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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) NO. DE-SC30-09CC40098

NICKEL DISPOSITION

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) has released a draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for a Sales Agreement to disposition approximately 15,300 U.S. tons (2,000 pounds per ton) of classified and contaminated nickel scrap, including approximately 5,600 tons of shredded nickel scrap currently stored at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and approximately 9,700 tons of nickel ingots and the associated molds currently stored at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (GDP) in Paducah, Kentucky. The proposed sale would be conducted in accordance with 41 CFR 102-38 Sale of Personal Property & 41 CFR 109 Subchapter H Utilization and Disposal.

The buyer will be required to declassify and decontaminate the nickel scrap prior to gaining title. All of the nickel is volumetrically contaminated with relatively low levels of uranium and technetium, with trace quantities of neptunium and plutonium. In addition, all of the nickel is classified and must be managed and processed accordingly. The title transfer and the sale will occur only upon DOE certification of declassification and decontamination of the nickel. The nickel shall be transported, processed, and/or reused/recycled into products that shall be used in radiologically-controlled applications. This material is NOT intended for unrestricted release for recycling into commerce.

Interested parties will have 45 days to submit comments and inquiries via the email address below. It is requested that comments/inquiries be sent to this email only and that comments/inquiries be submitted on the comment matrix provided on the Draft RFP page. Comments/inquires are due, 3 PM Eastern Time, September 15, 2009, at the following email address:

Nickel@emcbc.doe.gov

Contracting Officer: Noelle Mills (EMCBC) – (513) 246-0510

Contract Specialist: Toni Rutherford (EMCBC) – (513) 246-1374

Last Updated: August 11, 2009