Contracts & Procurement

Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based Restoration Services, which was purchased by another company in October 2016, announced Monday it has changed its name to RSI EnTech. “We are excited about rebranding the company as RSI EnTech LLC while retaining the RSI brand that is synonymous with our exceptional service delivery and being an employer of choice,” said […]

Several management changes have been made at the Hanford Site’s tank farms and Waste Treatment Plant project to help meet the Department of Energy’s goal of vitrifying tank waste as soon as 2022. A new general manager has been named for Waste Treatment Completion Co. (WTCC), the subcontractor created for construction, startup, and commissioning of […]

Mission Support Alliance (MSA), the support services contractor for the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site, is asking for a new trial in Benton County, Wash., Superior Court after a jury in October awarded $8.1 million in damages for retaliation and discrimination against a former manager. If Judge Doug Federspiel does not agree to a new […]

A delegation of local officials from Grand County, Utah, plans to travel to Washington, D.C., within the next month to promote increased cleanup funding for the Energy Department’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project. The group is expected to meet with members of Utah’s congressional delegation and Energy Department officials in February to […]

The prime contractor for the Department of Energy’s Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF) has demanded in federal court that its customer quickly return more than $20 million in contract fees the agency voided in 2016. It was the latest turn in a $200-million lawsuit CB&I AREVA MOX Services filed against DOE’s semiautonomous National Nuclear […]

As of midday Wednesday, the Government Accountability Office had not ruled on protests filed against the Energy Department’s award of a $4.7 billion liquid waste management contract at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina. It also appears GAO has not to date received any bid protests on the $1.39 billion award for legacy […]

The prime contractor for the Department of Energy’s Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF) has demanded in federal court that its customer quickly return more than $20 million in contract fees the agency voided in 2016. It was the latest turn in a $200-million lawsuit CB&I AREVA MOX Services filed against DOE’s semiautonomous National Nuclear […]

Lynchburg, Va.-based BWX Technologies is interested in a potential 10-year, $4 billion support services contract at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state, a spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. BWXT was one of many well-known DOE contractors to send representatives last week to information sessions on DOE’s draft request for proposals on the Hanford Mission Essential […]

Having just completed its $3.27 billion buyout of CH2M, Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering released new information Monday about its business going forward as a $15 billion engineering and infrastructure heavyweight. “Today, we are celebrating the creation of a new Jacobs,” Chairman and CEO Steve Demetriou said in a news release. In the release, Jacobs praised CH2M’s […]

It appears unlikely that the Government Accountability Office will rule by Christmas on protests filed against the Energy Department’s award of a new $4.7 billion liquid waste management contract at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina. The congressional auditor had not posted a decision as of early Dec. 21. Several lawyers connected with […]

Centerra has won 96 percent of its potential fee award from the Department of Energy for providing a security force to protect the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. In particular, DOE in a new award-fee scorecard praised Centerra-Savannah River Site for establishing and testing an “active shooter response plan.” Centerra was also cited for […]

With the calendar year ticking away, the Energy Department has issued another procurement inquiry — this one a draft request for proposals for a contract valued at roughly $120 million over seven years to provide occupational medical services at the Hanford Site in Washington state. The Energy Department announced the draft RFP on Wednesday. The […]

Having just completed its $3.27 billion buyout of CH2M, Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering released new information Monday about its business going forward as a $15 billion engineering and infrastructure heavyweight. “Today, we are celebrating the creation of a new Jacobs,” Chairman and CEO Steve Demetriou said in a news release. In the release, Jacobs praised CH2M’s […]

A team comprised of Stoller Newport News Nuclear and BWX Technologies has been awarded a $1.39 billion contract for legacy cleanup operations at the Energy Department’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. This will be Stoller’s first major operational contract at the nuclear weapons lab, where BWXT is an old hand as a partner […]

Having just completed its $3.27 billion buyout of CH2M, Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering released new information Monday about its business going forward as a $15 billion engineering and infrastructure heavyweight. “Today, we are celebrating the creation of a new Jacobs,” Chairman and CEO Steve Demetriou said in a news release. In the release, Jacobs praised CH2M’s […]

With the calendar year ticking away, the Energy Department has issued another procurement inquiry — this one a draft request for proposals for a contract valued at roughly $120 million over seven years to provide occupational medical services at the Hanford Site in Washington state. The Energy Department announced the draft RFP on Wednesday. The […]

Lynchburg, Va.-based BWX Technologies is interested in a potential 10-year, $4 billion support services contract at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state, a spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. BWXT was one of many well-known DOE contractors to send representatives last week to information sessions on DOE’s draft request for proposals on the Hanford Mission Essential […]

Federal and New Mexico officials have scheduled a public meeting on Jan. 16 to discuss planning issues connected with a 2016 settlement agreement to revamp the approach to legacy cleanup at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory. The New Mexico Environment Department will host the meeting, and DOE’s Environmental Management (EM) Los Alamos […]

Centerra has won 96 percent of its potential fee award from the Department of Energy for providing a security force to protect the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. In particular, DOE in a new award-fee scorecard praised Centerra-Savannah River Site for establishing and testing an “active shooter response plan.” Centerra was also cited for […]

Having just completed its $3.25 billion buyout of CH2M, Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering released new information Monday about its business going forward as a $15 billion engineering and infrastructure heavyweight. “Today, we are celebrating the creation of a new Jacobs,” Chairman and CEO Steve Demetriou said in a news release. In the release, Jacobs praised CH2M’s […]

Cavendish Nuclear has secured a £95 million ($127 million) contract to design and build glove boxes for safe handling of nuclear materials at the Sellafield site in the United Kingdom. The number of glove boxes covered by the 10-year contract was not specified in press releases from Cavendish Nuclear and the U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, […]

The lure of a potential 10-year, $4 billion support services contract at the Hanford Site in Washington state prompted some of the biggest names within the Department of Energy weapons cleanup complex to sign up for an information session last week on a draft request for proposals for the work. The incumbent contract is held […]

A federal judge has agreed to push the trial date in the Hanford Site chemical vapors lawsuit out to Nov. 26, 2018, more than three years after the case was filed. The new trial date comes after the expiration of the current contract period of one of the plaintiffs, Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), unless […]

After a three-year hiatus, the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., should resume salt mining in a matter of days, according to site management and operations contractor Nuclear Waste Partnership (NWP). The resumption would mark another key step toward a return to normalcy for the nation’s only permanent underground disposal site […]

While some details remain to be worked out, Energy Secretary Rick Perry has approved a five-year extension for Battelle Energy Alliance to continue as the management and operations contractor for the Idaho National Laboratory through Sept. 30, 2024. Battelle Energy Alliance LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Battelle Memorial Institute, manages the laboratory with integrated […]

Navarro Research and Engineering earned more than 97 percent of its total potential fiscal 2017 award fee from the Department of Energy Nevada Environmental Program Services (EPS) contract. Navarro garnered $835,975 of a potential $857,037 for the period from Oct. 1, 2016, through Sept. 30, 2017, for work at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). […]

Colorado-based CH2M on Friday officially became a wholly owned subsidiary of Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering, CH2M announced in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. More details about the merger will be disclosed Monday, CH2M said at press time. CH2M shareholders voted Wednesday to approve the buyout. The preliminary results of the special meeting […]

With settlement talks continuing, parties in the chemical vapors lawsuit at the Hanford Site in Washington state have asked a federal judge to delay the trial date for another three months. Parties are requesting that the trial date be extended until Nov. 27, 2018. If a trial occurs then, it would be three years after […]

Following an extended back and forth with the Department of Energy, contractor Bechtel has only been required to repay a sliver of the $5.5 million in costs challenged in a federal audit for its work over several years at the Hanford Site in Washington state. A final determination, issued by DOE Contracting Officer Ronald Cone […]

Colorado-based CH2M on Friday officially became a wholly owned subsidiary of Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering, CH2M announced in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. More details about the merger will be disclosed Monday, CH2M said at press time. CH2M shareholders voted Wednesday to approve the buyout. The preliminary results of the special meeting […]