Contracts & Procurement

The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) expects in October to solicit bids for design and construction of a facility to treat liquid transuranic waste generated by future production of fissile nuclear-weapon cores, called plutonium pits, according to a recent procurement note. Triad National Security, which since November has managed the New Mexico facility for the National Nuclear […]

As the National Nuclear Security Administration ramps up spending on nuclear-weapon refurbishments, the Kansas City, Mo., plant that produces the non-nuclear components of these weapons is rushing to expand the footprint it right-sized in 2012, and preparing to lease more production space this summer. That is according to a report released last week by the Government Accountability […]

After a fraud case resulting in prison time for a subcontractor, the Energy Department’s Office of Inspector General recommended URS-CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) strengthen financial audits of firms employed to support cleanup of the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee. The manager of the DOE Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management, Jay Mullis, agreed more in-depth […]

In a reversal, the current Energy Department contractor will start tearing down the Main Plant Process Building at the West Valley Demonstration Project in New York state. The Energy Department said earlier this year the demolition would be conducted under a successor to the current site cleanup contract held by CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley […]

The Air Force last week awarded Boeing a $14.3 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to modernize the B-1 and B-52 bomber weapons systems through 2029, according to an April 12 announcement. The contract includes the modification, modernization, engineering, sustainment and test for the weapons systems on the B-1 Lancer and the B-52 Stratofortress. “This B-1/B-52 Flexible Acquisition and […]

The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) expects in October to solicit bids for design and construction of a facility to treat liquid transuranic waste generated by future production of fissile nuclear-weapon cores, called plutonium pits, according to a Monday procurement note. Triad National Security, which since November has managed the New Mexico facility for the National Nuclear […]

In a reversal, the current Energy Department contractor will start tearing down the Main Plant Process Building at the West Valley Demonstration Project in New York state . The Energy Department said earlier this year the demolition would be conducted under a successor to the current site cleanup contract held by CH2M HILL BWXT West […]

An April 11 article in Weapons Complex Morning Briefing should have said that: Fluor Idaho holds the five-year, $1.6 billion Idaho Cleanup Project contract, which runs through May 2021; and Spectra Tech has a five-year, $41 million contract for work at Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensed facilities at Idaho National Laboratories, through March 2021.

As the National Nuclear Security Administration ramps up spending on nuclear-weapon refurbishments, the Kansas City, Mo., plant that produces the non-nuclear components of these weapons is rushing to expand the footprint it right-sized in 2012, and preparing to lease more production space this summer. That is according to a report released Friday by the Government […]

After a fraud case resulting in prison time for a subcontractor, the Energy Department’s Office of Inspector General recommends URS-CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) strengthen financial audits of firms employed to support cleanup of the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee. The manager of the DOE Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management, Jay Mullis, agreed more in-depth […]

The Energy Department is extending the deadline for bids on the paramilitary security services contract at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina from April 22 until May 7. In a question-and-answer exchange posted online April 5, a prospective contractor asked for a two-week extension, noting the pre-bid meeting and tour on March 26, “coupled with Good […]

Contractors at the Hanford Site in Washington state overlooked some factors in conducting cost analyses before deciding whether to lease rather than purchase office trailers and other space for their work, according to a recent audit by the Department of Energy inspector general of the agency’s leased space. Those omissions included failing to ensure trailers […]

The Energy Department is extending the deadline for bids on the paramilitary security services contract at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina from April 22 until May 7. In a question-and-answer exchange posted online April 5, a prospective contractor asked for a two-week extension, noting the pre-bid meeting and tour on March 26, “coupled […]

The Energy Department has until April 24 to decide whether to exercise a 22-month option to keep North Wind-led Portsmouth Mission Alliance (PMA) on the job as the infrastructure support contractor for the Portsmouth Site in Ohio. The $140 million contract for the North Wind-Swift & Staley joint venture began in March 2016 and runs […]

Three teams are believed to be vying for the 10-year, $13 billion Tank Closure Contract at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state, according to an industry source. Proposals by vendor teams hoping to succeed AECOM-led Washington River Protection Solutions were due March 21. The Energy Department is scheduled to hear oral presentations by […]

The Department of Energy has issued a small business sources-sought notice on nuclear remediation activities currently provided by Fluor Idaho and Spectra Tech at the Idaho National Laboratory. Fluor Idaho holds the full five-year, $1.6 billion Idaho Cleanup Project contract, which runs through May 2021. Spectra Tech has a five-year, $41 million contract for environmental […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Monday issued the formal solicitation for nuclear cleanup around St. Louis, Mo., under its Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP). Under a single-award task order the Army Corps hopes to issue in 2019, the selected contractor would provide “any and all remediation work for remedial actions including […]

The Energy Department is extending the deadline for bids on the paramilitary security services contract at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina from April 22 until May 7. In a question-and-answer exchange posted online April 5, a prospective contractor asked for a two-week extension, noting the pre-bid meeting and tour on March 26, “coupled […]

The Department of Energy has issued a small business sources-sought notice on nuclear remediation activities currently provided by Fluor Idaho and Spectra Tech at the Idaho National Laboratory. Fluor Idaho holds the full five-year, $1.6 billion Idaho Cleanup Project contract, which runs through May 2021. Spectra Tech has a five-year, $41 million contract for environmental […]

The Energy Department has until April 24 to decide whether to exercise a 22-month option to keep North Wind-led Portsmouth Mission Alliance (PMA) on the job as the infrastructure support contractor for the Portsmouth Site in Ohio. The $140 million contract for the North Wind-Swift & Staley joint venture began in March 2016 and runs […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Monday issued the formal solicitation for nuclear cleanup around St. Louis, Mo., under its Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP). Under a single-award task order, the selected contractor would provide “any and all remediation work for remedial actions including general conditions, field engineering, radiological/safety support services, remediation […]

Three teams are believed to be vying for the 10-year, $13 billion Tank Closure Contract at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state, according to an industry source. Proposals by vendor teams hoping to succeed AECOM-led Washington River Protection Solutions were due March 21. The Energy Department is scheduled to hear oral presentations by […]

The specter of burdensome data calls between the Department of Energy and its site contractors might still haunt the nuclear security enterprise, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The department’s semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) uses the calls — which may be written requests rather than telephone or voice calls — to glean […]

Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) this week grilled Energy Secretary Rick Perry about the Department of Energy’s plans to award Centrus Corp. a sole-source contract for domestic uranium enrichment. On Jan. 7, DOE issued a notice of intent to award Centrus a contract potentially worth $115 million over three years to deploy a cascade of 16 […]

The Energy Department confirmed Monday it has formally extended Savannah River Remediation’s (SRR) contract to manage liquid waste operations at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina through Sept. 30, 2020. The agreement was signed March 29. The extension is valued at roughly $750 million, SRR lead partner AECOM said in a Tuesday news release. […]

The Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management is altering provisions of its request for proposals (RFP) for security at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina in response to questions from potential bidders. The tweaks involve decreasing small business subcontracting requirements for the winning vendor from 30% to 10%, as well as making it clear […]

The Department of Energy’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) has extended the contracts for three technical support services providers, potentially through the end of the year, an agency spokesperson confirmed Monday. In a notice released in January, DOE’s Office of Environmental Management indicated it could push back the expiration of the contracts held by the three […]

The Energy Department Office of Environmental Management (EM) expects to speed cleanup of its nuclear sites by decades and save “$100s of millions” in life-cycle costs, according to the Donald Trump administration’s fiscal 2020 budget request. The request, issued in March, would trim the DOE nuclear remediation appropriation from $7.2 billion in fiscal 2019 to […]

Centrus Energy should wrap up $15 million worth of decontamination and decommissioning at the Energy Department’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee by Sept. 30, according to a financial filing Monday. Last September, DOE issued the contract to the Maryland-based company to prepare the K-1600 building for demolition. Centrus leased the K-1600 building to further test […]

The specter of burdensome data calls — when the Department of Energy asks its contractors for information about the goings-on at national laboratories and other sites — might still haunt the nuclear security enterprise, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) How pervasive or burdensome these data calls are is unclear, […]