The 580 square-mile Hanford Site, located in southeast Washington, was established in the 1940s as a 4 plutonium production complex for the Manhattan Project. Throughout the Hanford Site’s 50 years of operation, by-products of plutonium production have accumulated to become the largest environmental cleanup project in the United States. In 1989, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) signed the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order, commonly known as the Tri-Party Agreement (TPA), which codifies DOE’s commitment to clean up the Hanford Site. The TPA outlines legally enforceable project milestones for Hanford Site Cleanup over the next several decades.
The Hanford Site is managed by DOE. DOE manages 177 underground tanks of liquid and solid chemical and radioactive waste, and is responsible for construction of the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP). DOE also has responsibility for the remainder of the Hanford Site, which includes cleanup of the River Corridor, cleanup and ongoing waste management operations in the Central Plateau, and providing a variety of cross-cutting site services (e.g., utilities, Security, Information Technology [IT], Fire Department, Emergency Management, and Occupational Medical Services).
The 222-S Laboratory Contractor shall have sole responsibility to operate, manage, and maintain the 222-S Laboratory Complex. The 222-S Laboratory’s primary mission is to provide analytical support for the storage and treatment of tank waste at the Hanford Site. These services will be performed through a contract with DOE at the 222-S Laboratory Complex, located in the 200 West Area of the Hanford Site. The 222-S Laboratory building is a DOE Hazard Category 3 Nuclear Facility. The laboratory services support cleanup and closure of the Hanford Site and are critical in achieving closure goals of all Hanford Site projects. The Contractor shall perform work supporting scientific research and, as directed by the Contracting Officer (CO), work needed to support other DOE activities.
Operation of the laboratory requires implementation of multiple programs to ensure its continued operation and the safety and health of its workers. The programs include the Worker Safety and Health Program, at a minimum, and programs such as radiological control, industrial and chemical hygiene, and the specifically trained laboratory personnel needed to implement the programs that are required to support safe execution of laboratory activities. The Contractor shall provide a Waste Management Program for all waste generated by 222-S Laboratory operations and to ensure regulatory requirements are met. The Contractor shall implement other programs such as: Quality Assurance, Integrated Safety Management, Business Administration, Human Resources, and Management Systems to control the analytical work flow and manage the operation of the laboratory. The Contractor shall have an issues identification process that will ensure the lab is always ‘ready to serve’. The Contractor shall support 222-S Laboratory Complex improvement projects by providing engineering services, conceptual planning, and provide support for the design, construction, and/or demolition of 222-S Laboratory Complex areas or infrastructure. The Contractor shall implement a maintenance management program for the facilities and systems under this Contract.
The 222-S Laboratory analytical workload is expected to grow during Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 through FY 2028 to support increased Hanford Site work activity—requiring enhanced operational capacity and capability for tank waste pretreatment and feed to WTP in its Direct Feed Low Activity Waste (DFLAW) Configuration, waste form characterization for vitrification, industrial hygiene, increased tank retrieval activities, and evaporator campaigns.
The Tank Waste Cleanup Contract (TWCC) Contractor is the primary customer for analytical services at the 222-S Laboratory. Other Hanford Contractors (OHC) may request laboratory services in Section J, Attachment J-3, Hanford Site Services and Interface Requirements Matrix. The Contractor’s work shall be performed under DOE-approved programs. The Contractor shall interface with TWCC and other customers to maintain consistency of business and site practices among Hanford Site prime contractors. Frequent interface is required with OHCs that provide infrastructure, programs, and sample material.
The functions under this effort will be performed through a contract with the DOE Office of River Protection at the 222-S Laboratory complex located in the 200 West Area of Hanford. These services support cleanup and closure of the Hanford site and are a critical activity in achieving closure goals of all Hanford projects. This scope may also include other DOE work supporting scientific research and other DOE sites.
This work will be performed using facilities and infrastructure which are owned by DOE and maintained by DOE’s Tank Operations Contractor (TOC) using work processes and work behavior that meets overall Hanford site program requirements. The Contractor shall interface with the TOC, customers and managers of these programs in a manner so that the overall Hanford programs and objectives are consistent among all prime contractors. This requires close coordination with customers and the TOC facility and infrastructure provider.
