Radioactive Waste Disposal

The Commonwealth of Kentucky, through the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS), Department for Public Health (DPH), Radiation/Environmental Monitoring Section, issued Request for Bid (RFB) 20-128 on September 23, 2019, for radioactive waste disposal services. The procuring jurisdiction is Elliott County, Kentucky. The solicitation seeks a single vendor to provide comprehensive radioactive waste disposal services, including packaging, labeling, manifest preparation, transportation, and disposal of multiple radioactive waste streams in compliance with 902 KAR 100:021 regulations. The waste inventory includes a 55-gallon drum of non-hazardous bulk aqueous liquid containing tritium (H-3), technetium-99, uranium, radium, strontium, americium, cesium, cobalt, and other radionuclides; four 30-gallon drums containing tritium with scintillation fluid; nine 30-gallon drums containing technetium-99 and mixed isotopes; and four waste boxes containing soil, alpha-emitting materials, and contaminated legacy planchet materials with varying activities ranging from 1.7E+05 to 1.7E+10 disintegrations per minute. Pickup services must be provided during regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday) at 100 Sower Blvd., Suite 108, Frankfort, Kentucky, with response times specified in working days. Evaluation criteria consist of price (90 points) and pickup response time in working days (10 points), with the lowest-price bidder receiving maximum points and a one percent penalty assessed per day for failure to meet contracted response times. Written questions were due by September 27, 2019, at 12:00 p.m. ET, with bid responses due by October 4, 2019, at 1:30 p.m. ET as sealed, hard-copy submissions to the Commonwealth's Office of Procurement Services.

Kentucky resident bidder preferences and qualified bidder preferences under 200 KAR 5:410 and KRS 45A.490-494 apply to this procurement. Vendors must submit signed Annual Affidavits for Bidders, Offerors, and Contractors certifying compliance with Kentucky campaign finance laws, sales and use tax registration, non-delinquency on state taxes, and non-participation in trade boycotts; additional affidavits are required from vendors claiming qualified bidder or resident bidder status. The awarded vendor must obtain or maintain a radioactive material license from Kentucky, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), or an NRC agreement state, with reciprocity from the Kentucky Radiation Health Branch if applicable, and must provide updated liability insurance with a minimum of $1,000,000 coverage. All pricing shall remain valid for a minimum of 60 calendar days after the bid due date, with FOB Destination Freight Prepaid and Allowed terms. This is a one-time purchase award with no renewal options specified, and no specific award value or budget range is disclosed in the solicitation documents.