Contracts & Procurement

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) is seeking a dismissal of a federal lawsuit accusing the contractor and one of its parent companies of overcharging the government more than $5 million in “unallowable costs.” In papers filed on May 20, SRNS said the Department of Justice misused the Federal Claims Act in filing its lawsuit, and […]

The final request for proposals for a contract to haul radio-contaminated material and equipment to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., will be released this month, no sooner than Sunday, the Energy Department said. The new WIPP Transportation Services contract will be a five-year, fixed-price, indefinite-quantity, indefinite-delivery deal. The pact will replace a pair […]

The Sandia National Laboratories is seeking a commercial partner for the development of a market-ready physical security analysis software package, according to a special notice posted last week. The collaboration, which would be based on Sandia’s security analysis methodologies, would yield commercial software with applications that involve nuclear power plant security, material control and accounting, […]

French multinational AREVA on Friday announced that it had completed the sale of nuclear instrumentation and measurement subsidiary Canberra. The sale to Mirion Technologies was announced last December, months before AREVA declared a more ambitious restructuring last month. “The sale of Canberra to Mirion is in line with our previously announced restructuring plan and our […]

The Department of Energy is seeking bids on an estimated 10-year, $4 billion-$6 billion liquid cleanup contract at the Savannah River Site (SRS), in a long-awaited procurement that hit the street late Thursday that includes the permanent disposal of millions of tons of salt waste at the Aiken, S.C., facility. The department currently envisions an eight-year […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has awarded South Carolina State University (SCSU), a historically black institution in the city of Orangeburg, a two-year contract to evaluate the agency’s University Consortia on Nuclear Security. The contract, awarded by NNSA’s Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development (NA-22), is worth $173,940, according to an award […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will extend until Aug. 31, 2016, its contract with Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based Synergy Solutions Inc. (SSI) for personnel security program support, according to a justification and approval notice posted Wednesday. The contract involves support services involving the agency’s 49,000 contractor and federal employees with security clearances, such as background […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has awarded South Carolina State University (SCSU), a historically black institution in the city of Orangeburg, a two-year contract to evaluate the agency’s University Consortia on Nuclear Security. The contract, awarded by NNSA’s Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development (NA-22), is worth $173,940, according to an award […]

The head of the management and operations contractor for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Nevada National Security Site said this week he expects a seamless transition to a new M&O contract – an award for which is soon to be announced. James Holt, president of National Security Technologies (NSTec), the contractor that has run the […]

The Department of Energy’s first open industry briefing for the estimated $1.7 billion contract that covers up to 10 years of legacy nuclear cleanup work at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) drew a crowd of nearly 150 earlier this month, but the partners for incumbent Los Alamos National Security (LANS) kept a low profile, […]

The Department of Energy’s first open industry briefing for the estimated $1.7 billion contract that covers up to 10 years of legacy nuclear cleanup work at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) drew a crowd of nearly 150 earlier this month, but the partners for incumbent Los Alamos National Security (LANS) kept a low profile, […]

The Department of Energy would do well to reduce the number of cleanup contractors at the Hanford Site in Washington state, according to the Hanford Advisory Board. It prepared advice at its June 9 meeting intended to help DOE provide the best value for taxpayers, improve workforce safety, reduce workforce stress due to contract changes, […]

After laying off of 123 workers in January at the Savannah River Site, Parsons, the Department of Energy facility’s salt waste contractor, laid off an additional 200 workers since February en route to completing construction of the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF). Parsons still has a multiyear plan for work at SRS and hopes to […]

A Department of Energy Inspector General’s Office assessment released Wednesday raised questions about hundreds of thousands of dollars in costs claimed by URS-CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR), the DOE cleanup manager for the Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee. It also cited the contractor for not performing any cost-allowability audits for subcontractor work that totaled more than $250 […]

The Energy Department late Wednesday released a draft solicitation  for support services for the development of a supplemental environmental impact statement for the West Valley Demonstration Project and Western New York Nuclear Service Center.. The planned five-year contract includes a three-year base period with two one-year options. This procurement is 100% set aside for small business competition […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will extend for another two months its contract with Synergy Solutions Inc. (SSI) for personnel security and facility clearance programs, according to a notice posted Friday. The contract involves support services to the NNSA’s 49,000 contractor and federal employees with security clearances, including background investigations of cleared employees and […]

RRC-JGMS NHO, of Wexford, Pa., will perform a variety of technical and management services for the Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management under a four-year, $4 million indefinite-quantity, indefinite-delivery contract announced Monday. The contract includes firm-fixed-price and time and material task orders for management services of DOE EM facilities and infrastructure; program and project management; technical […]

Brendan Bechtel, great-great grandson of the founder of San Francisco-based construction giant Bechtel, will replace Bill Dudley as the company’s chief executive officer effective Sept. 1, topping a list of senior-management changes on the way for one of the biggest contractors in the Department of Energy’s nuclear complex. The company announced the changes, which will go […]

Just short of a dozen people representing nine firms showed up to a site tour and pre-solicitation conference for a follow-on transuranic waste shipping contract June 1 and 2, according to an attendee list posted online by the Department of Energy. The new Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Transportation Services contract will cover transport of […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) plans to extend for 26 months a contract to BWX Technologies’ Nuclear Operations Group to process enriched uranium scrap for the NNSA Production Office at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee, according to a notice posted Wednesday. The agency determined that BWXT is the “only known non-governmental U.S. […]

Just short of half a dozen people representing nine firms showed up to a site tour and pre-solicitation conference for a follow-on transuranic waste shipping contract June 1 and 2, according to an attendee list posted online by the Department of Energy. The new Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Transportation Services contract will cover transport of […]

Brendan Bechtel, great-great grandson of the founder of San Francisco-based construction giant Bechtel, will replace Bill Dudley as the company’s chief executive officer effective Sept. 1, topping a list of senior-management changes on the way for one of the biggest contractors in the Department of Energy’s nuclear complex. The company announced the changes, which will go […]

Fluor Idaho’s five-year, $1.4-billion contract to clean up the Department of Energy’s Idaho Site officially began Wednesday, with the now-former incumbents turning over the keys to the weapons complex’s largest backlog of transuranic waste. DOE announced in February that Fluor won the ICP Core contract, which combines cleanup work previously handled by CH2M-WG Idaho, a […]

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), the management and operations contractor for the Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, S.C., is seeking expressions of interest for operation of its materials management and distribution activities, according to a sources sought notice posted Tuesday. The contract involves shipping, warehousing, inventory accounting, and other logistics work for radiological, nuclear, and […]

Incumbent Lockheed Martin on Thursday confirmed its intent to bid to retain the management and operations contract for the Sandia National Laboratories. “We’re proud of our 23-year partnership with the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration,” company spokesman Matt Kramer said in an email statement. “Lockheed Martin has helped Sandia maintain a steadfast focus […]

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), the management and operations contractor for parts of the Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, S.C., is seeking expressions of interest for operation of its Materials Management and Distribution activities, according to a sources sought notice posted Tuesday. The contract involves shipping, warehousing, inventory accounting, and other logistics work for radiological, […]

Fluor Idaho’s five-year, $1.4-billion contract to clean up the Energy Department’s Idaho site officially began Wednesday, with the now-former incumbents turning over the keys to the weapons complex’s largest backlog of transuranic waste. DOE announced in February Fluor won the ICP Core contract, which combines cleanup work previously handled by CH2M-WG Idaho, a partnership between […]

A massive cleanup contract that would begin Oct. 1, 2017 at the Energy Department’s Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) includes five years, plus a pair of options that would stretch the deal out through 2027, according to a draft solicitation DOE released late Thursday. The final value of the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract will […]

Contractors Battelle and Boeing have signed an agreement to bid as a team for the Sandia National Laboratories’ management and operation contract, Battelle announced Tuesday. Team members include the University of New Mexico (UNM), the Texas A&M University System, and the University of Texas System. The partnership is the first to formally announce its bid […]

Contractors Battelle and Boeing have signed an agreement to bid as a team for the Sandia National Laboratories’ management and operation contract, Battelle announced Tuesday. Team members include the University of New Mexico (UNM), the Texas A&M University System, and the University of Texas System. The Sandia National Laboratories produce nonnuclear weapon components and develop […]