Contracts & Procurement

International nuclear technology company Studsvik released its year-end earnings report this week, which showed that year-to-year sales decreased by 5 percent in fourth quarter 2015. Fourth-quarter sales decreased from 247.8 million Swedish krona (SEK) in 2014 to 241.9 million SEK in 2015. Full-year sales decreased year-to-year from 909.6 million SEK to 895.4 million SEK. Cash […]

National Security Technologies (NSTec), the managing contractor for the Nevada National Security Site, said yesterday that acting President James Holt would take the position on a permanent basis.   Holt has been acting president since November 2015 and previously served in various positions within the company, including as vice president for operations, vice president for […]

Staff Reports WC Monitor 1/29/2016 The primary ownership of Hanford Site contractor Mission Support Alliance would transfer from Lockheed Martin to the engineering firm Leidos under a deal struck between the two international companies. Leidos Holdings entered into a definitive agreement with Lockheed Martin this week to merge with Lockheed’s realigned Information Systems and Global […]

Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 1/29/2016 The Sandia National Laboratories increased its year-over-year total spending in fiscal 2015 by about $21 million and its spending on New Mexico businesses by over $19 million, according to an economic impact report released last week. The Department of Energy facility spent approximately $983 million in total on goods and […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is seeking small business sources that could provide a weapon-mounted ballistic sighting module, according to a solicitation posted this week. The NNSA is considering acquiring and fielding the 40-mm day/night sight aiming technology and intends to award a firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with a five-year ordering period, worth […]

The Sandia National Laboratories increased its year-over-year total spending in fiscal 2015 by about $21 million and its spending on New Mexico businesses by over $19 million, according to an economic impact report released last week. The Department of Energy facility spent approximately $983 million in total on goods and services and more than $381 […]

Dan Leone WC Monitor 1/22/2016 Savannah River Nuclear River Solutions (SRNS) in fiscal 2015 earned a $37.8 million fee on its Savannah River Site management and operations contract with the Energy Department, or 82 percent of what it could have earned, DOE announced late Tuesday. The company — an industry team comprised of Fluor, Honeywell […]

Staff Reports WC Monitor 1/22/2016 Washington River Protection Solutions, the Hanford Site tank farm contractor, has received 88 percent of the award fee available for fiscal 2015, or just over $13.7 million out of $15.6 million. The fee is in addition to an award of 100 percent of the $14.4 million available as performance-based incentives […]

The Energy Department on Wednesday said it had awarded a maximum three-year, $1.14 million task order to North Wind Solutions of Knoxville, Tenn., for technology support services at the West Valley Demonstration Project in New York state.     The order is part of the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity West Valley Technical Assistance contract North Wind […]

Savannah River Nuclear River Solutions (SRNS) in fiscal 2015 earned a $37.8 million fee on its Savannah River Site management and operations contract with the Energy Department, or 82 percent of what it could have earned, DOE announced late Tuesday.   The company — an industry team comprised of Fluor, Honeywell International, and Huntington Ingalls […]

Washington River Protection Solutions, the Hanford Site tank farm contractor, has received 88 percent of the award fee available for fiscal 2015, or just over $13.7 million out of $15.6 million. The fee is in addition to an award of 100 percent of the $14.4 million available as performance-based incentives for completing or making progress […]

Portsmouth Mission Alliance of Idaho Falls, Idaho, will provide infrastructure support services at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon, Ohio, under a Department of Energy contract worth up to $140 million over about five years, the agency announced Jan. 15. Under the firm-fixed-price deal, Portsmouth Mission Alliance will provide what amounts to support service […]

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

HPM Corp., the Hanford Site’s occupational medical services provider, has received 89.9 percent of the available incentive fee for fiscal 2015, the Department of Energy announced. “The contract exceeded the majority of performance goals and objectives for the performance period,” DOE said in a summary of the fee determination results. The small business contractor has […]

Chris Schneidmiller WC Monitor 1/8/2016 The operator of the depleted uranium hexafluoride conversion (DUF6) plants at Paducah, Ky., and Portsmouth, Ohio, has received a contract extension of up to nine months, the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management announced in late December. BWXT Conversion Services’ contract update is worth up to $68 million. Extending […]

The U.S. government has given approval for nuclear energy company Westinghouse Electric to buy CB&I Stone & Webster Inc. following an acquisition agreement the companies signed late October, Westinghouse announced this week. The global nuclear plant technology supplier created WECTEC, a subsidiary that will house the $229 million acquisition, CB&I’s nuclear construction business. WECTEC will […]

The operator of the depleted uranium hexafluoride conversion (DUF6) plants at Paducah, Ky., and Portsmouth, Ohio, has received a contract extension of up to nine months, the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management announced on Dec. 24. BWXT Conversion Services’ contract update is worth up to $68 million. Extending the contract, which was due […]

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) received over $37 million for its annual award fee despite its self-induced safety pause and a long list of deficiencies documented by the Department of Energy. The Savannah River Site’s management and operations contractor conducts work for the DOE Office of Environmental Management and the National Nuclear Security Administration. SRNS […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] cannot say much about its preparation for production of the Air Force’s Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) because of a pending protest and the highly classified nature of the program. But the company is not missing the chance to pat itself on the back for being chosen by the Air Force to take […]

Los Alamos National Security LLC, the partnership that has operated and managed the Los Alamos National Laboratory since 2006, has failed to qualify for an additional year on its contract that expires at the end of fiscal 2017. After receiving the National Nuclear Security Administration’s performance assessment for fiscal 2015, LANL Director Charles McMillan informed […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is seeking a contractor for architectural engineering and construction management services, according to a solicitation posted last week. Services to be provided include “architectural-engineering, procurement and construction management services and skilled construction craft labor, supervisory and safety personnel, associated support services, materials, equipment and possible […]

Staff Reports NS&D Monitor 12/18/2015 While Consolidated Nuclear Security received a low performance score in its first 15 months on the job – 57 percent out of 100 – the operator of the Y-12 and Pantex plants earned $42.6 million in fees. CNS President and CEO Jim Haynes said the company wasn’t pleased with the performance […]

Sandia Seeking Security Operation Services Contractor for California Site The Sandia National Laboratories is seeking a contractor for security operation services at its Livermore, Calif., site, a 400-acre area that includes national security research and development laboratories and facilities. Both large and small businesses are eligible to bid on the contract for an estimated five-year […]

While Consolidated Nuclear Security received a low performance score in its first 15 months on the job – 57 percent out of 100 – the operator of the Y-12 and Pantex plants earned fees totaling $42.6 million.   CNS President and CEO Jim Haynes said the company wasn’t pleased with the performance ratings but would work […]

A group of unionized workers at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico have approved a new contract with site contractor Nuclear Waste Partnership.   The contract covers the roughly 255 members of United Steelworkers Local 12-9477, trades and crafts personnel who conduct waste handling, facility operations, maintenance, radiological protection, and mining operations at […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 12/11/2015 Summit Energy, developer of the Texas Clean Energy Project (TCEP), has finalized a consortium engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract with China Huanqiu Contracting (HQC) & Engineering Corp. and SNC-Lavalin Engineers and Constructors Inc. The contract covers engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and performance testing of the chemical and carbon […]

Staff Reports WC Monitor 12/11/2015 A Department of Energy official confirmed that the transition of contractors at the Transuranic Waste Processing Center at Oak Ridge would be completed this week, with North Wind Solutions officially taking over responsibility for management and operations at 6 a.m. Friday. North Wind received the $123.9 million contract – with […]

Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 12/11/2015 The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is seeking small businesses that could offer psychological assessment services to the agency’s Office of Personnel and Facility Clearances and Classification, according to a sources sought notice issued last week. The notice says the NNSA’s Albuquerque Complex is conducting market research for an “anticipated […]

A Department of Energy official confirmed that the transition of contractors at the Transuranic Waste Processing Center at Oak Ridge will be completed this week, with North Wind Solutions officially taking over responsibility for management and operations at 6 a.m . Friday.    North Wind was awarded the $123.9 million contract – with a three-year […]

AREVA on Wednesday said its Federal Services branch had received an $8.6 million contract from the Department of Energy to design and produce prototype railcars for transport of nuclear material. The contract covers transport cask cars that would carry spent nuclear fuel and other high-level radioactive material (HLRM), as well as “buffer” cars that would […]