Question #/Section

Question

Answer

Date Posted

1. Section J.

Are the cylinder handling equipment such as straddle buggies, Allied Wagner handlers, flat beds and cranes/rigging fixtures for handling the non-standard cylinders being provided for the contractor as GFE? How about all in-use and excess saddles inventory?

Only the equipment specified in Section J, Attachment L of the RFP is provided. The RFP does not contain a quantitative listing of in-use and excess saddles. All saddles belonging to DOE at the time of contract transition of the Cylinder S&M task will become the responsibility of the Contractor.

12/15/00

2. Section J, Attachment G Site Characterization Project Data for Paducah and Portsmouth Facilities

If the diffusion plant is shut down as planned, will DOE continue to operate support utilities, sewer system, etc.?

Can the Steam Plant at PORTS be operated by the Contractor after shutdown?

DOE will continue to assure utilities services availability at the Portsmouth and Paducah Plant sites when/if a diffusion plant is returned to DOE from USEC, and when power contracts expire. The exact approach for continuation of utilities services at the sites is not known at this time. There may be overall net benefit to the Government for utilities to be obtained by one entity for the benefit of all site contractors, or for various site users of utilities to individually acquire the necessary services. It should be noted, however, that prospective contractors for this contract will be fully responsible for the provision of utilities to their sites/facilities and arranging for such utilities services as provided for by DOE or other sources.

12/22/00

3A. Section J, Attachment G, DUF₆ Site Characterization Project Data for the Paducah and Portsmouth Facilities

[Consolidated Question] Numerous questions have been submitted regarding available utilities at the sites, and their associated unit costs/charges, capacities, and availability/locations.

Site utility information is available on the RFP website in Section J, Attachment G, DUF₆ Site Characterization Project Data for the Paducah and Portsmouth Facilities, in Appendix D. A limited supply of CD versions of this document are also available at the Public Reading Rooms in Oak Ridge, Paducah, and Portsmouth. No portion of utilities capacities at either site are “reserved” for the DUF₆ Conversion Facilities. It is noted that a few of the site utilities are not as fully characterized as others, particularly with regard to operating unit costs. Supplemental information is being assembled for these areas and should be available in early January, 2001.

12/22/00

3B. Section J, Attachment G, DUF₆ Site Characterization Project Data for the Paducah and Portsmouth Facilities

[Consolidated Question] Numerous questions have been submitted regarding available utilities at the sites, and their associated unit costs/charges, capacities, and availability/locations.

[Follow-up to previously posted consolidated utilities question above] Please reference our previous response posted 12-22-2000. Operating unit costs for some available utilities have previously been available in Section J, Attachment G, DUF6 Site Characterization Project Data for the Paducah and Portsmouth Facilities. Supplemental unit cost information (as of September, 2000) has been obtained regarding the following utilities listed below:

01/19/01

4. Section J, Att. L.

Are the hand-held computers used for cylinder management being provided for the contractor as GFE?

Yes. Refer to Section J, Attachment L, for GFE.

12/15/00

5. Section J, Att. L.

Will the equipment used for transfer of cylinder contents (autoclaves) at Paducah and Portsmouth be made available as GFE?

The DOE autoclaves at Paducah and Portsmouth are leased to USEC for enriching operations and are not available as GFE under this project.

12/22/00

6. Section J, Att. L.

Will the cylinder handling equipment listed at each site be made available at no charge?

Yes, the Government Furnished Property listed in Section J, Attachment L is provided at no charge.

12/22/00

7. Section J, Att. L.

Will DOE provide a complete list of equipment that will be made available to the contractor for cylinder management (with no charge?)

All GFE listed in Section J, Attachment L, shall be available to the Contractor upon transition of the cylinder management scope on (1) year prior to the start of operations at no charge.

01/04/01

8. Section J, Att. L.

Is the Cylinder database available for bidders review?

The Cylinder Information Database is on-line. See Web page. (Note: Use the following to access this Web site: user ID: "cd1" or "cd2" or "cd3" and password "ordoeseb")

01/04/01

9. Section J, Att. L.

Is the existing waste water treatment plant X-616 available to the contractor as GFE?

No.

01/08/01