Contracts & Procurement

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 2/13/2015 Naval Sea Systems Command, Strategic Systems Programs and Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command are seeking input “for potential small business sources” to provide maintenance and technical engineering services in support of the Data Processing Subsystem (DPS) Program, Command and Control System (CCS) and Non-Propulsion Electronics System (NPES) of the […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 2/13/2015 General Dynamics this week reported a $1.4 billion backlog for engineering services for design and development of the Ohio-Class Replacement submarine at the year-end of 2014, representing about 4.5 percent of total backlog reported for GD’s Marine Systems group at the end of 2014, according to the company’s 10-K filing. […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/13/2015 With the competitive landscape for the new Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract still in flux, the Department of Energy appears likely to push back the release of a final Request for Proposals for the new contract as it continues to work to address industry concerns that may ultimately lead […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 2/13/2015 Navy Strategic Systems Programs awarded Charles Stark Draper Laboratory a maximum amount $302.4 million sole-source, firm-fixed-price, fixed-price-incentive and cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for ongoing work of the Trident D5 MK 6 Guidance System Repair Program with failure verification, test, repair and recertification of inertial measurement units, electronic assemblies and electronic modules, according […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/13/2015 A draft Request for Proposals for a new cleanup contract for the Los Alamos National Laboratory could be issued in the next several months, acting Assistant Energy Secretary for Environmental Management Mark Whitney said late this week. The new contract is intended to cover work currently performed by the lab’s […]

Delays Could Impact Start of D-Basin Project Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/13/2015 After Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, the managing contractor at the Savannah River Site, has worked to improve its Earned Value Management System certification since it was revoked in 2013, the contractor says it has corrected the issues and is ready for a follow-up […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/13/2015 Savannah River Remediation, the liquid waste contractor for the Savannah River Site, earned 95 percent of its available award and incentive fee in Fiscal Year 2014, according to a fee determination scorecard the Department of Energy released this week. SRR earned $26.8 million in incentive fee and award fee out […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/13/2015 The Government Accountability Office this week released its decision denying the protest Portage filed against Navarro Research and Engineering’s win of the new Nevada National Security Site environmental programs services contract. Navarro and Portage had been the two highest-rated offerors of the five teams that bid on the contract, which […]

The Government Accountability Office yesterday released its decision denying the protest Portage filed against Navarro Research and Engineering’s win of the new Nevada National Security Site environmental programs services contract. Navarro and Portage had been the two highest-rated offerors of the five teams that bid on the contract, which was set-aside for small businesses, according to the […]

Liquid waste contractor Savannah River Remediation earned 95 percent of its available award and incentive fee in Fiscal Year 2014, according to a fee determination scorecard released yesterday. SRR earned $26.8 million in incentive fee and award fee out of a total available $28.5 million in available fee. That includes a $27,092 reduction in fee […]

Mission Support Alliance at Hanford has named Bob Wilkinson its new chief operations officer with the retirement of Dave Ruscitto announced Monday. Wilkinson has 20 years of experience at Hanford, most recently as manager of environment, safety, health and quality at Washington River Protection Solutions. He also was acting chief operations officer and manager of […]

Bids are due today for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Kansas City National Security Campus, and industry officials expect only one company to submit a proposal: incumbent contractor Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies. Honeywell was the only company to send representatives to a preproposal conference and site tour last month, fueling speculation that the NNSA […]

Given years of delays in the Department of Energy’s audits of contractor costs for non-M&O contracts, DOE should develop a risk-based comprehensive plan to undertake the reviews, the Office of Inspector General said in a report released yesterday. The IG review focused on delays reviews by the Defense Contract Audit Agency on potential unallowable costs […]

The Department of Energy late last week issued an amendment to the Request for Proposals for the new Portsmouth infrastructure support contract that officially moves the proposal due date to Feb. 19. A summary of all of the changes included in the amendment can be found here.   Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 2/6/2015 The Defense Department is looking to accelerate work on the new long-range standoff weapon, according to the Pentagon’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget request, released earlier this week. While the Air Force was expected to issue a Request for Proposals in the first quarter of FY 2017, an RFP for the […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/6/2015 A week after announcing that Navarro Research and Engineering is the newest winner of the support services contract for the Department of Energy’s Office of Legacy Management, DOE is so far staying quiet as to the basis of its decision. DOE declined to comment late this week on why it […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/6/2015 In the latest move to address industry concerns over the new Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract, the Department of Energy plans to hold a new round of one-on-one sessions next week with potential bidders. The sessions will be held via teleconference on Feb. 11, according to a DOE notice. […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/6/2015 With only two teams likely to be in the running for the new Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract, Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) said this week he is “concerned” about the lack of competition for the work. Initially, four teams were believed to be considering the procurement, but potential bidders […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/6/2015 Hanford support services contractor Mission Support Alliance earned 87 percent of its Fiscal Year 2014 award fee, for a total of $16.5 million in fee earned out of about $19 million total available, according to a fee determination scorecard the Department of Energy released this week. That falls slightly below […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/6/2015 Restoration Services, Inc., the environmental technical services contractor at the Portsmouth site, earned 92 percent of its available award fee in Fiscal Year 2014, according to a scorecard posted by the Department of Energy this week. The contractor earned $322,828 out of a total available fee of $349,708. RSI achieved […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/6/2015 Natural Resources Canada released late last week the names of the four teams that will receive the Request for Proposal to manage the Government-owned Contractor-operated contract for the Chalk River Laboratories. The teams include: Canadian National Energy Alliance (CNEA), made up of: CH2M HILL Canada Limited; Fluor Government Group […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/6/2015 EnergySolutions was awarded a liquid waste treatment contract at the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge, the company announced this week. The contract, which includes a base period of two years with two one-year options, calls for the operation of eight wastewater treatment facilities and their supporting infrastructure […]

The Air Force has awarded Boeing a full-rate production contract to deliver 10 kits to modernize B-52 bombers, according to a Feb. 4 Boeing release. On Jan. 28, Boeing received the Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT) upgrade, which includes full-color LCD displays with real-time intelligence feeds overlaid on moving maps, communication data links that connect […]

Portsmouth Environmental Technical Services contractor Restoration Services, Inc., earned 92 percent of its available award fee in Fiscal Year 2014, according to a scorecard posted by the Department of Energy yesterday. The contractor earned $322,828 out of a total available fee of $349,708. RSI earned “excellent” ratings in performing project support and control of contract […]

EnergySolutions has received a liquid waste treatment contract at the Y-12 National Security Complex, the company announced yesterday. The contract, which includes two base-years with two one-year options, calls for the operation of eight wastewater treatment facilities and their supporting infrastructure systems. The contract’s dollar amount was unavailable. “We are pleased to support Consolidated Nuclear […]

Natural Resources Canada released late last week the four teams that will receive the Request for Proposal to manage the Government-owned Contractor-operated contract for the Chalk River Laboratories. The teams include: Canadian National Energy Alliance (CNEA), made up of: CH2M HILL Canada Limited; Fluor Government Group – Canada, Inc.; EnergySolutions Canada Group LTD.; SNC-Lavalin Inc.; […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 1/30/2015 Defense industry executives identified contracts that support the nuclear triad as significant revenue factors during Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2014 earnings announcements this week. During separate conference calls this week, Boeing and Lockheed Martin leadership expressed optimism about the future of the companies’ ongoing joint work on the classified long-range […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 1/30/2015 The Defense Department is budgeting $944 million for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) in the Future Years’ Defense Plan, and a Request for Information released Jan. 23 has generated interest from multiple possible suitors, as the Air Force strives to employ an affordable, more accurate intercontinental ballistic missile with new […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/30/2015 Will the third time be the charm for the Department of Energy’s long-running effort to award a new support services contract for the Office of Legacy Management? That’s the question to be answered in the wake of DOE’s decision late this week to shift course and award the new contract […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 1/30/2015 In separate meetings regarding their companies’ planned merger on Jan. 27, Orbital stockholders voted to approve the merger while 97 percent of ATK stockholders voted in favor of issuing shares worth $0.01 each, to Orbital stockholders, ATK announced on Jan. 27. ATK is issuing approximately 77 percent of the total […]