The U.S. Defense Department announced Friday that it had awarded a $49.5 million contract to Reston, Va.-based Leidos for hazardous toxic radioactive waste investigation services for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program.
Further details of the services to be provided under the cost-plus-fixed-fee deal were not immediately available.
Under FUSRAP, the Army Corps of Engineers oversees cleanup of facilities contaminated by nuclear weapons and civilian energy programs managed by the Manhattan Engineer District and Atomic Energy Commission from the 1940s to the 1960s.
There were two bids in total for this contract, according to the Pentagon notice. “Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2023.”
The contract is under the aegis of the Army Corps in St. Louis. The St. Louis District encompasses several FUSRAP sites, including the St. Louis Airport Project Site and Madison Site in Illinois.
