Contracts & Procurement

The Department of Energy has completed the amendment process for the request for proposals for the technical services contract at the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) in Tennessee, according to a notice posted Wednesday. The RFP was issued in early October, and DOE made three amendments through Nov. 15. “No further amendments to […]

Los Angeles-based construction giant AECOM wrapped up its 2016 fiscal year in the middle of a huge push for new business that includes attempted revenue grabs in legacy nuclear waste cleanup work for the U.S. Energy Department. AECOM’s Management Services division, which covers DOE legacy nuclear cleanup, had “nearly $25 billion of bids under client evaluation” as […]

The Department of Energy has completed the amendment process for the request for proposals for the technical services contract at the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) in Tennessee, according to a notice posted Wednesday. The RFP was issued in early October, and DOE made three amendments through Nov. 15. “No further amendments to […]

Los Angeles-based construction giant AECOM wrapped up its 2016 fiscal year in the middle of a huge push for new business that includes attempted revenue grabs in legacy nuclear waste cleanup work for the U.S. Energy Department. AECOM’s Management Services division, which covers DOE legacy nuclear cleanup, had “nearly $25 billion of bids under client evaluation” as […]

Calvin Biesecker Defense Daily Leidos last week posted higher earnings and sales in the third quarter driven largely by the acquisition of an information and technology services business from Lockheed Martin in August combined with a lower tax rate and modest organic growth. Net income soared 86 percent to $91 million, 80 cents earnings per […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Office of Planning and Programming will extend for three months its contract with TechSource Inc. for technical support services, according to a notice posted Tuesday. The modification extends the expiration of the current task order from Nov. 12, 2016, to Feb. 12, 2017, and adds $611,372.70 to the current ceiling […]

Leidos last week posted higher earnings and sales in the third quarter driven largely by the acquisition of an information and technology services business from Lockheed Martin in August combined with a lower tax rate and modest organic growth. Net income soared 86 percent to $91 million, 80 cents earnings per share (EPS), from $49 […]

National Security Technologies (NSTec), the management and operations contractor at the Nevada National Security Site, is seeking small business managed service providers to recruit technically capable staff and manage a supplier network at various sites across the United States, according to a sources sought solicitation posted last week. The service provider will recruit staff in […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) on Thursday reported lower revenue and operating income in the third quarter of 2016, decreases it attributed in part to lower revenues in shipbuilding programs and lower sales volumes in some contracts. Company revenue fell 6.5 percent, to $1.68 billion, from $1.8 billion during the same quarter last year. Quarterly diluted […]

The Fluor Corp. segment that handles nuclear cleanup work for the U.S. Energy Department reported a dip in profits for the third quarter of 2016, while the construction and energy giant overall took a massive earnings hit due to a charge on a petrochemical facility that has nothing to do with the company’s DOE nuclear business. […]

In a third quarter during which it announced a major acquisition in its commercial nuclear power business, BWX Technologies, of Lynchburg, Va., essentially held steady, registering small gains in revenue amid a slight dip in profit, the company reported late Monday. Overall, BWXT posted quarterly operating income of just over $62 million, down sharply from […]

In a third quarter during which it announced a major acquisition in its commercial nuclear power business, BWX Technologies of Lynchburg, Va., essentially held steady, registering small gains in revenue amid a slight dip in profit. Overall, BWXT on Monday reported quarterly operating income of just over $62 million, down sharply from about $130 million […]

After winning the multibillion-dollar management and operations contract for the Nevada National Security Site, only to have the award pulled in a matter of days, Nevada Site Science Support and Technologies Corp. (NVS3T) remains in the running in the rebidding process. The Department of Energy’s semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration announced on Aug. 31 that it […]

The parent company of BWXT Conversion Services, the Energy Department’s prime contractor for depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion in Ohio and Kentucky, said Tuesday it will not protest the award of a follow-on contract to a conglomerate led by competitor Atkins. “On October 11, BWXT received its debrief from the DOE following the DUF6 contract […]

After winning the multibillion-dollar management and operations contract for the Nevada National Security Site, only to have the award pulled in a matter of days, Nevada Site Science Support and Technologies Corp. (NVS3T) remains in the running in the rebidding process. The Department of Energy’s semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration announced on Aug. 31 that it […]

In a third quarter during which it announced a major acquisition in its commercial nuclear power business, BWX Technologies, of Lynchburg, Va., essentially held steady, registering small gains in revenue amid a slight dip in profit, the company reported late Monday. Overall, BWXT posted quarterly operating income of just over $62 million, down sharply from […]

Pat Host Defense Daily In its unsuccessful bid protest of the Air Force’s B-21 award to Northrop Grumman, Boeing argued the service failed to give proper effect to the solicitation’s technical acceptability, according to a redacted bid protest decision released Tuesday. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) in February denied Boeing’s argument to the solicitation’s technical […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. on Tuesday announced net sales of $11.6 billion and net earnings of $1.1 billion for the third quarter of 2016. Net sales increased from $10.1 billion and net earnings from $756 million over the same quarter of 2015. Earnings per share spiked from $2.42 in third-quarter 2015 to $3.61 in the corresponding […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. on Tuesday announced net sales of $11.6 billion and net earnings of $1.1 billion for the third quarter of 2016. Net sales increased from $10.1 billion and net earnings from $756 million over the same quarter of 2015 The company noted that on Aug. 16 it completed divestiture of its Information Systems […]

In its unsuccessful bid protest of the Air Force’s B-21 award to Northrop Grumman, Boeing argued the service failed to give proper effect to the solicitation’s technical acceptability, according to a redacted bid protest decision released Tuesday. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) in February denied Boeing’s argument to the solicitation’s technical acceptability, saying the Air […]

Sweden-based nuclear technology company Studvik’s third-quarter sales dipped by 12.7 percent from the same period of 2015, from 189.8 million Swedish krona (SEK) ($21.3 million) to 164.6 SEK ($18.5 million), according to the company’s earnings report Friday. Studsvik President and CEO Michael Mononen said during Friday’s earnings call that “there is no secret that I […]

The chase to run the Energy Department’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina after 2018 is unofficially on after the agency on Monday released a request for information that will shape a procurement of a follow-on deal to the facility’s current $9.5-billion management and operations contract. The management and operations contract awarded in 2008 to […]

Honeywell on Friday reported third-quarter 2016 sales of $9.8 billion, a 2 percent increase from the same quarter last year, and earnings per share of $1.60, up 4 percent year over year. The company raised its earnings per share guidance for the fourth quarter of 2016 by 10-13 percent, to $1.74-$1.78. Earnings per share guidance […]

There could be more leadership changes at Energy Department sites with a CH2M Hill Co. presence, thanks to a corporate-level reorganization that has already precipitated a top-spot swap at DOE’s main solid-waste contractor for the Hanford Site in Washington state. CH2M announced the pending restructuring in a Wednesday 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is seeking to establish a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) for technical, engineering, and programmatic services across its mission offices, according to a presolicitation notice posted on Oct. 14. Through the blanket purchase agreement, a simplified mechanism for repetitive purchasing, the chosen contractors will provide programmatic support for areas including […]

Northrop Grumman and Boeing are teaming up with “industry partners” on their Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) contract bids, but neither is naming the companies involved. Last week Northrop, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin confirmed their bids for the technology maturation and risk reduction phase of the GBSD contract competition; Lockheed then identified the team of contractors […]

Northrop Grumman and Boeing are teaming up with “industry partners” on their Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) contract bids, but neither is naming the companies involved. Last week Northrop, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin confirmed their bids for the technology maturation and risk reduction phase of the GBSD contract competition; Lockheed then identified the team of contractors […]

The chase to run the Energy Department’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina after 2018 is unofficially on after the agency on Monday released a request for information that will shape a procurement of a follow-on deal to the facility’s current $9.5-billion management and operations contract. The management and operations contract awarded in 2008 to the […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is seeking to establish a blanket purchase agreement for technical, engineering, and programmatic services across its mission offices, according to a draft request for quotation posted Friday. Through the blanket purchase agreement, a simplified mechanism for repetitive purchasing, the chosen contractors will provide programmatic support for areas including nuclear […]

National Security Technologies (NSTec), the management and operations contractor at the Nevada National Security Site, is seeking aerial surveying capabilities at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland, Wash., according to a request for information posted last week. The solicitation is for collection of thermal image data over two areas at Hanford, one of the Department […]