Contracts & Procurement

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/10/2015 Department of Energy’s Idaho Operations Office released a draft Request for Proposal this week for its Deep Borehole (DBH) Field Test procurement. DOE is hoping to expand its research and development efforts for deep boreholes after the disposal method has been recommended multiple times for some smaller packages of […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/10/2015 The Army Corps of Engineers issued a solicitation notice late last week for up to six indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts to provide hazardous, toxic and radiologic waste architect-engineering services in support of its North Atlantic Division. According to the Corps, the six contracts will include two contracts, which […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 4/10/2015 If the Navy does not receive additional funding for the Ohio-class Replacement (OR), the next-generation ballistic missile submarine would consume about half of the shipbuilding budget during procurement, the shipbuilding base will be “severely degraded,” and the full battle force inventory will fall short of the amount required by the […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 4/10/2015 Navy Strategic Systems Programs intends to award a sole-source contract to Alexandria, Va.-based Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc., (SPA) to provide systems engineering and technical assessment of the Trident 2 Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) Program, according to an April 8 announcement by the Defense Department. The contract will also entail […]

Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 4/10/2015 The Department of Energy made this week the third and final award under a supercomputer collaboration, awarding a $200 million contract for a supercomputer to be built at Argonne National Laboratory. The supercomputer, dubbed “Aurora,” will be built by Intel and Cray, and is expected to reach peak speeds of […]

Navy Strategic Systems Programs intends to award a sole-source contract to Alexandria, Va.-based Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc., (SPA) to provide systems engineering and technical assessment of the Trident 2 Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) Program, according to an announcement by the Defense Department yesterday. Part of SPA’s work will involve Strategic Weapon subsystem assessments and […]

Potential bidders on the new contract to manage Nuclear Regulatory Commission-licensed facilities at the Department of Energy’s Idaho site and in Colorado now have an additional week to submit questions concerning the recently issued final Request for Proposals. Questions are now due by April 17, instead of April 10, under an amendment to the RFP […]

Five-Year Contract Extension for ORNL Finalized NS&D Monitor 4/3/2015 UT-Battelle, which has managed Oak Ridge National Laboratory since 2000, has signed a new five-year contract with the Department of Energy. ORNL Director Thom Mason confirmed March 30 that the extension had been signed. The existing contract was due to expire April 1. DOE announced in late 2013 its […]

The Army Corps of Engineers issued a solicitation notice late last week for up to six small business Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts to provide Hazardous Toxic Radiologic Waste Architect-Engineering Services in support of its North Atlantic Division. According to the Corps, the six contracts will include two contracts, which are set aside for small […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 4/3/2015 Los Alamos National Security, LLC, the managing contractor for Los Alamos National Laboratory, is moving to significantly reduce subcontractor personnel working on transuranic waste processing, cutting workers from 42 down to eight, WC Monitor has learned. LANL had been the focus of a high-profile campaign to remove all aboveground transuranic […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 4/3/2015 The Department of Energy this week awarded a $1.5 million contract option to CH2M Hill Constructors, Inc., for the design of a mock test facility for Oak Ridge’s Sludge Processing Facility Buildouts project. This comes after CH2M Hill’s selection in September as the “most highly qualified” contractor in the procurement, […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 4/3/2015 The Department of Energy this week issued a draft Request for Proposals for the new contract to manage DOE’s two depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion facilities. The new contract is being competed on a full-and-open basis, and will have cost-plus-award-fee contract line item numbers (CLINs) to cover conversion operations; and […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 4/3/2015 The Department of Energy issued this week a final 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 changes made in the final RFP from a draft issued earlier this year is a reduction in the […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 4/3/2015 The Department of Energy released late this week a final Request for Proposal for a small business set-aside contract to provide probabilistic performance assessment services at the West Valley Demonstration Project. The time-and material contract is expected to come in under $5 million with a three-year base period and a […]

DOE Issues RFP for Carlsbad Technical Assistance Contract WC Monitor 4/3/2015 The Department of Energy this week issued a final Request for Proposals for the new technical assistance contract at the Carlsbad Field Office. The small business set-aside contract is expected to be worth $30-35 million over five years, consisting of a three-year base period […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 4/3/2015 The Department of Energy moved this week to extend a set of support contracts at the National Energy Technology Laboratory as the procurement for the new Mission Execution and Strategic Analysis (MESA) contract continues. The extensions were provided to Leonardo Technologies, which provides Program and Performance Management services; Booz […]

Mike Nartker NS&D Monitor 4/3/2015 As Babcock and Wilcox continues to move forward with plans to split into two businesses, additional details have emerged of the management structure intended for BWXT Technologies, which will consist of B&W’s nuclear operations, technical services, nuclear energy, and mPower businesses. Bill Fox will serve as President of the Technical […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 4/3/2015 Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) awarded Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training a not-to-exceed $59 million undefinitized sole-source contract action for Trident 2 D5 Navigation Subsystem Strategic Systems Program Shipboard Integration (SSI) Increment 4, Increment 8 Inertial and Non-Inertial efforts, according to a March 31 Defense Department announcement. The Navy […]

Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 4/3/2015 Department of Energy security contractor Centerra Group recently purchased Gregg Protection Services in its first major acquisition after becoming a privately held company. Gregg Protection Services was founded in 1997 and provides safeguards and security, training and performance solutions, staff augmentation and vulnerability assessments. Its major customers include DOE and […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 4/3/2015 The Army Corps of Engineers issued a pre-solicitation notice late last week for two Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts to provide Hazardous Toxic Radiologic Waste Architect-Engineering Services in support of its North Atlantic Division. Each contract could have a value up to $10 million dollars over a five-year ordering […]

The Department of Energy is moving forward with its plan to have a full and open competition for the management of the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, a contract historically held by Oak Ridge Associated Universities. The current contract is due to expire at the end of 2015. In late December, DOE’s Office […]

The Department of Energy yesterday released a draft Request for Proposal for operating the Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride facilities at the Portsmouth and Paducah Sites. The value of the contract, which would have a three-year base period of performance and a two-year option, would range from $400 million to $600 million. For evaluation criteria, relevant past […]

The Department of Energy yesterday issued a request for proposal for a technical assistance contract for the Carlsbad Field Office. The small business set-aside contract is expected to total $30 million to $35 million over a three-year period of performance with a two-year option period. The contract supports Waste Isolation Pilot Plant operations and recovery, […]

Navy Strategic Systems Programs has awarded Lockheed Martin Space Systems a sole-source “not-to-exceed” $59 million undefinitized contract action for Trident 2 D5 Navigation Subsystem Strategic Systems Program Shipboard Integration Increment and Increment 8 Inertial and Non-Inertial efforts, according to a Defense Department announcement made yesterday. Work will be performed in Mitchell Field, N.Y., Oldsmar, Fla., […]

The Department of Energy this week issued a final Request for Proposals for the new contract to manage Nuclear Regulatory Commission-licensed facilities at the Department’s Idaho site and in Colorado. The final RFP drops the commitment for the three key personnel from four years to a two-year period, a provision that had been a concern […]

UT-Battelle, which has managed Oak Ridge National Laboratory since 2000, has signed a new five-year contract with the Department of Energy. ORNL Director Thom Mason confirmed yesterday that the extension had been signed. The existing contract was due to expire April 1. The Department of Energy announced in late 2013 its intent to extend UT-Battelle’s contract, praising the […]

The Department of Energy has scheduled for the week of April 13 a pre-proposal conference and site tour for the new contract to manage Nuclear Regulatory Commission-licensed facilities at the Department’s Idaho site and in Colorado. More information on the pre-proposal conference can be found here. The new contract, which is being set aside for […]

The Department of Energy has scheduled its annual small business forum and expo for June 16 to 18 in Phoenix. “The event will feature plenaries, educational workshops, a large Exhibit Hall, as well as business matchmaking sessions,” according to a DOE notice posted Friday. “Over 700 attendees will represent all levels of Federal, state, and […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 3/27/2015 Since the Air Force on Jan. 8 announced Boeing the winner of the Minuteman 3 Guidance Subsystem contract under a newly established, government-managed contracting structure for intercontinental ballistic missiles, the company has been working to replace a 40-plus-year-old technology on the weapons that includes instrumentation for flight tests, command destruct, […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 3/27/2015 As the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management moves away from the use of management & operating contracts, the head of DOE’s Savannah River Operations Office said last week that he is “a fan” of how the site’s M&O contract has performed during budget uncertainties. There are only two […]