Operation of DUF6

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) plans to issue Requestfor

Proposals (RFP) DE-RP30-09CC400015 for the operation of two conversion

facilities on DOE sites at Paducah, Kentucky, and Portsmouth, Ohio. A

single

solicitation will be issued that will result in award of two contracts (one

for

each site) to a single offeror. These facilities will convert DOEs

inventory

of depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) located at the Paducah Gaseous

Diffusion Plant and the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant to a stable

chemical

form, primarily uranium oxide, acceptable for transportation, potential

use/reuse, and/or disposition.



Related objectives are to provide cylinder surveillance and maintenance

(S&M)

and disposal of the DOE inventory of DUF6, low-enrichment uranium

hexafluoride

(LEUF6), natural assay UF6 (NUF6), and empty heel cylinders in a safe and

environmentally acceptable manner as allowed by law and policy. DOE

currently

has a contract with Uranium Disposition Services (UDS), LLC, for the design



and construction of two conversion facilities. The design phase of this

contract is complete and the physical construction of both conversion

facilities is complete. UDS will perform required testing and Operational

Readiness Reviews (ORR) of both facilities, culminating in DOE acceptance

of

the contractor ORR through DOE ORR of both facilities.



The selected contractors responsibilities will include, but are not

limited

to, the following requirements: 1) conduct an orderly transition from the



incumbent contractor to begin start-up activities for conversion plant

operations at both facilities; 2) operate and maintain the conversion

facilities, including disposition of uranium oxide and disposal of wastes;

3)

provide surveillance and maintenance of DOEs inventory of cylinders; and

4)

provide direct disposition of the DOE inventory of DUF6, LEUF6, NUF6, and

empty

heel cylinders. The selected contractor will fully support National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance activities, as well as prepare

and

implement a wide variety of plans and reports which address: project

management, NEPA data, regulatory requirements, quality, product

management,

waste, radiation protection, and other reports as required by the contract.





The selected contractor will be required to utilize an Earned Value

Management

System (EVMS) that is certified to meet ANSI standard ANS/EIA-748-1998.

After

issuance of the RFP, a Presolicitation conference will be conducted

followed by

a site visit to the Portsmouth facility and a site visit to the Paducah

facility.



The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item or service

using

FAR Part 12. The NAICS Code and size standards are 561210 and $32.5M

respectively. The contracts resulting from this solicitation will be for

five

year term from date of award.This is a full and open competition and all

responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered by the

Government. The DUF6 acquisition website is located at

http://www.emcbc.doe.gov/DUF6/index.html. Please access the website

frequently

for updated information relating to this procurement.



All reference documents and questions/answers pertaining to the RFP,

including

Section C, will be posted to the website

below:http://www.emcbc.doe.gov/DUF6/index.html

The Documents Library for the Request for Proposals web site identified

above

also identifies documents which contain Unclassified Controlled Information



(UCI). The UCI documents are listed in each section of the website with a

notation and asterisk (*) indicating these documents to be UCI. An

interested

party may request UCI and a separate CD disk containing the UCI will be

made

available once the interested party has been cleared for access.

Instructions

for obtaining these documents are in the Requesting Sensitive Data

section of

the DUF6 web site. All offerors are encouraged to immediately request such

information to preclude any delays in proposal submission.