Draft Statement of Work

Statement of Work
1. Background: The Hawthorne, Nevada Detachment of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport requires the refinement of silver-bearing material recovered from batteries. The refined silver will be used to manufacture new batteries that require silver of 99.9% purity. 2. Scope: The Contractor shall provide all facilities, equipment, materials, and labor to process the silverbearing materials from expended Silver/Zinc and Silver/Chloride batteries and refine the recovered silver to achieve 99.9% purity. The Contractor shall dispose of the battery waste in accordance with local, state, and federal environmental laws and regulations.

3. Requirements:

3.1. The estimated number of shipments per year is 4 to 6 shipments with individual shipment weights ranging from 13,000 to 95,000 pounds of silver-bearing material. 3.1.1. Hazardous waste resulting from the reutilization process shall be disposed in accordance with local, state, and federal environmental laws and regulations.
3.1.2. The Contractor shall maintain current, throughout the contract period of performance, all permits, certifications and licenses required by federal, state, and local authorities to accept, transport, store, process and refine silver-bearing materials and handle the resulting hazardous waste. 3.1.3. Contractor shall meet all applicable Federal, State and Local regulatory requirements for receiving, processing, storing, recycling and disposal of silver bearing and associated material. 3.2. Contractor shall provide reutilization services on silver bearing materials from Silver/Zinc and Silver/Chloride batteries with various battery chemistry compositions. This material consists of Silver Oxide plates, Zinc Oxide plates, Silver Chloride and Cadmium Oxide, but is not limited to only these hazardous materials. All explosive squibs will be removed by the Government prior to shipment; no explosive devices will be included in shipped materials. 3.2.1. The Government will ship the material to the Contractor’s facility and will facilitate shipping the material to the Contractor with technical information regarding the physical and chemical nature of the material to include possible hazards consistent with battery reutilization. Battery Material Safety Data Sheets (SDS) will be provided for each shipment as an attachment to the purchase order and will identify all hazardous materials present in the shipment.
3.2.1.1. The Government will provide the following information for each shipment: