Contracts & Procurement

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 5/1/2015 In a move that prompted mixed reaction from industry officials, the Department of Energy late last week inadvertently released the identities of companies that have submitted questions on the Request for Proposals for the new contract to manage Nuclear Regulatory Commission-licensed facilities at the Department’s Idaho site and in Colorado. […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 5/1/2015 Warning that the Department of Energy’s current contracting approaches are “increasingly insupportable,” local officials near DOE sites expressed concern this week over the Department’s procurement policies. “Our concern is that DOE is departing from the most successful contract mechanisms and past practices that cleaned up Rocky Flats, Fernald and the […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 5/1/2015 The Department of Energy this week exercised a two-year option in Savannah River Remediation, LLC’s contract to provide liquid waste services at the Savannah River Site, keeping the contractor in place from July 1 through June 30, 2017. The extension, which is valued at $797 million, comes as AECOM-led SRR […]

DOE Exercises UCOR Contract Options Worth Approx. $104 Million WC Monitor 5/1/2015 The Department of Energy this week exercised a set of options worth $104 million in URS-CH2M Oak Ridge’s (UCOR) cleanup contract at Oak Ridge. The options cover work including D&D activities at a number of facilities at the East Tennessee Technology Park, such […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 5/1/2015 While analysts have suggested that the losing bidder for the Long Range Strike-Bomber program may exit the combat aircraft business or be a target for acquisition, the CEO for Northrop Grumman, one of the two bidders, appeared to downplay such concerns this week, saying a win would bring one more […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 5/1/2015 Navy Strategic Systems Programs last week announced it will contract with Charles Stark Draper Laboratories to ensure Trident 2 Guidance Systems are sustained throughout their lifecycle. The new contract will involve detailed analysis of all factory and fleet performance data and development of alternative technologies to mitigate product obsolescence. Draper […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 5/1/2015 Flour is challenging Lockheed Martin’s recent win of the National Energy Technology Laboratory’s new Research and Development—Implementation and Support (RADIS) Services contract. Fluor Energy Technology Services, LLC, which is believed to include incumbent AECOM, filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office this week. The Fluor team was one […]

The Department of Energy has awarded liquid waste contractor Savannah River Remediation a $797 million two-year extension from this July 1 through June 30, 2017, the full option period under its contract, DOE announced yesterday. The extension comes as SRR makes progress on its mission to empty, close and grout high-level waste tanks at the […]

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is calling for the Department of Energy Inspector General’s Office to launch an investigation into what he has alleged are “questionable procurement practices” at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant. Yesterday, Wyden publicly released a report prepared by WTP contractor Bechtel National warning of the potential cost impacts of the 56 active […]

Navy Strategic Systems Programs last week announced it will contract with Charles Stark Draper Laboratories to ensure Trident 2 Guidance Systems are sustained throughout their life cycle. Draper won a $257.8 million contract on March 7, 2013 to alter the missile’s guidance system as part of life extension work. Draper’s work will involve detailed analysis […]

In a move that prompted mixed reaction from industry officials, the Department of Energy late last week inadvertently released the identities of companies that have submitted questions on the Request for Proposals for the new contract to manage Nuclear Regulatory Commission-licensed facilities at the Department’s Idaho site and in Colorado. Among the companies that had […]

WC Monitor 4/24/2015 IN DOE The Department of Energy has extended by one week the deadline for bids for the new contract to manage Nuclear Regulatory Commission-licensed facilities at the Department’s Idaho site and in Colorado. Bids are now due by May 8, instead of April 30, under an amendment to the final Request for […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 4/24/2015 Air Force Global Strike Command plans to start in May removing 50 Minuteman 3 boosters from launch facilities across the missile fleet in compliance with the New START Treaty, though it is unclear if and how, exactly, that will impact procurement of the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD). AFGSC Commander Lt. […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 4/24/2015 The Air Force plans to release an RFP for re-engining the B-52 this summer, and is planning to convert some of the planes to tankers, a top service official said this week. “We think we’ll have some data to be able to go forward this summer” with an RFP, Lt. […]

Staff Reports NS&D Monitor  4/24/2015 Consolidated Nuclear Security is combining the technology-transfer functions at the Y-12 and Pantex nuclear weapons plants into a single organization. CNS took over management of the two plants under a single management contract, effective July 1, 2014. The contractor said the central office for technology transfer should stimulate growth in […]

The House Armed Services Seapower & Projection Forces Subcommittee markup of the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act gives the Navy Secretary increased power to push money into the Sea-Based Deterrence Fund and allows the fund to incorporate “cross-program coordinated procurement efforts.” The FY 2015 NDAA authorized only the Defense Secretary to shift money […]

The Air Force plans to release an RFP for re-engining the B-52 this summer, and could convert some of the planes into tankers, a top service official said yesterday. “We think we’ll have some data to be able to go forward this summer” with an RFP, Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson, commander of Air Force Global […]

Amec Foster Wheeler announced last week that the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority awarded the company a four-year contract to increase its role in decommissioning and waste management services. The value of the contract has not been announced yet, but included in the scope of work is work related to site characterization, engineering design, and […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 4/17/2015 Lockheed Martin has won the National Energy Technology Laboratory’s new Research and Development—Implementation and Support (RADIS) Services contract, according to a notice the Department of Energy issued this week. Lockheed Martin beat out two other bidders for the contract, which is worth approximately $169 million over 10 years—Battelle and […]

At Least Two Bidders Going After Job Mike Nartker WC Monitor 4/17/2015 With a little less than a month to go before bids are due for the new Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract, it appears that the Department of Energy will see some competition for the job. At least two bidders are believed to […]

Los Alamos Issues Sources Sought for Chromium Injection Wells WC Monitor 4/17/2015 Los Alamos National Laboratory is seeking companies able to drill and install six groundwater wells as part of a pump-and-treat system to address the Lab’s chromium groundwater plume, according to a sources sought notice posted this week. The subcontract award is expected to […]

Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 4/17/2015 The National Nuclear Security Administration won’t make a decision this year on adding the management of Savannah River tritium operations to Consolidated Nuclear Security’s Y-12/Pantex management and operating contract, NNSA Administrator Frank Klotz told employees at the Savannah River Site this week. In an April 16 visit to the site, […]

Solicitation Expected to Be Reissued Later Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/17/2015 The Department of Energy canceled last week the solicitation for a contractor to assist in the movement of spent nuclear fuel from research reactors to an unidentified national laboratory. After questions emerged from vendors about the scope of work, DOE decided to pull […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 4/17/2015 The forthcoming contract award for the Long Range Strike-Bomber (LRSB) could impact the losing team’s different business divisions, and handicap that team’s influence on Capitol Hill, according to industry experts. For Boeing, a loss could even precipitate an exit from the defense aircraft market, one official said. “They’ve lost so […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 4/17/2015 Strategic Systems Programs SSP announced on April 14 it intends to contract with Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training to support the Trident 2’s Navigation Subsystem. The contractor will provide support of U.S. and U.K. fleets, trainer systems and trainer SSP Shipboard System Integration (SSI) Development Activities. After award, Lockheed’s […]

Los Alamos National Laboratory is seeking companies able to drill and install six groundwater wells as part of a pump-and-treat system to address the Lab’s chromium groundwater plume, according to a sources sought notice posted yesterday. The subcontract award is expected to be in place by Aug. 30, with readiness activities in September and the […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration still hasn’t made a decision on whether it will exercise an option in Y-12/Pantex manager Consolidated Nuclear Security’s contract to fold in Savannah River tritium operations, and the agency hasn’t given any concrete signs when it will make the decision. In a letter to Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) last month […]

The Navy plans to release an RFP for the Ohio-class Replacement’s (OR’s) design phase in December, the chief of the service’s Submarines program said yesterday. “That will then fund the design work—both the [Navy shipbuilding budget] SCN and the research and development-funded elements through the lead ship,” Rear Adm. David Johnson, Program Executive Officer for […]

The Department of Energy late last week awarded to IEI-PEC a support services contract for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management. The indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract has a maximum value of $4 million over five years, and will consist of firm fixed-price and time and material task orders, according to a DOE release. […]

The Department of Energy last week ?canceled ?the solicitation for a contractor to assist in the movement of spent nuclear fuel from research reactors to an unidentified national laboratory. DOE blamed the cancelation on “external circumstances.” “DOE regrets having to take this action; however, this decision was necessary due to external circumstances,” the notice said. The […]