Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Final Request for Proposal (RFP), for the Operation of Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Conversion Facilities at Paducah, Kentucky and Portsmouth, Ohio. A cost-plus award fee and firm-fixed-price contract line item contract will be awarded from this Final RFP.  The total estimated value of the contract is between $400 and $600 million, with a five-year period of performance.

A Draft RFP was released April 1, 2015, requesting comments from industry.  This acquisition is conducted on a full and open competition basis.

The activities within the scope of this procurement include, but are not limited to, providing S&M for the DUF6 conversion facilities and associated equipment, operating the conversion facilities to convert the DUF6 from the inventory at Paducah and Portsmouth to uranium oxide at design throughput of the conversion facilities, reusing and/or transporting and disposing of the DUF6 conversion process end-products and wastes, selling the aqueous hydrofluoric acid (AqHF) product, and providing S&M services for the cylinder storage yards.

Proposals are due on or before November 6, 2015.  Additional information on the Final RFP is available at: https://www.emcbc.doe.gov/SEB/DUF6/