Contracts & Procurement

Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 1/30/2015 Oak Ridge National Laboratory has extended its American Centrifuge Technology Demonstration and Operations contract with Centrus Energy Corp. through Sept. 30. The $41.7 million deal was expected after the Fiscal Year 2015 omnibus spending bill included $97.2 million for domestic uranium enrichment research, development and demonstration. Under the agreement, Oak […]

GAO Denied Protest Filed by Portage Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/30/2015 Navarro Research and Engineering is set to begin a 30-day transition period early next week to officially take over the new Nevada National Security Site environmental programs services contract. The move comes after the Government Accountability Office this week denied a protest Portage filed […]

Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 1/30/2015 Oak Ridge National Laboratory has extended its American Centrifuge Technology Demonstration and Operations contract with Centrus Energy Corp. through Sept. 30. The $41.7 million deal was expected after the Fiscal Year 2015 omnibus spending bill included $97.2 million for domestic uranium enrichment research, development and demonstration. Under the agreement, Oak […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/30/2015 The Army Corps of Engineers’ Alaska District issued a sources sought notice this week for an architect and engineering services indefinite delivery contract. The contract would call for architect and engineering services related to the cleanup of hazardous, toxic, and radiological wastes over a five-year period in Alaska and […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/30/2015 The Department of Energy issued a solicitation notice last week looking for a contractor to assist in the movement of spent nuclear fuel from research reactors to a unidentified national laboratory. The DOE Office of Nuclear Energy, through the Idaho Operations Office, is responsible for the disposition of university […]

In separate meetings regarding their companies’ planned merger, 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 yesterday. ATK is issuing approximately 77 percent of the total number of outstanding shares of ATK common stock as of […]

The Government Accountability Office earlier this week denied a protest filed by Portage over Navarro Research and Engineering’s win of the new Nevada National Security Site environmental programs services contract. Portage, which declined to comment on the GAO’s decision yesterday, was one of two companies to protest Navarro’s win, with INTERA having dropped its protest […]

The Army Corps of Engineers’ Alaska District issued a sources sought notice yesterday for an architect and engineering indefinite delivery contract. The contract would call for architect and engineering services related to the cleanup of hazardous, toxic, and radiological wastes over a five-year period in Alaska and the Pacific Rim, the notice said. “The US […]

The Department of Energy issued a solicitation notice last week looking for a contractor to assist in the movement of spent nuclear fuel from research reactors to an unidentified national laboratory. The DOE Office of Nuclear Energy, through the Idaho Operations Office, is responsible for the disposition  of university research reactor spent nuclear fuel disposition, […]

The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Hill AFB on Friday released a Request for Information for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent, detailing plans to retain the Minuteman 3’s silo basing mode while recapitalizing launch control center and launch facility infrastructure, replacing the entire flight system—including Booster Stages, Guidance, Reentry and Post-Boost Propulsion Systems—of ICBMs, and […]

The Department of Energy’s arduous search for a new support contractor for the Office of Legacy Management could finally come to an end this week with a third contract award decision. Proposals submitted for the new contract are set to expire at the end of this week, though it remains to be seen if DOE […]

Oak Ridge National Laboratory has extended its American Centrifuge Technology Demonstration and Operations contract with Centrus Energy Corp. through Sept. 30. The $41.7 million deal was expected after the Fiscal Year 2015 omnibus spending bill approved last month included $97.2 million for domestic uranium enrichment research, development and demonstration. Under the agreement Oak Ridge National […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/23/2015 A new Department of Energy fee plan for the final 18 months of Fluor-B&W Portsmouth’s base contract for the Portsmouth D&D project, a copy of which WC Monitor obtained this week, continues DOE’s efforts to shift more risk to its contractors. Under the plan, FBP is now at risk of […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/23/2015 Hanford tank farms contractor Washington River Protection Solutions, LLC, earned $10.5 million in Fiscal Year 2014 award fee, or about 83 percent of its total available award fee, according to information the Department of Energy released late this week. The contractor earned an overall grade of “very good” for its […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/23/2015 The Department of Energy is seeking best-and-final offers from bidders on the new contract to operate the Hanford 222-S Laboratory, a spokeswoman for the DOE Office of Environmental Management confirmed this week. DOE has established a competitive range for the procurement and is seeking revised offers “to maximize the government’s […]

Todd Jacobson WC Monitor 1/23/2015 National Nuclear Security Administration officials were highly critical of Los Alamos National Laboratory management in the lab’s recently released Fiscal Year 2014 Performance Evaluation Review, with the document stating that shortcomings during the year “reflect a negative trend in leadership performance.” The agency docked lab manager Los Alamos National Security […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/23/2015 Savannah River Site managing contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions earned 86 percent of its available award fee for Fiscal Year 2014, according to award fee information the Department of Energy released this week. SRNS earned 94 percent of its available fee for cleanup work, totaling $23.9 million, but did not […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/23/2015 The Department of Energy issued this week an updated draft Request for Proposals for the new contract to manage Nuclear Regulatory Commission-licensed facilities at the Department’s Idaho site and in Colorado. The updated draft includes a slight change on the planned evaluation criteria. The top factor, relevant past performance, now […]

DOE Evaluating Bids for Follow-Up Contract Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/23/2015 As the Department of Energy evaluates bids for a new contract to operate the Oak Ridge Transuranic Waste Processing Center, DOE late last week extended by six months the current contract held by incumbent Wastren Advantage. WAI’s contract to run the TWPC had been […]

Security Contractor Receives Performance Score of 96 for FY 2014 NS&D Monitor 1/23/2015 National Strategic Protective Services, the Department of Energy’s security contractor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, East Tennessee Technology Park and other Oak Ridge facilities, received a “very good” rating for Fiscal Year 2014 and an overall performance score of 96, according to […]

Savannah River Site M&O contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions earned 86 percent of its available award fee for Fiscal Year 2014, according to award fee information the Department of Energy released yesterday. SRNS earned 94 percent of its available fee for cleanup work, totaling $23.9 million, but did not score as high in its National […]

The Army Corps of Engineers began gearing up for the next phase of the Uranium Processing Facility project yesterday, releasing a presolicitation notice for site infrastructure and services on the multi-billion-dollar effort. The work, which is set aside for a service-disabled veteran-owned small business, includes design of a site layout play for trailers and laydown […]

The Department of Energy yesterday issued an updated request for proposal for the new contract to manage Nuclear Regulatory Commission-licensed facilities at the Department’s Idaho site and in Colorado. This follows an initial draft that was released in October. The new contract, which is being set aside for small businesses meeting a $38.5 million size […]

National Nuclear Security Administration officials were highly critical of Los Alamos National Laboratory management in the lab’s recently released Fiscal Year 2014 Performance Evaluation Review, with the document stating that shortcomings during the year “reflect a negative trend in leadership performance.” The agency docked lab manager Los Alamos National Security more than 90 percent of […]

Boeing Hints at Possible Protest After Debrief From Air Force Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 1/16/2015 Northrop Grumman Technical Services on Wednesday won a $963.5 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, beating out Boeing to sustain the Minuteman 3 Ground Subsystem until Jan. 31, 2020, as part of the Future ICBM Sustainment and Acquisition Concept (FISAC). If Northrop Grumman […]

Staff Reports NS&D Monitor 1/16/2015 The year-end performance evaluations for NNSA contractors did not include any information on the first six-month period of Consolidated Nuclear Security, but top officials at CNS have indicated they think they’re doing a pretty good job. CNS’ first evaluation will be released as part of Fiscal Year 2015 evaluations. “I […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 1/16/2015 Lockheed Martin is competing for the Propulsion Subsystem contract to be awarded as part of the Future ICBM Sustainment and Acquisition Concept (FISAC), a company spokeswoman told NS&D Monitor late last week. Slated to be the last of four subsystem contracts awarded under the new Air Force-managed FISAC contracting structure, the […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 1/16/2015 The Hill AFB division of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center on Tuesday released a Request for Proposals for Reentry Field Support Equipment (RFSE), which will replace 40-plus-year-old nuclear warhead test equipment consisting of the Reentry System Test Set (RSTS) and Safety Enhanced Reentry Vehicle (SERV) Field Test Set (SFTS). […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/16/2015 Kurion received a contract to develop a robotic arm to repair reactor primary containment leaks at the Fukushima Daii-chi Nuclear Power Plant, the company said this week. The contract from IHI Corporation calls for Kurion to produce its robotic system, entitled the ‘Fukushima Repair Manipulator,’ for a targeted deployment […]

Martin Schneider WC Monitor 1/16/2015 SALT LAKE CITY—With comments on the draft Request for Proposals for the new Idaho Cleanup Project Core contract due this week,  DOE Office of Environmental Management Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Project Management Jack Surash pushed back in remarks here against continuing concern from bidders about the terms and […]