NAVFAC contracts TriEco-Tetra Tech JV for waste management services

TriEco-Tetra Tech Joint Venture (JV) has been awarded a contract by the US Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast to provide hazardous material and waste management services.

Under the $7.5m contract, the TriEco Tetra Tech JV will assist NAVFAC Southeast in providing continued environmental compliance support to the US Navy and the US Marine Corps installations throughout the Southeast.

The contract includes support for environmental programme management such as Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) requirements, hazardous waste, solid waste, regulated medical waste, pollution prevention, polychlorinated biphenyls and asbestos-containing materials programmes.

NAVFAC Southeast environmental engineer Elizabeth Moses said, "The contract will provide technical expertise in meeting hazardous waste, pollution prevention, and Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act regulatory requirements."

Additional environmental programme management support involves lead-based paint, unexploded ordnance and the operational range program; low level radioactive waste; and other miscellaneous environmental programmes.

NAVFAC Southeast small business manager Nelson Smith said, "This contract is another example of NAVFAC’s commitment to maximize opportunities for Small Business."

The JV will also provide assistance with preparing studies, permitting, planning, design work, specifications, reports, cost estimates and performance of all associated engineering services, as part of the contract.

Scheduled to be completed by July 2018, work under the contract will be performed at various Navy, Marine Corps and other government facilities within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast area of responsibility including in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, US.