Pre-Solicitation Synopsis - Mercury Storage.pdf

United States Department of Energy Synopsis

Elemental Mercury Long-Term Management and Storage Procurement

This notice is considered to be a synopsis in accordance with FAR Subpart 5.2 for the Elemental Mercury Long-Term Management and Storage (Mercury Storage) procurement.

Within 15 to 60 days from the date that this notice is published, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) anticipates the issuance of a Request for Proposal (RFP), 89303320REM000081, for the Mercury Storage procurement.

The purpose of this acquisition is to establish a DOE Facility with the capability for the long-term management and storage of domestic elemental mercury to meet the requirements of the Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-414), as amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, (Pub. L. 114-182) (MEBA). MEBA requires a DOE ownership or lease-hold interest in a storage facility, and the technical, management, and administrative services of a Contractor to perform all tasks necessary to ensure the safe and compliant long-term management and storage of elemental mercury waste as contemplated by MEBA. The selected Contractor is expected to provide a lease-hold interest for the storage of elemental mercury waste from multiple domestic sources.

This procurement will be conducted using full and open competition procedures. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item or service using FAR Part 12. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 562211, Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal, with a size standard of $41.5 million.

A dedicated webpage has been established for this procurement. All news/announcements, documents (including the Final RFP), questions/answers, and related links will be posted to the following webpage:

https://www.emcbc.doe.gov/seb/MercuryStorage

The Final RFP will also be posted to the Fedconnect website and the SAM.gov website at:

www.fedconnect.net https://sam.gov/

No additional synopsis will be released prior to issuing the final RFP.

Contracting Office Address:

U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC) 250 E. 5th Street, Suite 500 Cincinnati, OH 45202 https://www.emcbc.doe.gov/seb/MercuryStorage http://www.fedconnect.net/ https://sam.gov/

Place of Performance:

The place of performance shall be the selected Offeror’s proposed storage facility to be designated as the DOE Facility under the ensuing contract. The DOE Facility must be able to manage and store 1060 metric tons of elemental mercury. The DOE Facility shall comply with state hazardous waste facility permitting requirements. Further, any facility utilized for the long-term storage of elemental mercury shall comply with applicable procedures, standards and criteria and requirements of the Solid Waste Disposal Act [42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.], including the requirements of subtitle C of that Act [42 U.S.C. 6921 et seq.], except that elemental mercury that DOE is storing on a long-term basis shall not be subject to the storage prohibition of section 3004(j) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6924(j)).

Primary Point of Contact:

Jose E Ortiz Delgado Contracting Officer Jose.Ortiz@emcbc.doe.gov Phone: 513-310-2361