Contracts & Procurement

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has awarded contracts to two companies for nonproliferation and arms control work, according to limited sources justification announcements posted this week. The NNSA’s Office of Material Management and Minimization, which focuses on the disposition of surplus plutonium and highly enriched uranium, the security of vulnerable nuclear materials worldwide, and […]

DOE Seeking Small Business Teams for Protective Force Services at Nevada Site The Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking a small business or small business-led team, or joint venture sources to perform protective force services at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS), the Remote Sensing Laboratory, and the North Las Vegas Complex that includes the […]

Consolidated Nuclear Security said this week it has sealed a new collective bargaining agreement with Pantex Plant workers represented by the West Texas Building Trades and Construction Council. The new three-year deal was the result of several weeks of negotiations beginning on Jan. 6, according to the contractor. It went into effect as of Feb. […]

Consolidated Nuclear Security said this week it has sealed a new collective bargaining agreement with Pantex Plant workers represented by the West Texas Building Trades and Construction Council. The new three-year deal was the result of several weeks of negotiations beginning on Jan. 6, according to the contractor. It went into effect as of Feb. […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Stoller Newport News Nuclear (SN3) subsidiary retained its work as the major subcontractor to Wastren Advantage on the environmental surveillance, education, and research contract at the Energy Department’s Idaho Operations Office, the company said Wednesday. The subcontract to Wastren Advantage, a major cleanup contractor across the DOE weapons complex, is worth up […]

The Air Force since the spring of 2014 has been briefing appropriate congressional members and staffers on its classified Long Range Strike Bomber (LRSB) acquisition strategy and it will continue explaining itself as it moves forward, Air Force Secretary Deborah James said Friday. James’ remarks come in response to Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman […]

The Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking a small business or small business-led team, or joint venture sources to perform protective force services at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS), the Remote Sensing Laboratory, and the North Las Vegas Complex that includes the National Nuclear Security Administration headquarters at the site, according to a solicitation […]

Not yet a year removed from spinning off its power-generation business, 2015 income from continuing operations at the now-nuclear-focused BWX Technologies rose nearly 9 percent year over year in 2015, despite a profit drain associated with the loss of two big contracts in the DOE nuclear enterprise in 2014. Analysts were upbeat about the news, […]

Consolidated Nuclear Security, management and operations contractor at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn., confirmed that a dozen firms have submitted “expressions of interest” in providing architecture/engineering services for a new emergency operations center. “An evaluation of the responders are in progress to determine which of the 12 meet qualifications,” CNS spokeswoman Ellen […]

The Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) will host its next business opportunity forum at the Waste Management 2016 Conference in Phoenix, Ariz. The free quarterly event, for companies interested in doing business with EM, is usually held in Washington D.C., and those not planning to attend the conference in Phoenix can attend online. The […]

A federal court has awarded power company Entergy $49.4 million in damages stemming from the Department of Energy’s failure to dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. In an opinion filed Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims awarded Entergy about 60 percent of the $80.8 million the company sought in damages incurred […]

Pat Host Defense Daily 2/19/2016 The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Tuesday denied Boeing’s protest of the Air Force’s Long Range Strike Bomber (LRSB) award to Northrop Grumman. Ralph White, managing associate general counsel for procurement law at GAO, said in a statement that GAO found no basis to sustain or uphold the protest after reviewing Boeing’s […]

The Department of Energy (DOE) Inspector General’s Office (IG) is questioning the allowability of over $167,000 in costs incurred by Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Pantex (B&W Pantex), the contractor that managed and operated the Pantex Plant from 2001 to 2014. Of the $966 million in costs the contractor incurred in fiscal 2013 through the […]

The Department of Energy (DOE) has been reimbursing its contractors for settlement and law firm costs without consistently verifying that the payments are allowable, according to an Inspector General’s Office (IG) audit report released earlier this month. The report found that from fiscal 2009 through fiscal 2013, DOE reimbursed contractors over $84 million in legal costs. In […]

The Fluor-led team that won a $1.4 billion contract for legacy-waste cleanup at the Department of Energy’s Idaho Site near Idaho Falls, Idaho, will hold on to the work, now that the deadline for the mystery bidder to protest DOE’s award has passed. DOE on Feb. 4 announced Fluor Idaho had won the so-called Idaho Cleanup […]

The Energy Department in May will host a small business forum for companies and academics interested in demonstrating technology to help with nuclear cleanup at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C.. The Small Business Forum Technology Demonstrations and Opportunities will take place May 19-20 at the University of South Carolina Convocation Center in Aiken, DOE […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Tuesday denied Boeing’s protest of the Air Force’s Long Range Strike Bomber (LRSB) award to Northrop Grumman. Ralph White, managing associate general counsel for procurement law at GAO, said in a statement that GAO found no basis to sustain or uphold the protest after reviewing Boeing’s challenges to the […]

Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation and the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration will participate virtually in a Thursday meeting aimed at helping small businesses do business at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, N.M. The meeting, hosted in Albuquerque, N.M., by the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Supply Chain Management Center, […]

The Department of Energy (DOE) has been reimbursing its contractors for settlement and law firm costs without consistently verifying that the payments are allowable, according to an Inspector General’s Office (IG) audit report released earlier this month. The report found that from fiscal 2009 through fiscal 2013, DOE reimbursed contractors over $84 million in legal […]

A federal court has awarded power company Entergy $49.4 million in damages stemming from the Department of Energy’s failure to dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. In an opinion filed Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims awarded Entergy about 60 percent of the $80.8 million the company sought in damages incurred […]

Infrastructure shop AECOM of Los Angeles, a partner on several major Energy Department cleanup sites, on Tuesday reported a net loss of $20 million, or $0.13 a share, on revenue of $4.3 billion in its 2016 fiscal first quarter, which ended Dec. 31.   The figure reflects losses attributable to the company’s $6 billion acquisition […]

The Department of Energy said Tuesday it is seeking sources for a demolition and construction project at the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas. The project is for demolition and new work construction “to accommodate the installation of new workstations,” the solicitation said. Work at the nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly plant will include wall penetrations, […]

Salient CRGT, Inc., an information technology (IT) company, was awarded a $1.44 million task order by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to deliver IT Master Data Management (MDM) Solution and Enterprise Data Exchange IT services, the company said Monday.   Under the two-year award, Salient CRGT is set to provide these services to maximize […]

The Department of Energy is seeking to identify a business that can provide body armor for the agency’s Office of Inspector General’s Office of Investigations law enforcement missions, according to a request for quotes synopsis issued last week. Items requested include ballistic vests for men and women, carry bags, and concealable outer carrier vests. The […]

Fluor Idaho has received a five-year, cost-plus Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract worth up to $1.4 billion for legacy waste cleanup work at the Idaho National Laboratory, the Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) said Thursday. Work will take place at DOE EM’s Idaho Site some 50 miles west of Idaho Falls. The […]

Karl Herchenroeder RW Monitor 2/5/2016 French waste group Veolia announced Wednesday that it has purchased California-based nuclear waste cleanup technology company Kurion for $350 million. “With the addition of Kurion’s expertise and technology, Veolia is rounding out its portfolio of services to the nuclear industry and will now be able to provide all existing solutions […]

Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 2/5/2016 The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is seeking a small business or small business-led team for the design and installation of radiation detection and communications systems in support of the Office of Global Material Security’s Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence (NSDD) Program, according to a presolicitation posted this week. This […]

Conglomerate Jacobs Engineering, a government contractor on nuclear waste programs on both sides of the Atlantic, reported fiscal first-quarter earnings that, after excluding after-tax costs related to its ongoing corporate restructuring, came to $95 million, or 78 cents a share, on revenue of $2.8 billion. The total was down somewhat from the year-ago period, in […]

French waste group Veolia announced Wednesday that it has purchased California-based waste technology company Kurion for $350 million. In a conference call Wednesday, Kurion CEO William Gallo said discussions of the sale became serious in summer 2015, following collaborations on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster recovery. “We have been in very deep discussions since […]

Oak Ridge Reservation cleanup contractor URS CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) on Tuesday said a recently retired manager is returning to the company as chief operating officer.   Fran Williams will succeed Matt Marston, who left UCOR in January to take a high-level job with URS parent company AECOM. Prior to her retirement in 2015, Williams […]