OWW Treatment and Recycling Services in Sasebo

Naval Supply Systems Command is soliciting information on oily wastewater treatment and recycling services at Commander Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan, with responses due by June 1, 2026. This is a Request for Information (RFI); the Government does not intend to award a contract based on responses and will not pay for information submitted. Interested contractors should confirm interest by email to the contracting POC by June 2, 2026.

The contractor must demonstrate capability to collect, treat, and recycle OWW for energy recovery purposes. Required infrastructure includes at least seven treatment and collection barges, each capable of processing 15,000 gallons or higher per hour and holding minimum 50,000 gallons of capacity; one vacuum truck with 2,400-gallon capacity; and total OWW holding capacity of at least 2,000,000 gallons. The contractor shall accept minimum 50,000 gallons or more of OWW per job, per day. OWW may include wastewater contaminated with small amounts of incidental aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) from normal operations; concentrated or activated AFFF and associated cleaning water are excluded from scope.

Services support Ship Repair Facility–Japan Regional Maintenance Center Detachment Sasebo, Military Sealift Command visiting ships and time charter vessels, Naval Beach Unit 7 Sasebo, and other CFAS departments. The contractor must comply with Federal, National, Provincial, and Japanese Prefectural regulations. Key technical requirements include PFAS sampling and testing meeting below 50 parts per trillion combined PFOS/PFOA limits per USFJ standards and quarterly Japanese Industrial Standard testing for effluent discharge. The contractor retains all revenue from treated waste oil sales while managing disposal of non-recyclable hazardous and industrial waste at no cost to the Government.