U.S. Department of Energy Seeks Contractor for Cleanup of Moab Site in Utah
October 26, 2006

The Department of Energy (DOE) today released a Request for Task Proposal (RTP) seeking a contractor to initiate cleanup at the former Atlas uranium-ore processing facility. The site is located west bank of the Colorado River three miles northwest of the City of Moab in Grand County, Utah. The site encompasses approximately 435 acres, of which approximately 130 acres are covered by the uranium mill tailings pile.

“Release of this request brings the Department one step closer to watching the mill tailings being loaded and moved from the current location,” Donald Metzler, the DOE Moab Site Project Director, said. “We are committed to progress here in Utah.”

The selected contractor will be responsible for the design and installation of tailings-removal waste handling systems, initial tailings movement and operations and maintenance acquisition requirement to relocate the Moab tailings and associated wastes to the Crescent Junction Site, reclaim the Moab Site to appropriate standards, and remediate any vicinity properties.

The contract type will be a cost-plus-award-fee (CPAF) task order for environmental restoration and waste management services under CLIN 001 of the EM Nationwide Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The anticipated period of performance is five years. The RTP and supporting information are available at http://www.emcbc.doe.gov/Moab. Proposals are due January 17, 2007.

In October 2000, Congress and the President approved the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001, Public Law 106-398 (the Act).  The Act stipulated that the license issued by Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the materials at the Moab Site be terminated and that the title and responsibility for cleanup be transferred to DOE.  Title to the site was transferred to DOE on October 25, 2001, with the Office of Environmental Management (EM) assuming lead responsibility for cleaning up the site.