DOE awards Oak Ridge Reservation cleanup contract
EM Update | 10/26/2021
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Yesterday, the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded United Cleanup Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) of Germantown, MD, the Oak Ridge Reservation Cleanup Contract (ORRCC) at the Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
UCOR is a newly formed limited liability company made up of the following members: AECOM Energy & Construction, Inc., an Amentum Company; Jacobs Technology Inc., a Jacobs Company; and Honeywell International Inc., a Honeywell Company. UCOR’s teaming subcontractors include RSI EnTech, LLC; Strata-G, LLC; Longenecker & Associates, Inc.; and Environmental Alternatives, Inc.
The single award Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract with an estimated contract ceiling of approximately $8.3 billion over a 10-year ordering period will have Firm-Fixed-Price and/or Cost-Reimbursement-type task orders issued to define the contract performance. The ORRCC contract exemplifies DOE’s commitment to continue supporting a highly-skilled, diverse workforce that provides approximately 2,023 jobs that pay prevailing wages in safe and
healthy workplaces. The contract ensures workers have the right to organize, join a union, and bargain collectively with their employers. Union-represented workers currently make up approximately 46 percent of the total workforce.
The ORRCC Contractor will be responsible for performing environmental clean-up at the ORR, which includes the Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP). The ORRCC Contractor will be responsible for cleanup and remedial actions at ETTP; cleanup of excess facilities at ORNL and Y-12; design, construction, and operation of the new onsite disposal facility, Environmental Management
Disposal Facility (EMDF); operational activities and surveillance and maintenance for multiple EM operational and non-operational facilities; and core functions for central and project services.
The procurement was competed as a full-and-open competition, and EM received five proposals. The Department determined the UCOR proposal provided the best value to the Government considering Key Personnel, Past Performance, Management Approach, and Cost and Fee/Profit to achieve measurable results toward completion of the DOE-EM mission at the Oak Ridge Reservation.
The new contract resulting from this acquisition will replace the ETTP contract awarded to URS/CH2M Oak Ridge LLC. The current contract expires January 31, 2022; however, it includes one additional 6-month option period that could extend through July 31, 2022, if exercised.
One of the DOE’s strategic goals is to meet the challenges of cleaning up the nation’s Manhattan Project and Cold War legacy. To accomplish this goal, EM must reduce its environmental liabilities through accelerated cleanup of high-risk areas, resulting in risk reduction and returning land for its projected future use. This goal must be accomplished in a manner that is protective of human health and the environment. The goal of this End State contract award is
to achieve measurable results toward completion of the DOE-EM mission at the Oak Ridge Reservation by accomplishing the maximum amount of environmental cleanup within the 10-year ordering period at the best value to the U.S. taxpayer. The contractor will be required to perform work under this master IDIQ contract in compliance with the Federal Facilities Agreement; the Oak Ridge Reservation Site Treatment Plan; approved Records of Decision (RODs) and other Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA) decision documents; and other applicable regulatory requirements.
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Hanford completes wastewater basin work to support tank waste treatment
EM Update | 10/26/2021
Record-breaking heat and the sheer size of the job could not stop the EM Office of River Protection (ORP) and its tank operations contractor from safely completing a construction project critical to the Hanford Site’s Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW) Program for treating tank
waste.
Late last month, workers with Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) finished installing a new 102,000-square-foot floating cover on Basin 44, one of three large wastewater storage basins that make up the Liquid Effluent Retention Facility (LERF). LERF stores wastewater generated by Hanford cleanup activities until it is pumped to the
nearby Effluent Treatment Facility (ETF), where contaminants are removed during processing.
Basin 44 can hold about 7.8 million gallons of liquid waste – enough to fill about 12 Olympic-sized swimming pools. The original basin cover, installed in 1992, needed to be replaced because of age-related deterioration. WRPS installed new covers on LERF’s two other storage
basins in 2017 and 2018. A new fourth basin is under construction to add capacity to support treating additional effluent from treating and disposing tank waste.
“The LERF basins are essential to the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste Program to treat tank waste,” said Bibek Tamang, ORP LERF program manager. “Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) is expected to transfer an estimated 5.4 million gallons of effluent a year to LERF, while Hanford’s Integrated Disposal Facility will add another 1.2 million gallons annually.”
The Integrated Disposal Facility will receive containers of immobilized low-activity tank waste and has a leachate collection system to collect water from precipitation and dust suppression in holding tanks. The leachate will be transferred periodically to
LERF for treatment in ETF.
To install the new cover on Basin 44, workers welded together prefabricated panels of flexible synthetic material noted for its resistance to chemicals, temperature extremes, and ultraviolet light. They attached the cover to tensioning hardware that allows the cover to move as it floats on the surface of the wastewater.
The most challenging part of the replacement project was removing the old, contaminated cover prior to installing the new one. Workers in personal protective equipment cut the old cover in strips using a specially designed tool mounted on a pole.
Most of the cover-removal process took place during record-breaking summer heat on the Hanford Site, with 35 days between June and August reaching a maximum temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit or greater. Temperatures in the dark basin climbed as high as 140 degrees. To ensure worker safety, WRPS implemented its robust heat-stress monitoring program, adjusted personal protective equipment, and began work shifts as early as 2 a.m.
“We took a deliberate, cautious approach to ensure all work was performed safely,” said Gene Roosendaal, the project manager for WRPS. “We faced a lot of unique challenges on the project, but we got the job done thanks to a team that demonstrated exceptional teamwork and a strong commitment to safety.”
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