Contracts & Procurement

Y-12 Contractor Adjusts Some UPF Design Contracts NS&D Monitor 3/13/2015 As the design work on the Uranium Processing Facility transitions to management under Bechtel National via a subcontract with Consolidated Nuclear Security, there have been changes in the workload of the teams participating in the project’s four Basic Ordering Agreements, with some of the companies […]

B&W Conversion Services, LLC, the managing contractor for the Department of Energy’s two depleted uranium hexafluoride conversion plants, earned 72 percent of the total available performance award fee for Fiscal Year 2014—$1.51 million out of $2.10 million, according to information DOE released this week. That is up from FY’13, when BWCS earned 66 percent of […]

The Air Force yesterday issues a presolicitation notice announcing its intent to award a sole-source contract to Boeing to update the fuselage for B-52s. “Alternate offerors must submit a Source Approval Request (SAR) package along with a completed copy of the solicitation in order to be considered for award,” the notice states.  The final contract award […]

The Department of Energy late last week extended the response time an extra month for its solicitation for a contractor to assist in the movement of spent nuclear fuel from research reactors to an unidentified national laboratory. The new response date will be April 13, compared to the original March 9 deadline. The DOE Office of […]

Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Electric Boat a $24.3 million modification to a November 2010, sole-source submarine research and development contract, according to a March 6 Defense Department announcement.. The modification will involve engineering and technical design services to support research and development of advanced submarine technologies, to include the Ohio-class Replacement (OR). The […]

GAO Evaluating Protests Over Latest Effort to Award Follow-on Contract Mike Nartker 3/6/2015 Stoller Newport News Nuclear has received a new six-month sole-source extension to its contract to provide support services to the Department of Energy’s Office of Legacy Management as challenges to DOE’s latest effort to award a follow-on contract are resolved. Stoller is […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 3/6/2015 POJOAQUE, N.M.—A “master acquisition plan” for what is expected to be several Los Alamos cleanup procurements is set to be released by June, which would be followed by draft requests for proposals by the end of the summer, Department of Energy officials said here this week at an industry day […]

Such Information ‘Inside Baseball,’ DAS Surash Says Mike Nartker WC Monitor 3/6/2015 Acknowledging that there is no regulatory prohibition against the release of the information, the top acquisition official in the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management this week defended EM’s practice of blocking the public release of the identities of Source Selection Officials […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 3/6/2015 The procurement timeline for the Long Range Strike-Bomber (LRSB) has been pushed back from the spring to summer, and the Air Force will most likely opt to award a cost-plus contract to develop the aircraft, Dr. William LaPlante, Air Force Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, told House lawmakers this week.  Northrop […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 3/6/2015 As questions persist over whether any companies will choose to bid on the new Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract, the top acquisition official in the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management said this week that “the market” will ultimately decide the level of competition DOE gets for the […]

FBP Earned Approx. 82 Percent of Available Fee Mike Nartker WC Monitor 3/6/2015 After years of steadily decreasing fee performance at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, D&D contractor Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, LLC, received a boost in fee for its work in Fiscal Year 2014, according to information the Department of Energy released this week. FBP earned […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 3/6/2015 The Department of Energy issued a Request for Proposals this week for low-level and mixed-low level waste treatment services for its Office of Environmental Management cleanup program. The current set of Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity-type contracts for waste treatment services ends in June 2015. The RFP could result in the […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 3/6/2015 The Department of Energy late last week released a draft request for proposals for a probabilistic performance assessment at the West Valley Demonstration Project in New York state. One-on-one sessions with potential bidders are scheduled for March 10.The assessment would support the DOE and the New York State Energy Research […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 3/6/2015 Canadian Nuclear Partners CEO Pierre Tremblay is departing the company, but Ontario Power Generation, CNP’s parent company, reaffirmed this week that it would remain in the bidding process for the Chalk River Government-owned, Contractor-operated contact. Tremblay had served 38 years with the company. “Yes, I can confirm that Pierre […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 3/6/2015 The Department of Energy issued a Request for Proposals this week for low-level and mixed-low level waste treatment services for its Office of Environmental Management cleanup program. The current set of Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity-type contracts for waste treatment services ends in June 2015. The RFP could result in the […]

Stoller Newport News Nuclear has received a new six-month sole-source extension to its contract to provide support services to the Department of Energy’s Office of Legacy Management as challenges to DOE’s latest effort to award a follow-on contract are resolved. Stoller is now set to remain in place until the end of September, bringing to […]

The Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRSB) will most likely be funded as a cost-plus contract, the top Air Force acquisition secretary told House lawmakers yesterday. “My belief on the LRSB is…that we are doing a little bit more cutting-edge,” Dr. William LaPlante, Air Force Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, said during a hearing of the House Armed […]

Frank Sheppard is set to become Parsons’ Salt Waste Processing Facility project manager, taking over for Lou Jackson after his retirement. The move is subject to formal Department of Energy approval, Jackson said in a message to employees yesterday. “Frank is intimately familiar with the contract and the project having served as Deputy Project Manager […]

A “master acquisition plan” for future Los Alamos cleanup procurements should be out by June, with draft requests for proposals released by the end of the summer, Department of Energy officials said yesterday at an industry day for the procurements in Pojoaque, N.M. DOE plans to break out cleanup work from the Lab’s M&O contract […]

After years of steadily decreasing fee performance, Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, LLC, the D&D contractor at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, received a boost in fee for its work in Fiscal Year 2014, according to information DOE released yesterday. FBP earned 81.86 percent of the available award fee in FY14, or approximately $12.7 million out of an […]

The Department of Energy issued a Request for Proposals yesterday for low-level and mixed-low level waste treatment services for its Office of Environmental Management cleanup program. The RFP could result in the issuance of one or more Basic Ordering Agreements for a period of five years, with no associated option periods. Work will be performed […]

Los Alamos National Security, LLC, is reportedly balking at the terms the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is proposing for the new ‘bridge’ cleanup contract at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, WC Monitor has learned. The new contract is intended to allow EM to directly manage cleanup work at Los Alamos while DOE […]

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, the managing contractor for the Savannah River Site, is conducting market research to identify companies, preferably small businesses, for a set of three new subcontracts. SRNS is seeking expressions of interest by March 23 for subcontracts to cover materials management and distribution; records management; and fire protection and emergency services, according […]

The Department of Energy Friday released a draft request for proposal for a probabilistic performance assessment at the West Valley Demonstration Project in New York. One on one sessions with potential bidders are scheduled for March 10.The assessment would support the DOE and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to undertake analyses […]

Bechtel has suspended major work on a bid for the new Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract, though the contractor hasn’t yet ruled out competing for the new contract entirely, WC Monitor has learned. Bechtel informed the Department of Energy of its decision to suspend bid work during a set of one-on-ones the Department held […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/27/2015 While the Army Corps of Engineers prepares to finalize the Request for Proposal for the Shallow Land Disposal Area in Armstrong County, Pa., potential bidders have raised concerns this week over the lack of indemnification for the contract. Without indemnification, many major companies may stay away from lucrative cleanup […]

Final RFP for New Contract to be Issued in Two Weeks Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/27/2015 In another attempt to assuage industry concerns and boost potential competition for the new Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract, the Department of Energy unveiled late this week a new set of planned changes to the fee structure for […]

Move Comes Ahead of Next Week’s Industry Day Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/27/2015 In advance of next week’s industry day on future Los Alamos cleanup contracting, the Department of Energy this week released a sources sought notice seeking companies interested in competing in the upcoming procurement. DOE announced last fall plans to shift management of […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/27/2015 The Department of Energy should incentivize contractors through performance and award fee or risk losing competition on procurements, industry executives said last week in a roundtable discussion at the seventh annual Nuclear Deterrence Summit. The discussion comes as the Department is undertaking a new contract management strategy that includes moving […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/27/2015 US Ecology’s acquisition last year of the Environmental Quality Company has  out-performed the company’s expectations, leading to a net income of $38.2 million for 2014, up from $32.2 million in 2013, US Ecology announced this week. Following the acquisition, the company saw a doubling of its total revenue, from […]