Contracts & Procurement

Jeremy L. Dillon WC Monitor 7/24/2015 The Department of Energy late last week announced a six-month extension of the infrastructure support services contract at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Ohio. Current contractor Wastren-EnergX Mission Support will continue to work the contact that had originally been set to expire on July 25. The extension is […]

Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 7/24/2015 Lockheed Martin Corporation, the incumbent in the management and operation contract competition for Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), responded to the Department of Energy’s (DOE) sources sought solicitation for SNL’s management following the current contract’s April 30, 2017 end date. In a statement to NS&D Monitor, Lockheed spokesman Matt Kramer confirmed […]

WC Monitor 7/24/2015 Bidding Opens for Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Management Contract The Department of Energy on Wednesday released its request for proposals for the management contract at the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) in Tennessee. The new management contract will be a cost-plus-award-fee deal. It will have a […]

The Department of Energy late last week announced the extension of the infrastructure support services contract at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant site for a period of six months. Current contractor Wastren-EnergX Mission Support will continue to work the contact that had originally set to expire on July 25. The extension is valued at approximately […]

Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 7/17/2015 The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) must pay closer attention to its management of Support Service Contracts (SSC) to avoid violating federal regulations that govern personal services contracts and inherently governmental functions, according to a special review released this week by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Inspector General (IG). The […]

Jeremy L. Dillon WC Monitor 7/17/2015 Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is seeking subcontractors to aid in decontamination efforts that result in reducing the waste classification of certain components, according to a sources sought notice issued this week on FedBizOpps. The aim of the contract is to reduce transuranic contaminated material down to a low-level […]

Staff Reports WC Monitor 7/17/2015 Last month’s award of a new contract to manage the Department of Energy’s Transuranic Waste Processing Center in Oak Ridge has been challenged by three of the unsuccessful bidders. DOE earlier said seven proposals were submitted for the $123.9 million contract, which was awarded to North Wind Solutions LLC. According […]

Staff Reports WC Monitor 7/17/2015 URS-CH2M Oak Ridge earned almost $3.7 million in fees for the first six months of Fiscal Year 2015, according to a performance letter released by the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management in Oak Ridge. Sue Cange, DOE’s environmental manager in Oak Ridge, said UCOR “continued to do extremely […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) must pay closer attention to its management of Support Service Contracts (SSC) to avoid violating federal regulations that govern personal services contracts and inherently governmental functions, according to a special review released yesterday by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Inspector General (IG). The IG report follows a […]

Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 7/10/2015 Newly revealed emails between Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMC) highlight officials’ coordinated attempts to secure a noncompetitive extension of the Management and Operating (M&O) contract with the Department of Energy (DOE). Despite those attempts, DOE posted in May a “full and open competition” notice for the […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 7/10/2015 Beating out at least one other bidder, incumbent Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies has won the management and operations contract for the Kansas City National Security Campus, which will extend the contractor’s 15-plus-year tenure running the facility, according to a press release posted today by the National Nuclear Security Administration. […]

Jeremy L. Dillon WC Monitor 7/10/2015 The Government Accountability Office released this week its protest denial decision in the Department of Energy’s most recent decision to award the support services contract for the Office of Legacy Management to Navarro Research and Engineering. Portage and a team of Wastren Advantage-Stoller had each filed challenges over DOE’s […]

Pat Host NS&D Monitor 7/10/2015 The Air Force is about one-to-three months away from its decision on a contractor for its widely- anticipated Long Range Strike Bomber (LRSB) program, its acquisition czar said Thursday. Assistant Secretary of the Air Force William LaPlante defended the timing, saying it is more important that it gets started at […]

Staff Reports WC Monitor 7/10/2015 Advanced Technologies and Laboratories has filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office after losing a contract to continue performing work at Hanford’s 222-S Laboratory. The contract, valued at $44.6 million, was awarded in late May to Wastren Advantage. It includes a two-year base period with options for three additional […]

WC Monitor 7/10/2015 DOE Extends Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility Management Contract Washington Closure Hanford has awarded a two-year contract extension for the daily operation of the Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility in central Hanford. The joint venture team of Stoller Newport News Nuclear and Wastren Advantage will continue to operate ERDF through September 2017. “Based on […]

Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 7/10/2015 The Babcock & Wilcox company split went into effect last week, separating the newly named BWX Technologies from the power generation spin-off Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, the two companies announced. BWXT began trading under its new ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange, the announcement says. John Fees, executive […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 7/10/2015 Navy Strategic Systems Programs has awarded Lockheed Martin Space Systems a $27.5 million sole-source, unpriced-letter contract for long lead material and the “labor, planning and scheduling necessary” to sustain the Fiscal Year 2015 Trident 2 production schedule, the Defense Department announced on July 6. Work is expected to complete by […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 7/10/2015 The Department of Energy issued a Request for Proposals this week for its Deep Borehole Field Test procurement, according to a notice issued on FedBizOpps. DOE is hoping to expand its research and development efforts for deep boreholes after the disposal method has been recommended multiple times for some […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 7/10/2015 The losing teams in the Chalk River Government-owned Contractor-operated contract procurement do not have any avenue to protest the award, according to a Public Works and Government Services Canada spokesman last week. Canada used a third party independent fairness monitor to ensure the procurement abided by all rules and […]

The Government Accountability Office released yesterday its protest denial decision in the Department of Energy’s most recent decision to award the support services contract for the Office of Legacy Management to Navarro Research and Engineering. Portage and a team of Wastren Advantage-Stoller had each filed challenges over DOE’s decision in late January to name Navarro […]

More details have emerged regarding Sandia National Laboratories’ (SNL) use of federal contract funds to lobby for the noncompetitive extension of a contract between Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Corporation subsidiary, and the Department of Energy (DOE), according to a DOE Office of Inspector General report. Last November’s report, which was released in full to […]

The Air Force is seeking sources as part of a market research effort to determine whether responsible vendors exist to build and test an additional Minuteman 3 Missile Procedures Trainer (MPT) at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., the service announced yesterday. The MPT is a computer-driven simulator that provides instruction and practice to trainees in classified Minuteman […]

Advanced Technologies and Laboratories has filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office after not winning a contract to continue performing work at Hanford’s 222-S Laboratory. The contract, valued at $44.6 million, was awarded in late May to Wastren Advantage. It includes a two-year base period with options for three additional one-year periods. ATL has […]

Navy Strategic Systems Programs has awarded Lockheed Martin Space Systems a $27.5 million sole-source, unpriced-letter contract for long lead material and the “labor, planning and scheduling necessary” to sustain the Fiscal Year 2015 Trident 2 production schedule, the Defense Department announced yesterday. Work is expected to complete by Sept. 30, 2020. The FY 2014 Navy […]

The losing teams in the Chalk River Government-owned Contractor-operated contract procurement do not have any avenue to protest the award, according to a Public Works and Government Services Canada spokesman last week. Unlike the United States, losing teams cannot protest the government’s decision, and because Canada used a third party independent fairness monitor to ensure […]

Cabrera Services named Rob Flowers President and Chief Operating Officer, the company announced yesterday. Flowers has served as COO for the company since last year, but this marks an additional responsibility. “Rob has done a tremendous job firming up our corporate infrastructure and I look forward to utilizing his management skills to continue our growth […]

The Navy’s Supervisor of Shipbuilding Conversion and Repair at Groton, Conn., has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat an $8.7 million modification to the Ohio-class Replacement (OR) design contract originally awarded in December 2012, according to an announcement by the Defense Department yesterday. The modification will cover the procurement of the U.S./U.K. “E Fixture Robotic Cut” […]

AREVA plans to sell off its subsidiary Canberra as part of its restructuring plan, the company announced yesterday. AREVA suffered heavy losses last year, and in an attempt to right the ship, the company plans to refocus on nuclear fuel cycle activities, which would leave Canberra as disposable. “The transformation plan underway at AREVA has […]

The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $5.9 million contract to Emerald-A&H Jv for site infrastructure and services at the Y-12 National Security Complex’s Uranium Processing Facility, according to last week’s award announcement. The “field readiness activities” to be performed by the contractor include the development of a site layout and traffic control plan, […]

The Department of Energy and its cleanup manager in Oak Ridge, UCOR, staged another milestone Friday with the final demolition of the former K-31 uranium-enrichment facility, and officials – during sideline interviews at the ceremony – confirmed that DOE had exercised the option that extends the UCOR management contract until mid-2020.“It demonstrates our confidence in […]