final RFP. Note: This listing provides a summary of the services available from the Site M&O Contractor. Refer to specific

FSAs with the Site M&O Contractor for additional information on the specific scope and level of services provided. Additional M&O FSA support beyond current

FSA levels may be on a fee for service basis.

11. L.10(c)(4) The content in the paper copy shall be identical to the content of the electronic copies.

The content in the paper copy shall be identical to the content of the electronic copies. The only exception is the financial statements and annual reports in the Volume III proposal, which shall be included in the electronic submission and the signed original only, but are not required to be included in the additional paper copies.

12. L.17(h)(1) It is acceptable for critical subcontractors to submit sealed envelopes with proprietary data containing a separate set of cost worksheets, Attachment L-6 and L-7, with its proposal for the proposed critical subcontractor costs by the proposal due date.

It is acceptable for critical subcontractors to submit sealed envelopes with proprietary data within the prime offeror paper copies containing a separate set of cost worksheets, Attachment L-6 and L-7, with its proposal for the proposed critical subcontractor costs by the proposal due date.

13. L.17(h)(3) state and use tax state sales and use tax

14. L.17(i) For proposal preparation purposes, the offeror shall assume no government furnished equipment will be available during transition or that the Government will provide specific equipment for use during transition, including an appropriate listing of such.

For proposal preparation purposes, the offeror shall assume no government furnished equipment will be available during transition or that the Government will provide specific equipment for use during transition, including an appropriate listing of such that DOE will provide sufficient office space on site for the Liquid Waste Contractor’s staff for the transition period, as well as access to the site telephone infrastructure and up to 12 computers with accessibility to the site network.

Number RFP Section Reference Change From Change To

15. L.17(p) Waiver of Facilities Capital Cost of Money (FCCOM). The solicitation includes Section I clause titled, FAR 52.215-17, Waiver of Facilities Capital Cost of Money; thus, as a condition of award, the offeror shall not propose facilities capital cost of money.

Waiver of Facilities Capital Cost of Money (FCCOM).

FCCM is permitted if proposed as a separate cost element in accordance with FAR 31.205-10. The offeror must provide calculations for cost of money for facilities capital employed by fiscal year and disclose the Treasury rate used. The offeror shall show the application base for each FCCM rate and show calculations to support the proposed costs, including for any CLIN. Pursuant to FAR 15.408, Table 15-

2, Form CASB-CMF, which can be found at 48 CFR

9904.414-60, must be used to delineate the calculation of

FCCM. If the offeror elects not to claim FCCM, a statement shall be made to that effect. The solicitation includes

Section I clause titled, FAR 52.215-17, Waiver of Facilities

Capital Cost of Money; thus, as a condition of award, the offeror shall not propose facilities capital cost of money.

16. L.23(b) 48 CFR 33.2014(a)(3)(ii) 48 CFR 33.20104(a)(3)(ii)

17. Section L, Attachment L-8, C.2.5 Assumptions

1. The DOE-provided cost for completion of the safety basis upgrade is $20M ($3M during FY18, $3M during FY19, $3M during FY20, $3M during FY21, $3M during FY22, $3M during FY23, and $2M during FY24 (base period)).

1. The DOE-provided cost for completion of the safety basis upgrade is $20M ($3M during FY18, $3M during FY19, $3M during FY20, $3M during FY21, $3M during FY22, $3M during FY23, and $2M during FY24 ($1M in base period and $1M in option period)).

18. Section L, Attachment L-8, C.3.3.1 Assumptions

No prior assumption for C.3.3.1, Functional Service

Agreements.

1. The level of FSA support currently provided will continue to be available to the Contractor until specific FSAs are revised and approved by the Contractor and the service provider (Site M&O Contractor).

Savannah River Site Liquid Waste Services Section C Final Solicitation No. DE-SOL-0008913

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PART I – THE SCHEDULE

SECTION C – PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

C.0 Savannah River Site Liquid Waste Contract Overview and Objectives

C.0.1 Background

C.0.2 Contract Purpose and Objectives

C.0.3 Description of Performance Requirements

C.0.4 Transition

C.0.4.1 Key Scope and Requirements

C.1 Liquid Waste Operations (WBS: 01)

C.1.1 Tank Farms (WBS: 01.01)

C.1.1.1 Actinide Removal Process/Modular Caustic Side Solvent Extraction Unit (WBS: 01.01.01) . 12

C.1.1.2 Tank Farm Operations (WBS: 01.01.02)

C.1.2 Waste Vitrification (WBS: 01.02)

C.1.2.1 Defense Waste Processing Facility (WBS: 01.02.01)

C.1.2.2 Glass Waste Storage Buildings (WBS: 01.02.02)

C.1.3 Low Activity Waste Disposal (WBS: 01.03)

C.1.3.1 Saltstone Production Facility (WBS: 01.03.01)

C.1.3.2 Saltstone Disposal Facility (WBS: 01.03.02)

C.1.4 Salt Waste Processing Facility Operations (post transition) (WBS: 01.04)

C.2 Liquid Waste Operations Support (WBS: 02)

C.2.1 Saltstone Disposal Unit Construction (WBS: 02.01)

C.2.2 Salt Waste Processing Facility Integration (WBS: 02.02)

C.2.3 Salt Waste Processing Facility Transition (WBS: 02.03)

C.2.4 Tank Closures (WBS: 02.04)

C.2.4.1 Heel Removal and Residual Sampling (WBS: 02.04.01)

C.2.4.2 Tank Isolation (WBS: 02.04.02)

C.2.4.3 Tank Grouting (WBS: 02.04.03)

C.2.5 Safety Basis Upgrade Implementation (WBS: 02.05)

C.2.6 System Optimization (WBS: 02.06)

C.2.6.1 Next Generation Solvent Deployment (WBS: 02.06.01)

C.2.6.2 At-Tank Cesium Removal (WBS: 02.06.02)

C.2.6.3 Dry Feed Modifications (WBS: 02.06.03)

C.2.6.4 Melter Fabrication (WBS: 02.06.04)

C.2.6.5 DWPF Operational Improvements (WBS: 02.06.05)

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C.2.6.6 Tank 48 Recovery (WBS: 02.06.06)

C.2.6.7 Technology Development and Deployment (WBS: 02.06.07)

C.2.7 Additional Glass Waste Storage Capability (WBS: 02.07)

C.3 Liquid Waste Program Support (WBS: 03)

C.3.1 Management of Standards/Requirements Identification Document Functional Areas

(WBS: 03.01)

C.3.1.1 Integrated Safety Management System

C.3.1.2 Safety Culture and Safety Conscious Work Environment

C.3.1.3 Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration Radiological Emergency

Response Asset Support

C.3.2 Management and Administrative Services (WBS: 03.02)

C.3.3 Government Furnished Services and Items (WBS: 03.03)

C.3.3.1 Functional Service Agreements

C.3.4 Legacy Benefits (Pension and Post-Retirement Benefits) (WBS: 03.04)

C.4 Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Work

Attachment 1 – Liquid Waste Process Diagram

Attachment 2 – Liquid Waste Facilities

Attachment 3 – Schematic of the ARP/MCU Process

Attachment 4 – SRS Tank Closure Regulatory Roadmap

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C.0 Savannah River Site Liquid Waste Contract Overview and Objectives

C.0.1 Background

The Department of Energy (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) is located in western South

Carolina, covering 310 square miles in Aiken, Allendale and Barnwell counties. SRS was constructed during the early 1950s to produce basic materials used in fabrication of nuclear weapons, primarily tritium and plutonium-239, in support of our nation's defense programs.

The SRS cleanup strategy is to eliminate or minimize nuclear materials, spent nuclear fuel

(SNF), and waste through safe stabilization, treatment, and/or disposition; reduce costs of continuing operations and surveillance and maintenance; and decommissioning facilities, as well as remediate surface water, groundwater and contaminated soils consistent with regulatory agreements and permits. The Department's completion strategy provides a comprehensive risk-based methodology to the legacy cleanup project, such as dispositioning radioactive liquid waste (LW) through vitrification of high activity waste constituents at the site's Defense Waste

Processing Facility (DWPF), using existing SRS facilities to receive, store, and disposition aluminum-clad SNF, and decommissioning all facilities not required for continuing missions.

Major activities at SRS include radioactive liquid waste stabilization and disposition projects to safely and effectively store, treat, stabilize, and dispose of approximately 36 million gallons of legacy radioactive waste currently stored in more than 40 underground storage tanks.

C.0.2 Contract Purpose and Objectives

The purpose of this Contract is to achieve measureable progress toward completion of the DOE

Environmental Management (EM) mission at SRS to process and stabilize high level waste into borosilicate glass and low activity waste into cementitious material in accordance with the requirements of a regulatory framework that includes: 1) Section 3116 of the Ronald W.

Reagan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2005 ; 2) the Federal

Facilities Agreement (FFA); 3) permits and requirements issued by the South Carolina

Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC); and 4) applicable DOE Orders and federal regulations.

The liquid waste system is divided by function into four operational sub-systems: (1) waste storage, retrieval, sludge pretreatment, salt batch preparation, and closure of underground LW

C-4 storage tanks/systems in the F-Area and H-Area Tank Farms (Tank Farms1); (2) salt waste treatment in processing facilities; (3) high activity waste treatment by vitrification in the DWPF with onsite glass storage until a disposal facility is available; and (4) stabilization of low level liquid waste in the Saltstone Production Facility (SPF) with permanent disposition as grout in

Saltstone disposal units. The Contract scope includes the future operation and maintenance of the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF), currently being commissioned under another contract that also includes an initial operational period of one year.

EM mission completion at SRS involves the safe stabilization, treatment, and disposal of radioactive liquid wastes presently stored in more than 40 underground radioactive waste storage tanks as well as future radioactive liquid waste resulting from planned nuclear materials stabilization activities; operational closure of underground waste storage tanks; and deactivation of major facilities and equipment that comprise the radioactive liquid waste system. An overview diagram of the liquid waste system process is included in Attachment 1. An aerial view of the liquid waste facilities is illustrated in Attachment 2.

The major objectives of this Contract during the base and option period of performance include the following:

- Safely operate and optimize the liquid waste system. Identify, develop, and implement improved supplemental, or replacement processes, approaches, and technologies for waste treatment, waste removal, tank closure, and waste disposal that reduce program lifecycle costs, accelerate radioactive liquid waste disposition schedules, or otherwise optimize system performance.

- Support timely completion, startup and initial operation of the SWPF by fulfilling all interface responsibilities, e.g. waste transfer infrastructure, delivery of qualified salt batches from waste removal operations as feed for SWPF, and receipt from SWPF of (a) two high-activity feed streams for processing at DWPF and (b) a low-activity feed stream for processing and disposal at the Saltstone Facility.

- After the transfer of operational responsibility, operate and maintain the SWPF to process salt waste at SWPF to yield two high-activity salt streams which meet waste feed acceptance criteria for processing at DWPF and a low-activity salt stream which

The official facility nomenclature for the “Tank Farms” is the Concentration, Storage, and Transfer

Facilities (CSTF). This document uses various terms including Tank Farms, F-Tank Farm, H-Tank Farm, etc… to refer to the CSTF.

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Facility.

- Operate Tank Farms to maintain a constant source of waste feed to Liquid Waste processing facilities in keeping with each facility’s capability to receive and process waste. This will include planning and staging to support a continued and uninterrupted source of waste feed to Liquid Waste processing facilities to include:

o Receive liquid radioactive waste from H Canyon nuclear material stabilization activities.

o Deliver salt waste feed, fully conforming with the SWPF waste acceptance criteria, to SWPF for processing.

o Operate and maintain the Actinide Removal Process (ARP) and the Modular

Caustic Side Solvent Extraction Unit (MCU) pending the start of SWPF operations to process salt waste from waste removal operations into two high-activity feed streams for processing at DWPF and a low-activity feed stream for processing and disposal at the Saltstone Facility.

o Deliver sludge waste feed, fully conforming with DWPF waste acceptance criteria, to DWPF for processing.

- Operate and maintain the DWPF to produce DWPF canisters at optimal sludge and salt waste loadings.

- Operate and maintain Glass Waste Storage Building (GWSB) #1 and #2 to store the vitrified waste canisters produced by DWPF.

- Operate and maintain the Saltstone Facility consisting of the SPF and the Saltstone

Disposal Facility (SDF) to process and dispose of low-level waste.

- Construct SDUs to support the continued and uninterrupted disposal of low-level waste at the SDF.

- Operationally close liquid radioactive waste storage tanks and associated facilities in support of the FFA and State approved plans.

- Operate and maintain the Effluent Treatment Facility (ETF) (also known as Effluent

Treatment Project) to process aqueous waste streams from Liquid Waste system operations and from other site operations into a form suitable for (a) release to a permitted outfall or (b) processing and disposal at the Saltstone Facility.

- Maintain an interactive program/system planning process for Liquid Waste program milestones and execution schedules including comprehensive salt and sludge batch planning.

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C.0.3 Description of Performance Requirements

This Contract reflects application of performance-based contracting approaches and techniques emphasizing measurable results/outcomes. The Contractor has responsibility for total performance under the Contract, including determining specific methods and approaches for accomplishing work.

All activities at SRS are managed by DOE EM site leadership. The Contractor shall be required to coordinate some of its activities by participating in a government-managed site integration process (including Government Furnished Services & Items (GFS&I)) to the extent necessary to ensure safe conduct of all site activities and completion of Contract requirements.

The Contractor has responsibility for managing, integrating, and executing work described in this Performance Work Statement (PWS). The Contractor shall assure that all activities are conducted in compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations and within the parameters set forth in the following National Environmental Policy Act documents and associated Records of Decision.

- DWPF Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) (DOE/EIS-0082)

- Supplement Analysis Salt Processing Alternatives (DOE/EIS-0082-SA-01)

- Final Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS)

(DOE/EIS-0200-F)

- SRS Waste Management Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) (DOE/EIS-0217)

- Interim Management of Nuclear Materials EIS (DOE/EIS-0220)

- SRS High-Level Waste Tank Closure Final EIS (DOE/EIS-0303) and its two supplement analyses (DOE/EIS-0303-SA-01 and DOE/EIS-0303-SA-02)

- Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Closure of the HLW Tanks in F- and H-Areas at

SRS (DOE/EA-1164)

- SRS Salt Processing Alternatives Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

(SEIS) (DOE/EIS-0082-S2)

During conduct of authorized work scope, the Contractor shall also comply with applicable provisions of all other Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 decision documents in effect for the site.

The PWS scope contains both operational and capital asset acquisition activities which shall be identified as subprojects. The Contract scope shall be managed using a formal decision/approval process consistent with program and project management principles. The

Contractor shall be responsible for integration and management of Contract and subproject scope. Scope performance must clearly link funding to cost reporting. A Work Breakdown

Structure (WBS) that breaks down the work scope to levels below the WBS provided in this document as Section J, Attachment J-3 shall be developed to provide for efficient program and cost management. All work is subject to the development and implementation of an Earned

Value Management System (EVMS). The Contractor shall be responsible for developing a compliant EVMS consistent with DOE-H-2024. The Contractor’s participation in the DOE

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Project Assessment and Reporting System is required for capital asset project performance reporting.

The Contractor must comply with DOE and site requirements. Requirements that have been incorporated into the Contract remain in effect throughout the term of the Contract unless, and until, the Contract or regulatory commitment is modified to either eliminate requirements that are no longer applicable or substitute a new set of requirements.

This PWS is structured such that required actions are shown directly under each section header and WBS element. Subheadings entitled “Supplemental Information” provide varying levels of detailed information on the work scope that bidders may find useful in developing proposals.

Supplemental information shall not be construed as providing work scope requirements or defining the only acceptable approach to operating a facility, system, or process.

Listed below are the performance requirement metrics for this contract during the base period of performance and during the option period.

Table 1: Contract Performance Requirements

Performance Metric Salt Waste

Processed

(gallons)

Bulk Waste

Removal

(tanks)

Tank

Closures

(tanks)

Base Contract Period 42,000,000 8 5

Option Period 26,000,000 2 2

Total Contract Term 68,000,000 10 7

C.0.4 Transition

The duration of contract transition shall be 90 calendar days. The Contractor shall transition all on-going work scope from the incumbent including existing Service Level Agreements (SLAs);

assign applicable subcontract work from the incumbent to continue under an existing subcontract; and complete workforce transition in accordance with the requirements of the

Contract. All Government-owned real and personal property currently accountable to the incumbent contractor for contract performance will be provided to the Contractor. During the contract transition period an inventory record of such property in the DOE Facilities Information

Management System (FIMS) and incumbent contractor’s personal property databases will be provided to the Contractor.

The Contractor shall establish the necessary logistical support to execute transition and shall ensure all necessary personnel, including key personnel for the Contractor, are on-site during the transition period.

At the end of the transition phase, the Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer (CO) in writing that it is ready to assume full responsibility for the scope of the Contract.

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C.0.4.1 Key Scope and Requirements

Sections C.0.4.1.1 through C.0.4.1.9 below identify major elements necessary for transition of the Contract.

C.0.4.1.1 Transition Plan

The Contractor shall submit a Transition Plan that provides a description of all necessary transition activities, involved organizations, and transition schedule. The objectives of the

Transition Plan are to prepare for implementation of the Contract and minimize the impacts on continuity of operations. The Contractor is responsible for performing due diligence to ensure that all transition activities are identified and completed during the Transition Period. The

Transition Plan shall be submitted within 14 calendar days after issuance of the Notice to

Proceed (NTP).

C.0.4.1.2 Service Level Agreements

During the Contract Transition period, the LW Contractor shall review the existing Service Level

Agreements (SLAs) and determine whether the agreements should be revised, cancelled, or continued unchanged as required for Contract performance. Revision or cancellation of SLAs during the transition process is by mutual agreement with the M&O contractor and subject to

DOE approval.

C.0.4.1.3 Contract Performance Baseline

The Contractor shall submit a Contract Performance Baseline (CPB), including an EVMS description, for the Contract Base Period of Performance that details the work activities to be performed. The Contractor shall develop the initial CPB based on the Department of Energy

Savannah River (DOE-SR) WBS (Section J, Attachment J-3), and in accordance with the

Section H clause entitled “Integrated Work Control Systems and Reporting Requirements.”

C.0.4.1.4 Status Reports-Transition Activities

The Contractor shall provide a weekly status report of transition activities to DOE. The

Contractor shall establish routine status meetings with DOE and affected contractors to review transition activities and issues.

C.0.4.1.5 Government-Owned Property

The Contractor shall conduct a joint reconciliation of the Government property inventory with the incumbent contractor. The incumbent contractor will provide an inventory record at the inception of the Transition Period of all real and personal property for which they are accountable. The incumbent contractor and the Contractor shall perform a joint physical inventory of all LW assets during the Transition Period, after which the Contractor shall report any discrepancies to the CO and the DOE Property Manager. This information shall be used to provide a baseline for this Contract as well as information to close out the incumbent contract.

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C.0.4.1.6 DOE Safeguards and Security Survey

During the Contract transition period and prior to assuming control and responsibility for

Safeguards and Security (SAS) responsibilities, the Contractor shall be subject to a DOE SAS initial survey conducted in accordance with U.S. DOE Order 470.4B, Safeguards and Security

Program. The results of the survey shall be documented and shall form the basis for DOE authorization to assume SAS responsibilities. Upon DOE authorization, the Contractor shall assume responsibility for all applicable SAS resources, materials, facilities, documents, and equipment.

C.0.4.1.7 Identification of Material Differences

During the Transition Period, the Contractor shall identify any material differences in the systems, facilities, waste sites, property and services described in this PWS and actual conditions at the end of the transition period. The Contractor shall prepare and submit a

Statement of Material Differences within 45 days of the NTP. If the Material Differences require revisions to the Contract, the Contractor shall submit a change proposal to reconcile the material differences with the Contract by the end of the contract transition period.

C.0.4.1.8 Stakeholder Engagement

During the Transition Period, the Contractor shall brief workers, Federal staff and stakeholders on the Contractor’s approach and commitments for accomplishing the PWS. The timing and frequency of these briefings shall be agreed to by DOE and the Contractor within 5 business days of the NTP.

Within 72 hours following a NTP, the Contractor shall release on its own website a brief

Executive Summary of its offer including the following elements:

Name of Contractor including the identification of any Teaming Partners and Major

Subcontractors and a description of the experience that each brings to the project.

Summary/Description of Contractor’s Technical Approach

Organizational Structure and Identification of Key Personnel

Commitments to the Community for the Period of Performance

Total Contract Value Commitment to Small Business Subcontracting

Contractor Performance Commitments

Brief overview of Contractor’s Work on Similar Projects

The purpose of this Executive Summary is to provide immediate release of relevant information to stakeholders and the public at large.

C.0.4.1.9 Implementation of Contractor Human Resources Management Requirements

The Contractor’s Transition Plan required above in Section C.0.4.1.1 shall include a description of the Contractor’s implementation of human resources management consistent with Workforce

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Transition and Contractor Human Resources Management requirements as described in Section H, Clauses H.4 through H.7, including:

(a) Expected workforce composition and any immediate or anticipated workforce restructuring;

(b) Identification of any existing issues under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and its plan for engaging with any labor representatives;

(c) A schedule for preparation and submission of any bargaining parameters requests;

(d) Identification of any prevailing wage requirements, including any requirements under section

4(c) of the Service Contract Labor Standards statute as well as any NLRA requirements with respect to determination of wages and benefits;

(e) Description of process for handling labor standards determinations for work packages;

(f) Define any obligations with respect to pension and post-retirement benefit plans;

(g) A plan for identification and resolution of any legal issues regarding any of the above;

including the Contractor’s plan for engaging outside counsel, if needed; and

(h) A plan for communicating with DOE on these matters.

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C.1 Liquid Waste Operations (WBS: 01)

The mission of LW Operations is to receive, store, treat, and dispose of radioactive liquid waste.

The LW Operations are highly integrated involving safely storing liquid radioactive waste in underground storage tanks; removing, treating, and dispositioning the low activity waste fraction in concrete SDUs; vitrifying the higher activity waste at DWPF; and storing the vitrified waste in stainless steel canisters until permanent disposition.

The Contractor shall initially adopt the incumbent Contractor’s programs and implementing procedures (e.g., Documented Safety Analysis (DSA), Technical Safety Requirements (TSRs), nuclear safety operating procedures, Performance Assessments, etc.) to facilitate continuity of operations and accomplishment of work. To ensure compliance with Contract requirements, current regulatory requirements, DOE directives and Contractor organizational roles and responsibilities, the Contractor is responsible to perform its own compliance verification of these programs and the implementing procedures. The Contractor, with DOE acceptance as appropriate, shall revise programs and implementing procedures it deems necessary to accommodate its technical approach, while maintaining compliance.

The Contractor shall maintain compliance with site-wide Manuals governing operations and maintenance requirements. These activities include routine operations, predictive, preventive and corrective maintenance, and infrastructure activities needed to support LW facilities and any facility improvements including general plant projects, major modifications, temporary modifications, and line item projects needed to sustain facility operations. Facilities shall be operated and maintained in a condition to ensure operability as designed beyond the end of the contract period of performance.

DOE maintains a comprehensive Master Infrastructure List of critical facility and infrastructure needs. Infrastructure for the purpose of this work scope includes all facility support structures;

operational equipment; fire protection; electrical systems; plumbing; heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment; superstructures; interior and exterior enclosures; roofing; foundations;

basement construction; conveying systems; stairs; and furnishings. The areas of consideration include the Tank Farms and associated systems, structures and components, S-Area, Z-Area, ETF, and SWPF in J-Area, once the SWPF is transitioned to the Contractor. It also includes the office trailers and other supporting facilities in areas B, E, G and T-Areas (see Attachment J-12, Appendix A - LW Facilities). The Contractor shall provide to DOE quarterly maintenance updates including a list of maintenance activities for these areas that were completed during the preceding quarter, a prioritized list of maintenance activities that are scheduled to be performed, and newly identified maintenance activities. The maintenance activities shall be prioritized and risks associated with non-performance of the maintenance activities shall be identified and described with respect to safety and continued operations.

Supplemental information included in Section C is provided to aid in understanding the requirements and does not add any additional requirements.

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C.1.1 Tank Farms (WBS: 01.01)

Tank Farms operation includes multiple facilities and processes, including the ARP/MCU, waste tank system transfers, evaporator operations, space management, salt and sludge feed batch retrieval and preparation of waste for transfer to other LW facilities, waste disposition, and, ultimately, tank closure.

C.1.1.1 Actinide Removal Process/Modular Caustic Side Solvent Extraction Unit (WBS:

01.01.01)

The Contractor shall manage and optimize interim salt processing and disposition of radioactive salt waste using the integrated ARP/MCU system, strategically reducing inventory and recovering tank space. The Contractor shall deliver a low-activity clarified salt solution waste stream (i.e., treated to remove strontium and actinides, if necessary, and cesium) as feed to the

SPF for processing and to derive a high-activity concentrated radioactive cesium stream and possibly an actinide/strontium stream as feed for processing at the DWPF.

ARP/MCU shall be shut down, flushed, and isolated 30 days prior to SWPF radioactive tie-ins to the liquid waste system. The Contractor shall maintain the ARP/MCU processes and facilities in a lay-up status with waste having been flushed from all vessels, transfer lines, coalescers, contactors, instrument lines, ventilation system reheaters and condensers, cells, sumps, and all locations exposed to radioactive or chemical waste, to the maximum extent practicable until such time as SWPF has transitioned to the Contractor for continued operation. Lay-up includes separation of all transfer lines and capping/blanking the lines. Ventilation system filters will continue to be maintained to ensure any residual contamination may not be released from the facilities.

Alternately, the Contractor may, with DOE approval, re-purpose the ARP/MCU systems as part of the system optimization activities for accomplishment of the PWS consistent with applicable requirements.

Supplemental Information

Attachment 3 provides a schematic diagram of the ARP/MCU process. Lower activity salt waste is currently processed through ARP/MCU. The ARP decontaminates salt solution via adsorption of strontium-90 (Sr90) and actinide radionuclides onto Monosodium Titanate (MST), followed by filtration or settling of the MST and entrained sludge solids in the salt solution. The high activity waste stream is transferred to DWPF for vitrification and the remaining clarified salt solution is transferred to the MCU process. The MCU process extracts cesium-137 (Cs-137) from the clarified salt solution using Caustic Side Solvent Extraction (CSSX) chemistry. The low

Cs137/low actinide Decontaminated Salt Solution (DSS) is subsequently transferred to Tank

50H for feed to the SPF, and the cesium containing Strip Effluent (SE) solution from the CSSX process is transferred to the DWPF for vitrification. In combination with evaporation, the operation of ARP/MCU reclaims valuable space in the F-Area and H-Area waste storage tanks and supports continued DWPF operations. ARP/MCU treatment will be replaced in the future

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The ARP/MCU is currently projected to operate at a rate of 4-8 gallons per minute (gpm) until the facility is shut down for SWPF tie-ins approximately four weeks prior to the start of radioactive (i.e., hot) operations. Nominally ARP/MCU produces:

- For each gallon processed, approximately 1.2 gallons of DSS for SPF

- For each gallon processed, approximately 0.08 gallon of SE for DWPF

- For each gallon processed, approximately 0.02 gallon of MST solids/sludge for

DWPF

Note: actual operating experience in ARP/MCU since beginning Next Generation Solvent (NGS) processing may vary slightly from these assumptions as data is collected and analyzed.

Actions taken since startup of ARP/MCU have demonstrated an increased processing rate from the original design of 1 million gallons per year to approximately 1.5 million gallons per year.

Enhancements and improvements include chemistry adjustments at Tank 49H, reduced cycle times, and redesign and replacement of the secondary filter at facility 512S.

Efforts continue to improve equipment reliability, reducing unexpected downtime to improve overall attainment. In addition to equipment and processing upgrades, alternative system planning is being done to more efficiently qualify subsequent salt batches to reduce downtime between batches.

Operation of ARP/MCU with NGS has resulted in more efficient removal of cesium from the treated salt solution than the original solvent formula. This increased cesium removal efficiency

(decontamination factor or DF) allows ARP/MCU to produce a DSS stream with a residual cesium concentration much less than previously achieved.

C.1.1.2 Tank Farm Operations (WBS: 01.01.02)

The Contractor shall operate the Tank Farms to receive, concentrate, and store liquid radioactive wastes in support of ongoing site activities and ensure the continued operability and structural integrity of the liquid radioactive waste tanks and ancillary structures. The Contractor shall be responsible for effective Tank Space Management, Salt Feed Preparation, Sludge Feed

Preparation, bulk waste removal/retrieval, and management of the ETF. The Contractor shall maintain a comprehensive tank inspection program that is compliant with the requirements specified in the SRS Federal Facility Agreement (FFA). Mercury monitoring/sampling and chemical analysis throughout the LW systems will continue to be performed. Mercury shall be managed consistent with the Safety Basis and in a manner that does not inhibit the flow sheet and production expectations.

The Contractor shall ensure the Tank Farms have the capacity to receive up to 300,000 gallons of waste from H-Canyon processing operations annually through FY 2025.

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Supplemental Information

The radioactive liquid waste contained in the underground storage tanks is in the form of saltcake, salt supernate, or insoluble sludge solids. The functions of the underground storage tanks are:

- Receipt and storage of radioactive liquid waste and by-products generated by operation of the chemical separations processing and research facilities.

- Prevention of potentially harmful exposure from radiation to site worker and members of the public.

- Prevention of potentially harmful quantities of radionuclides and chemicals from escaping to the environment.

- Maintaining safe storage of the liquid radioactive waste.

- Preparing batches of liquid radioactive waste for treatment into a more stable form

(solidification) for final disposition.

The F-Area Tank Farm (FTF) is a 22 acre site containing eight Type I, two Type III, eight Type

IIIA, and four Type IV storage tanks. Six tanks in FTF have been operationally closed. In addition, FTF also includes supporting ancillary structures such as two evaporator systems, transfer pipelines, diversion boxes, a concentrate transfer system, a catch tank, and three pump pits. The H-Area Tank Farm (HTF) is a 45 acre site containing four Type I, four Type II, four

Type III, thirteen Type IIIA, and four Type IV tanks. Two tanks in H-Tank Farm have been operationally closed. In addition, HTF includes supporting ancillary structures such as three evaporators, eight diversion boxes, ten pump pits, pump tanks, transfer valve boxes, and transfer piping. Also located in HTF is the ARP/MCU processing system. The twenty-four Type

I, II, and IV tanks do not meet the secondary containment standards in the SRS Federal Facility

Agreement. Eight of these tanks have been operationally closed. Out of these sixteen tanks that remain in service, eight tanks have leaked waste through the primary tank wall into their respective secondary containment (i.e. annulus space) and four of these tanks have completed bulk waste removal efforts (tanks 4F, 7F, 8F, and 11H). Execution of waste retrieval in Type I and II tanks that have leak sites may reactivate these leak sites or expose new leak sites.

C.1.1.2.1 Tank Space Management (WBS: 01.01.02.01)

The Contractor shall maintain usable working tank storage capacity (space) to support waste retrieval and treatment operations (e.g., preparation of sludge and salt feed and receipt of waste from DWPF, ETF, and H-Canyon). The Contractor shall implement effective supplemental space management initiatives as necessary, including the operation of evaporator systems.

The 3H evaporator system is currently non-operational due to an evaporator pot leak into the secondary containment cell. The Contractor shall return the evaporator to service following repair or replacement of the evaporator pot by the end of the second quarter of FY 2019.

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Since 1951, the Tank Farms have received over 160 Mgal of liquid waste, of which most have been evaporated and/or treated, leaving approximately 36.2 Mgal in the storage tanks.

Available storage space is used for waste receipts, waste retrieval, and processing operations.

A contingency amount of 1.3 Mgal is not included as working space and is reserved for the unlikely event of a full tank failure. Waste receipts and transfers are normal Tank Farm activities as the Tank Farms receive new or “fresh” waste from the HCanyon stabilization program, a low activity waste stream from DWPF processing (typically referred to as “DWPF recycle”), wash water from sludge washing, and very small amount of concentrate from ETF.

The Tank Farms also make routine transfers to and from waste tanks and evaporators. The two evaporator systems, the 2H and 3H systems, support space management with volume reduction of 2 – 3 million gallons per year of liquids produced by sludge batch washing and

DWPF recycle receipts. Both systems are experiencing operational issues. The 2H system operation is impaired by chromate cooling water leaks in the feed and drop tanks. The 3H system is inoperable due to a leak in the 3H evaporator pot into the secondary containment cell.

Corrective actions to restore both systems to operation are under way.

The Type III/IIIA tanks are used to: (1) retrieve waste from and clean older style (Type I, II, and

IV) tanks; (2) prepare, qualify, and treat sludge waste for disposal; (3) prepare, qualify, and treat salt waste; and (4) support nuclear materials stabilization and disposal through H-Canyon. The four Type IV tanks in HTF support immobilization and disposition of high-level waste. The Tank

Farm space management strategy in the Liquid Waste System Plan

(http://www.srs.gov/general/pubs/srr-lw-systemplan.pdf) is based on projections of DWPF canister production rates, salt waste processing rates, influent stream volumes, Tank Farm evaporator performance, and space gain initiative implementation.

Tank Farm Operations support:

- Salt processing – salt retrieval, batching, and qualification

- Sludge processing – sludge retrieval, batching, and qualification

- H-Canyon waste receipts

- Continued safe storage of radioactive liquid waste

- Defense in depth operational control

- Maintain contingency space for recovery in the event of full loss of containment of a tank

- Working space for evaporator operations

C.1.1.2.2 Salt Feed Preparation (WBS: 01.01.02.02)

The Contractor shall be responsible for operation and maintenance of equipment necessary to dissolve, batch, and adjust salt waste from various tanks to serve as feed for ARP/MCU and

SWPF. Salt batches shall meet the waste acceptance criteria (WAC) of the facility it will be transferred to. For each salt batch prepared, the Contractor shall provide to DOE a Salt Batch

Preparation/Qualification Report.

http://www.srs.gov/general/pubs/srr-lw-systemplan.pdf

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Tank Farm feed preparation infrastructure modifications required to support SWPF processing rates include:

- HTank Farm Blend tanks readiness for salt batch preparation

- Tank 49H readiness as SWPF feed tank

- Mixing capabilities

- Enhanced transfer capabilities

- Transfer routes provided to blend/feed tank(s)

For the purposes of meeting the Contract Performance Requirements in Table 1 for salt waste processing, the following applies:

1. Salt waste feed prepared for and processed via the following sources shall be counted:

- ARP/MCU;

- SWPF (during 1st year of operations);

- SWPF (post-transition); and

- TCCR.

2. Quantities of salt waste feed will be measured as follows:

- ARP/MCU and SWPF – Quantity of salt waste fed from Tank 49H (or other feed tanks) to ARP/MCU or SWPF at a nominal 6.44 M Na concentration.

- TCCR – Quantity of salt waste available for transfer to Tank 50H after cesium removal.

3. Sodium Molarity: If a facility or process (e.g., SWPF) can receive and process salt waste at sodium molarities other than the nominal 6.44 M Na concentration, an adjustment factor shall be applied to the volumes to account for the higher or lower concentration as appropriate. Processing of salt waste at sodium concentrations other than 6.44 M Na must be fully evaluated such that the impacts to the balance of the LW system are mitigated.

Salt feed preparation includes development of salt batches from various waste tanks for feed to salt treatment processes including ARP/MCU and SWPF. Salt Feed Preparation for each batch currently requires three months for sampling, analysis, and transfer into the batch feed tank.

SWPF is planned to process the majority of this salt solution waste. Salt preparation capability is currently limited by the number of blend tanks available to prepare salt batches. Currently, a single tank is capable of preparing 3 to 4 Mgal/yr. Only one blend tank is expected to be available upon SWPF startup. A second blend tank is expected to be available for use in the first quarter of FY 2020; however a third tank will likely be needed to enable the Tank Farms to feed SWPF at 9 Mgal/yr.

Factors that impact salt feed preparation include:

- Blend Tank availability

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- SE & MST processing in DWPF at optimum throughput rates

- DSS processing in SPF at optimum throughput rates and availability of SDUs

Future salt treatment technology demonstration of the at-tank cesium removal is under investigation. Refer to Section C.2.6.2 for additional information.

C.1.1.2.3 Sludge Feed Preparation (WBS: 01.01.02.03)

The Contractor shall be responsible for operation of equipment and conducting treatment processes used to prepare sludge waste feed to sustain DWPF vitrification operations. The

Contractor shall effectively couple tank waste removal operations with sludge waste feed preparation operations to provide sludge waste: 1) within compositional ranges that support sludge waste blending and preparation into batches that meet DWPF prescribed feed specifications; and 2) with sufficient volume to ensure the continuous availability of sludge waste feed to DWPF. For each sludge batch prepared, the Contractor shall provide to DOE a Sludge

Batch Preparation/Qualification Report. The Contractor shall also model sludge waste feed preparation activities and execute activities necessary to ensure that DWPF vitrification operations can be sustained beyond the Contract period of performance.

Supplemental Information

The basic steps for sludge processing are: 1) Sludge removal from tanks; 2) Optional Low-

Temperature Aluminum Dissolution; 3) Blending and washing of sludge; and 4) Sludge feeding to the DWPF. Currently a single tank (Tank 51H) is the sole DWPF feed preparation tank (see

Figure 1).

Sludge preparation is paced by available canister storage, bulk waste retrieval, and by tank storage space to prepare sludge batches. Sludge batch planning uses the estimated mass and composition of sludge and known processing capabilities to optimize processing sequences.

The planned sludge batches are identified in the approved Liquid Waste System Plan.

Differences in sludge batch sequencing, total number canisters produced, and batch end dates is an effort to balance the end of salt processing more closely with the end of sludge processing, reducing the necessity for supplemental chemical additions. The projected canister pour rate is balanced to be appropriate for salt processing support.

Waste generated from processing of spent nuclear fuel and targets in H-Canyon has resulted in high amounts of aluminum solids as gibbsite or boehmite. Much of this aluminum can be removed from the sludge by dissolution of the aluminum and subsequent removal by decanting of the liquid phase. This reduces the number of canisters needed to disposition the sludge, due to the lowered sludge solids mass and improved waste loading in the glass.