Contracts & Procurement

Washington Closure Hanford has awarded the team of Stoller Newport News Nuclear and Wastren Advantage a two-year contract extension to continue daily operation of the Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility in central Hanford. The team was awarded the initial contract in early 2013 with a pair of two-year options. The option award announced Friday will bring […]

Lance Moore WC Monitor 6/26/2015 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted a request for information (RFI) on behalf of the Office of Environmental Management (EM) to aid in the acquisition of qualified contract support services. These support services will ultimately serve to provide Assistance Developing Policy and Guidance on Regulatory Compliance and Assistance […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/26/2015 The CH2M-led Canadian National Energy Alliance team has won the contract to manage the Government-owned Contractor-operated contract for the Chalk River Laboratories, the Canadian Minister of Natural Resources Greg Rickford announced this week. The CNEA team also includes the Fluor Government Group – Canada, Inc.; EnergySolutions Canada Group LTD.; […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 6/26/2015 The Department of Energy plans to issue a Request for Proposal next month for its Deep Borehole Field Test procurement, according to a pre-solicitation notice issued yesterday. DOE is hoping to expand its research and development efforts for deep boreholes after the disposal method has been recommended multiple times […]

Brian Bradley  NS&D Monitor  6/26/2015 Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) on Wednesday announced it plans to award Charles Stark Draper Laboratories a sole-source special project alteration contract to provide the “effort and oversight” to procure the Trident 2 Life Extension production materials, according to a notice posted on Fed Biz Opps. Draper is the prime […]

Vencore this week announced that it was awarded a $10 million sole-source indefinite-quantity/indefinite-delivery (IDIQ) program with Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque to include mission-critical support for the nuclear detonation detection system, according to a Vencore press release. More broadly, the contract will support the development and testing of military-use applications, including radar, satellite and telemetry […]

Strategic Systems Programs yesterday announced it plans to award Charles Stark Draper Laboratories a sole-source special project alteration contract to provide the “effort and oversight” to procure the Trident 2 Life Extension production materials, according to a notice posted on Fed Biz Opps. Draper is the prime contractor for the development, production and fleet support […]

The Department of Energy’s Integrated Support Center-Oak Ridge has awarded Black Box Corporation $33.4 million for “operations, maintenance and upgrades to the Oak Ridge Federal Integrated Communications Network,” the company announced yesterday. The Pennsylvania-based company will provide integrated telecommunications support for sites that include Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Y-12 Security Complex, the statement […]

From Staff Reports WC Monitor 6/19/2015 The Department of Energy this week selected North Wind Solutions LLC from among seven bidders to manage and operate the agency’s Transuranic Waste Processing Center in Oak Ridge. The contract has a potential value up to $123.9 million if all options are chosen. The performance period has a three-year […]

Alissa Tabirian WC Monitor 6/19/2015 Following the Babcock & Wilcox Company spin-off that will separate the power generation business unit from the rest of the company as of July 1, the newly renamed BWX Technologies shared the procurements and contract extensions it is focusing on in a presentation given during Investor and Analyst Day this […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 6/19/2015 The Department of Energy this week awarded the contract for infrastructure support services at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant to incumbent Swift & Staley. The largely firm-fixed-price contract has a three month base period with a 22-month option period. The follow-on contract was set-aside for small businesses, with a size […]

Jeremy L. Dillon WC Monitor 6/19/2015 Studsvik and AECOM have separated their partnership in the THOR Treatment Technologies joint venture, the company announced this week. The two companies had worked together for 13 years, but Studsvik President Howard Stevens said it believes the technology and the company can stand on its own. “There are several […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 6/19/2015 The Department of Energy late last week awarded a nearly $4 million firm fixed price contract to CTI and Associates for demolition services at Oak Ridge’s K-732 switchyard in the East Tennessee Technology Park. The contract for the minority owned business falls under the 8(a) program. The contract also includes […]

Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 6/19/2015 Following the Babcock & Wilcox Company spin-off that will separate the power generation business unit from the rest of the company as of July 1, the newly renamed BWX Technologies shared the procurements and contract extensions it is focusing on in a presentation given during Investor and Analyst Day this […]

The Department of Energy yesterday awarded the contract for infrastructure support services at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant to incumbent Swift & Staley. The largely firm-fixed-price contract has a three month base period with a 22-month option period. The procurement received five bids, according to a DOE release. “Infrastructure support services to be provided under […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration issued a three-month contract extension to Synergy Solutions, Inc., a company based in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, “to continue personnel security and facility clearance programs support services,” according to an Award Notice issued this week. The contract is being extended “on a sole source basis” while the NNSA reviews proposals for […]

Studsvik has separated from its partnership of the THOR Treatment Technologies joint venture with AECOM, the company announced today. The two companies had worked together for 13 years, but according to Studsvik President Howard Stevens, Studsvik believes the technology and the company can stand on its own. “There are several significant opportunities in the DOE […]

The Department of Energy late last week awarded a nearly $4 million firm fixed price contract to CTI and Associates for demolition services at Oak Ridge’s K-732 switchyard in the East Tennessee Technology Park. The contract for the minority owned business falls under the 8(a) program. The contract includes demo work and recycling of materials, […]

Kenneth Fletcher  NS&D Monitor 6/12/2015 The National Nuclear Security Administration must better establish guidance for its contractor oversight using information from contractor assurance systems (CAS), according to a Government Accountability Office report released publicly this week. The NNSA asked its seven M&O contractors to implement the systems both to assure their own performance and to […]

Alissa Tabirian NS&D Monitor 6/12/2015 The split of Babcock & Wilcox into two separate companies will go into effect July 1, B&W announced this week. The split will result in the creation of BWX Technologies, which will consist of B&W’s nuclear operations, technical services, nuclear energy, and mPower businesses; and Babcock & Wilcox, which will […]

Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 6/12/2015 After five months of often tense contract negotiations, SOC-Los Alamos, the protective forces subcontractor for Los Alamos National Laboratory, has reached an agreement with labor union International Guards Union of American Local 69. This week, union members voted to ratify a five-year contract that includes the retirement benefits the union […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 6/12/2015 The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is on track to release in the coming weeks its plans for new cleanup procurements at Los Alamos National Laboratory, EM Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Project Management Jack Surash said at a Business Opportunity Forum EM held this week. DOE […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 6/12/2015 A fee-related provision that has raised industry concern in the draft Request for Proposals for the new contract to operate the Department of Energy’s two depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion plants has been taken “out of context,” a DOE procurement official said this week. At issue is a clause in […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 6/12/2015 Noting the “unprecedented” amount of Department of Energy procurements scheduled in the next few years, a recent report by the Energy Communities Alliance is urging a discussion with DOE on potential changes to its contracting policies and processes. The report notes that at least 17 major DOE contracts could expire […]

Alissa Tabirian WC Monitor 6/12/2015 The split of Babcock & Wilcox into two separate companies will go into effect July 1, B&W announced this week. The split will result in the creation of BWX Technologies, which will consist of B&W’s nuclear operations, technical services, nuclear energy, and mPower businesses; and Babcock & Wilcox, which will […]

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is on track to release its plans in the coming weeks for cleanup procurements at Los Alamos National Laboratory, EM Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Project Management Jack Surash said at his quarterly Business Opportunity Forum. DOE is in the process of breaking out cleanup work […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration must better establish guidance for contractor oversight using information from contractor assurance systems (CAS), according to a Government Accountability Office report released publicly yesterday. In 2011 the NNSA asked its seven M&O contractors to implement the systems both to assure their own performance and to provide for enhanced NNSA oversight. […]

After five months of often tense contract negotiations by Los Alamos National Laboratory protective force workers, SOC-Los Alamos the lab’s protective force subcontractor, has reached an agreement with labor union International Guards Union of American Local 69. Yesterday union members voted to ratify a five-year contract that includes the retirement benefits it had sought and […]

A Babcock & Wilcox Company spin-off that will separate the power generation unit from government services was approved this week and will go into effect on July 1, B&W announced Monday. The Power Generation spin-off, which has been in the works since last November and was approved by B&W’s Board of Directors this week, will […]

DOE Releases Updated Draft RFP Sections for Industry Comment Mike Nartker WC Monitor 6/5/2015 A provision in the draft Request for Proposals for the new contract to operate the Department of Energy’s two depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion plants that would give DOE wide discretion in how fee can be provided is prompting concern among […]