Contracts & Procurement

The Department of Energy on Tuesday announced the release of the final request for proposals for companies interested in taking over operation of depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion plants in Paducah, Ky., and Portsmouth, Ohio. The department will select the operating contractor from the submitted proposals. It projects the value of the cost-plus award fee […]

A Westinghouse-led consortium has won the contract to dismantle the reactor pressure vessel and its internals at the Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 in Germany. The scope for this contract, which includes the planning, equipment manufacture and on-site segmentation of the reactor vessel internals and the reactor vessel, including peripheral structures, will be done […]

Montana-based S&L Logistics has received a $12.8 million fixed-price contract to provide project scheduling and cost estimating support services for the Savannah River Site, the Department of Energy announced on Friday. The contract’s base period is one year, followed by four yearlong optional extensions, according to a press release.The company, which is owned by the Confederated […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 9/4/2015 Members of the South Carolina congressional delegation late last month requested that the Department of Energy provide them with copies of all agency communications, guidelines, and instructions to The Aerospace Corp. for preparation of a report on plutonium disposition options the company completed in April. “In order for us to […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 9/4/2015 Consolidated Nuclear Security is looking for an architecture and engineering services provider for a $1 million to $5 million project to evaluate and inspect “all types” of fire-rated barriers at the Pantex Plant, according to a FedBizOpps listing posted on Tuesday evening. The work scope would include approximately 450 facilities […]

Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 9/4/2015 The Department of Defense (DoD) on Aug. 28 said it awarded Boeing Co. a $46,719,474 contract for seven Combat Network Communication Technology (CONECT) upgrade kits and support equipment for the Air Force’s long-range B-52 bomber. According to the announcement, "this contract also provides for 21 retrofit kits to convert previously […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 9/4/2015 The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory this week announced the selection of eight projects to receive $24.7 million in combined funding for small- and large-scale pilot projects on reducing the cost of carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and compression. Funding will be provided through DOE’s Carbon Capture […]

Parsons Government Services will pay $3.8 million to resolve claims that it intentionally charged the Department of Energy for “ineligible or inflated” personnel relocation expenses in its position as the lead builder of the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) at the Savannah River Site, the Department of Justice said on Wednesday.   Under the company’s […]

Pantex/Y-12 contractor Consolidated Nuclear Security is looking for an architecture and engineering services provider for a $1 million to $5 million project to evaluate and inspect “all types” of fire-rated barriers at the Pantex Plant, according to a Fed Biz Opps listing posted on Tuesday evening. The work scope would include approximately 450 facilities that […]

The Department of Energy on Monday announced that it had awarded a $15 million contract to North Wind Solutions to provide technical and support services for the West Valley Demonstration Project site in New York. The five-year contract calls for the Knoxville, Tenn.-based contractor to provide a host of services, according to a DOE press […]

Jeremy L. Dillon WC Monitor 8/28/2015 The Department of Energy said last week it plans to issue the final request for proposals (RFP) for the operation of its depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion facilities within the next two weeks. According to the announcement, the department anticipates issuing the RFP in the next 15 to 20 […]

Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 8/28/2015 BWX Technologies’ (BWXT) Technical Services Group (TSG) intends to win back contracts and grow its business in the wake of Department of Energy (DOE) contract losses that cut millions from its second-quarter 2015 revenue, Bill Fox, BWXT’s president of technical services and nuclear energy, said in an interview with NS&D […]

Brian Bradley  NS&D Monitor  8/28/2015 Hill Air Force Base, Utah, will host an industry day for the Air Force’s Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent acquisition program from Sept. 24 to 25, according to an Aug. 20 FedBizOpps posting. The GBSD Program Management Office (PMO) intends to hold a more “in-depth technical discussion” and provide acquisition updates since the […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 8/28/15 The Crane (Ind.) Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) has awarded Teradyne Inc., of North Reading, Mass., a sole-source $25 million firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract for the purchase of Trident 2 D5 testers, spares, instrument calibration, software, cables, and engineering, technical, and factory support services, the Defense […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 8/28/2015 The Army Corps of Engineers’ Kansas City District earlier this month awarded seven contracts totaling $90 million for its Architect-Engineer (A-E) Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) in the Corps’ Northwestern Region. The companies chosen are: AECOM Technical Services, ARCADIS U.S., CDM Federal […]

Longenecker & Associates announced yesterday the addition of Laurie Judd as director of technology and international programs. Judd previously served as vice president of government programs for NuVision Engineering and as manager of aerospace and defense technologies for UKAEA/AEA Technology, Culham. According Longenecker President John Longenecker, the company was impressed with Judd’s experience in both […]

The Department of Energy plans to issue the final Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Operation of the Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Conversion Facilities within the next two weeks, DOE announced last week. According to the announcement, the Department anticipates issuing the RFP in the next 15 to 20 days as of Aug. 17. DOE […]

The Army Corps of Engineers’ Kansas City District earlier this month awarded seven contracts totaling $90 million for its Architect-Engineer (A-E) Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) in the Corps’ Northwestern Region. The companies chosen include: AECOM Technical Services, ARCADIS U.S., CDM Federal Programs Corp., CH2M Hill, Ecology and […]

Navarro Research and Engineering on Monday filed a protest to Portage’s contract win for remediation work at the Army Corps of Engineers’ Luckey site. The contract for environmental remediation services and ancillary construction to support the cleanup at the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) site in Ohio is worth up to $100 million […]

Technology Integration Group (TIG) will pay $5.9 million to the U.S. government in a civil settlement following claims “that the company inflated the price of computers sold through another company to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) for use at Sandia National Laboratories,” the U.S. Department of Justice announced this week. The claims against TIG […]

Perma-Fix Environmental Services announced yesterday the awarding of a $1 million decommissioning contract to wholly owned subsidiary Safety and Ecology Corp. The contract calls for demolition and decommissioning services at a technology development laboratory in Knoxville, Tenn., that served as an analytical and engineering laboratory for the government. Duties will include: supporting closure of the […]

Brian Bradley  NS&D Monitor  8/7/2015 Pantex/Y-12 contractor Consolidated Nuclear Security has completed an analysis of alternatives to pursue a business-case analysis of a new Pantex Administrative Support Complex (ASC) in a private-public lease concept, and CNS hopes to provide the National Nuclear Security Administration with a business case by September, CNS Pantex Operations Manager Michelle […]

Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 8/7/2015 BWX Technologies’ (BWXT) Technical Services Group (TSG) is “positioning” for Department of Energy (DOE) work that could include management and operation of Sandia National Laboratories and other facilities, Sandy Baker, BWXT president and CEO, said during the company’s second-quarter results conference call yesterday. “Looking forward, TSG is actively positioning for […]

Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 8/7/2015 Several fiscal 2013 subcontracts at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) National Security Campus (NSC) in Kansas City, Mo., worth almost one-third of the total value of subcontracts reviewed by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Inspector General (IG), were awarded noncompetitively without justification, according to an audit report […]

WC Monitor 8/7/2015 DOE Extending BWXT Uranium Conversion Contract The Department of Energy on Wednesday said it would extend by nine months BWXT Conversion Services’ contract to operate depleted uranium hexafluoride conversion plants in Paducah, Ky., and Portsmouth, Ohio. “The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Portsmouth/Portsmouth Project Office (PPPO), intends to issue a noncompetitive […]

Several fiscal 2013 subcontracts at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) National Security Campus (NSC) in Kansas City, Mo., worth almost one-third of the total value of subcontracts reviewed by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Inspector General (IG), were awarded noncompetitively without justification, according to an audit report released yesterday. The audit of […]

Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 7/31/2015 New Mexico Tech (NMT) and New Mexico State University (NMSU) have formed a consortium that will bid on the management and operation contract for Sandia National Laboratories (SNL). Earlier this year the Department of Energy (DOE) issued a sources sought solicitation for SNL’s management and will award the contract following an […]

Brian Bradley  NS&D Monitor  7/31/2015 The Air Force plans to release a concept of operations (CONOPS) and a draft request for proposals for the estimated $62.3 billion Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) as early as September, NS&D Monitor has learned. The service then in January is expected to award two parallel nonexclusive teaming contracts to carry […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 7/31/2015 Portage has won the $100 million remediation contract for the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) site in Luckey, Ohio, the Army Corps of Engineers’ Buffalo District announced this week. The contract for environmental remediation services and ancillary construction to support the cleanup is worth up to $100 […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 7/24/2015 The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center has awarded BAE Systems a $11.1 million contract modification, which will effectively extend the company’s role as integration support contractor (ISC) for the Minuteman 3 on to the ICBM’s planned follow-on, the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent, for at least one year, the Defense Department announced […]