Contracts & Procurement

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is seeking a small business to provide technical surveillance countermeasures (TSCM) support at its Nevada Field Office, the Nevada National Security Site, National Security Technologies offices in Livermore, Calif. and Los Alamos, N.M., and other sites, according to a Request for Proposal issued last week. The Department of Energy’s […]

The U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) awarded Amec Foster Wheeler two R&D contracts for integrated waste management, site remediation, and spent fuel and nuclear materials management, the company announced Monday. The framework contracts, worth up to £12 million across multiple sites, were issued under NDA’s Direct Research Portfolio to 10 consortia. The 70 organizations involved […]

Industry will get its first look at the draft solicitation for a long-term, $1 billion-plus contract for legacy nuclear cleanup at the Los Alamos National Laboratory from June 7-9, when the Department of Energy plans to host potential bidders for a tour of the 70 year-old nuclear-weapons research and development facility, along with one-on-one talks with […]

The manager of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Y-12 and Pantex nuclear weapons plants received the lowest percentage of the available award fee in the agency’s latest performance reviews of its seven site management and operations contractors. Consolidated Nuclear Security’s overall performance score (57 out of 100) and at-risk fee ($11.4 million of a maximum just […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has awarded Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, the management and operations contractor at the National Security Campus near Kansas City, Mo., an overall rating of “Excellent” for its work in fiscal 2015, according to the performance evaluation report released last Friday. Honeywell FM&T received 94 percent of its award […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has awarded National Security Technologies (NSTec), the management and operations contractor for the Nevada National Security Site, 88 percent of its award fee for fiscal 2015, or $21.84 million of the available $24.72 million. Like other NNSA site M&O contractors, NSTec was rated in six operational areas for the […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration on Wednesday released the request for proposals for the Sandia National Laboratories management and operations contract. The current contract is held by Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sandia Corp. and expires on April 30, 2017. It covers Sandia campuses in Albuquerque, N.M., and Livermore, Calif., along with smaller operations in Hawaii, Nevada, […]

After a highly troubling performance evaluation last year, the manager of the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico received significantly higher marks for its work in fiscal 2015, according to the National Nuclear Security Administration performance evaluation report released on May 13. Nonetheless, Los Alamos National Security’s (LANS) contract will expire in fiscal 2018, several years before the […]

The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest Site Office plans to negotiate a five-year extension to Battelle Memorial Institute’s contract to operate the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash., rather than competing the contract. About a third of the lab’s total annual budget of close to $1 billion is for nuclear security and nonproliferation work, […]

NV5 Global said Wednesday it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Dade Moeller and Associates, headquartered near the Hanford Site in Washington state. The deal is expected to become final today. Dade Moeller, founded in Richland in 1994, has held Hanford contracts since then and currently has employees working on many of Hanford’s major […]

West Virginia-based KeyLogic Systems said this week it has received a $112 million contract for mission execution and strategic analysis (MESA) at the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory. The new MESA contract is a combination of three prior support contracts: program and performance management services, energy sector planning and analysis services, and project […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration on Wednesday released the request for proposals for the Sandia National Laboratories management and operations contract. The current contract is held by Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sandia Corp. and expires on April 30, 2017. It covers Sandia campuses in Albuquerque, N.M., and Livermore, Calif., along with smaller operations in Hawaii, Nevada, […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has awarded National Security Technologies (NSTec), the management and operations contractor for the Nevada National Security Site, 88 percent of its award fee for fiscal 2015, or $21.84 million of the available $24.72 million. Like other NNSA site M&O contractors, NSTec was rated in six operational areas for the […]

Perma-Fix Environmental Services on Tuesday announced a steep acceleration in both operating and net loss for the first quarter of 2016. Net loss attributable to common stockholders rose from $2.1 million ($0.18 per share) in first-quarter 2015 to $3.8 million ($0.33 per share) this year, while the operating loss jumped from $1.8 million to $3.6 […]

Industry will get its first look at the draft solicitation for a long-term, $1 billion-plus contract for legacy nuclear cleanup at the Los Alamos National Laboratory from June 7-9, when the Department of Energy plans to host potential bidders for a tour of the 70 year-old nuclear-weapons research and development, along with one-on-one talks with DOE […]

International Isotopes on Tuesday reported a 118% spike in year-over-year net loss for the first quarter of 2016, which it attributed to a lower gross profit and rising research and development costs. The Idaho company listed a $374,518 net loss for the three months ended March 31, up from $171,548 in the first quarter of 2015. Gross […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has awarded Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, the management and operations contractor at the National Security Campus near Kansas City, Mo., an overall rating of “Excellent” for its work in fiscal 2015, according to the performance evaluation report released last Friday. Honeywell FM&T received 94 percent of its award […]

With significant improvements in operations and infrastructure for fiscal 2015, the manager of the Sandia National Laboratories received an overall grade of “outstanding” in its latest performance evaluation report from the National Nuclear Security Administration. That came despite a sharp drop in its rating for leadership, from “Very Good” to “Satisfactory,” which the report attributed […]

Consolidated Nuclear Security, the managing contractor at the Y-12 and Pantex nuclear weapons plants, said Monday it had made numerous changes – including an organizational realignment – in response to the National Nuclear Security Administration’s review of the firm’s performance in fiscal 2015. CNS received an overall score of 57 out of 100, meaning it […]

The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest Site Office plans to negotiate a five-year extension to Battelle Memorial Institute’s contract to operate the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash., rather than competing the contract. About a third of the lab’s total annual budget of close to $1 billion is for nuclear security and nonproliferation work, […]

The Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy, faced with the expiration of its cooperative agreement with Summit Power Group’s Texas Clean Energy Project (TCEP), on Friday extended the deal by seven weeks, but committed no further funding to the initiative during that time. “[T]he Energy Department’s Office of Fossil Energy granted a no-cost extension […]

The manager of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Y-12 and Pantex nuclear weapons plants received the lowest percentage of the available award fee for fiscal 2015 among the agency’s seven site management and operations contractors. Consolidated Nuclear Security’s overall performance score (57 out of 100) and fee ($42.6 million of a maximum $51.2 million) were revealed […]

After a highly troubling performance evaluation last year, the manager of the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico received significantly higher marks for its work in fiscal 2015, according to the National Nuclear Security Administration reports released on Friday. Nonetheless,  Los Alamos National Security’s (LANS) contract will expire in fiscal 2018, several years before the potential final end […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration shortly before press time Friday released the latest performance evaluation reports and award fee letters for the managers of its eight nuclear security sites. With one exception, the performance periods cover fiscal 2015, from Oct. 1, 2014, to Sept. 30, 2015. Each contractor was rated in six performance areas, which […]

Engineering giant AECOM’s fiscal second-quarter revenue dipped by 3 percent, from $4.51 billion in 2015 to $4.38 billion this year, according to earnings numbers released Tuesday. Earnings per share landed at $0.27, with adjusted earnings per share up by half on a year-over-year basis, from $0.58 to $0.87. Net income for the three-month period ending […]

Engineering giant AECOM’s fiscal second-quarter revenue dipped by 3 percent, from $4.51 billion in 2015 to $4.38 billion this year, according to earnings numbers released Tuesday. Earnings per share landed at $0.27, with adjusted earnings per share up by half on a year-over-year basis, from $0.58 to $0.87. Net income for the three-month period ending […]

Local officials representing the community interests of towns and counties around the Los Alamos National Laboratory had reason for relief this week as they visited Washington, D.C. Members of the Regional Coalition of LANL Communities are reassured that they would have an additional one-year extension to help guide the impending contract transition at the lab. […]

The Department of Energy on Wednesday released a draft solicitation for a waste transportation contract that will combine services now provided for the underground Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, N.M., under a pair of separate contracts. Reserved for small businesses, the competitively awarded WIPP Transportation Services contract is a five-year, indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract that […]

Valhi, the American holding company that owns Waste Control Specialists, said Monday it recorded a net loss of $19.5 million in first-quarter 2016, compared to net income of $11.9 million in the same span of 2015. Valhi attributed the loss primarily to changes in operating results in the company’s Waste Management and Chemicals segments. Waste […]

Engineering giant AECOM’s fiscal second-quarter revenue dipped by 3%, from $4.51 billion in 2015 to $4.38 billion this year, according to earnings numbers released Tuesday. However, adjusted earnings per share were up by half on a year-over-year basis, from $0.58 to $0.87. Net income for the latest quarter was $42 million, on operating income of […]