B.1 TYPE OF CONTRACT – ITEMS BEING ACQUIRED 1Cost-Plus-Award-Fee Contract • October 23rd, 2009
Contract Type FiledOctober 23rd, 2009The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) is responsible for the cleanup and legacy waste management activities at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP or Paducah Site) located on a Federal reservation in Western Kentucky, approximately 10 miles west of Paducah, Kentucky and 3.5 miles south of the Ohio River. Consistent with the 1992 Energy Policy Act, DOE has leased portions of the Paducah Site to the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) for enrichment operations, while it retains responsibility for environmental restoration and related legacy waste management activities, including the future decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) of the facilities upon final plant shut down. Currently, the PGDP remains operational with the expectation that it will continue operations pending implementation of alternative commercial gas centrifuge facilities. The Paducah Site has significant groundwater contamination, other contaminated media and legacy