B&W SETS SIGHTS ON SAVANNAH RIVER M&O CONTRACT

By ExchangeMonitor

Fresh off its defeat at Y-12 and Pantex, Babcock & Wilcox is planning to make a push for a role at the Savannah River Site, President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Ferland said on a conference call with investors yesterday. B&W is “working hard on positioning for Savannah River, which we believe will come up in the next year to two,” Ferland said. “And that’s a big opportunity for us.” B&W was on the URS team that lost out on the SRS management and operating contract to Fluor-led Savannah River Nuclear Solutions in 2008. That contract is set to expire Sept. 30, 2016, but it could be extended until July of 2018 if additional options are exercised. “We do not have a large presence of Savannah River today. And we think we can add a lot of value as a supplier on that front,” Ferland said. “So, that’s what we are looking at.” B&W spokeswoman Aimee Mills said the company had recently opened an office in Aiken, S.C., to support its work as part of Savannah River liquid waste contractor Savannah River Remediation LLC and “to look at opportunities to increase our presence going forward.

Ferland also said B&W was gearing up to bid for management of Atomic Energy of Canada’s Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories and keeping an eye on the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia and Kansas City Plant M&O contracts while it focuses on “rebuilding and growing” its Technical Services Group. B&W said last month that it was integrating its Technical Services Group with its Nuclear Operations Group into a Government Operations sector, with both units being led by NOG President Peyton “Sandy” Baker. Ferland said the move would generate “some straight up cost savings via consolidation [and] will help us better leverage and move talent back and forth between Nuclear Operations Group and the Technical Services division that should enhance the quality of our bids moving forward.”

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