University of Colorado 100930271

UCD - Radioactive Waste Disposal - 100930271

The University of Colorado, including its Denver (UCD), Anschutz Medical Campus, Boulder, and Colorado Springs campuses, is the government buyer seeking disposal services for radioactive and mixed (hazardous/radioactive) wastes. The awarded vendor is Thomas Gray & Associates, Inc. The contract involves brokering the disposal of various forms of radioactive and mixed wastes generated by research laboratories, including long-lived dry solids, scintillation vials (deregulated, regulated, decayed), radioactive animals/biologicals, bulk or absorbed aqueous liquids, bulk organic liquids, uranium wastes (bulk liquid and dry), uranyl nitrate (solidified and liquid), solidified aqueous liquids, and sealed sources. Quantities are estimated annually, for example, approximately 15 drums of long-lived dry solids, 20 deregulated scintillation vials, 5 regulated scintillation vials, 25 decayed scintillation vials, 5 radioactive animals/biologicals, 200 exempt quantity sealed sources, and 10 sealed sources. The contract requires compliance with EPA's e-Manifest system for hazardous waste tracking. Waste is collected at the point of generation and processed at Environmental Health and Safety facilities on the campuses before off-campus disposal. The contract term is three years with two optional one-year extensions, potentially totaling five years. Unique contract requirements include special segregation and preparation of mixed wastes, handling of uranium and uranyl nitrate wastes separately, and adherence to state and federal regulations including the Rocky Mountain Low-Level Radioactive Waste Board rules and Colorado Radiation Control Regulations. The contract also includes an optional pre-proposal meeting at the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, CO.

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The University of Colorado seeks proposals from qualified suppliers to broker the disposal of radioactive and mixed (hazardous/radioactive) wastes.

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