Contracts & Procurement

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/16/2015 In response to recent financial challenges, CH2M Hill is asking employee shareholders to approve a proposal that would allow the company to seek minority investment from outside investors. Last week, CH2M Hill issued a preliminary proxy statement outlining proposals the company said would “provide … greater flexibility in raising additional […]

Northrop Grumman yesterday was named the recipient of a $963.5 million 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). Northrop’s was the third subsystem–and fourth overall–contract awarded under the FISAC, after the Defense Department respectively named BAE […]

Four months after a Pentagon official said the government was reconsidering whether to develop the replacement for the air-launched cruise missile (ALCM), the Air Force’s top official yesterday announced plans to move forward with acquisition of the Long-Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO) under a new initiative designed to cut costs while potentially slightly loosening capability requirements. […]

Nuclear Management Partners’ performance at Sellafield has improved in the last year and the decision to terminate its contract was based on issues with the site’s management model, U.K. Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Davey told members of the U.K. Parliament Tuesday. This week the U.K. government decided to terminate NMP’s […]

Industry officials expect the Air Force today to award a contract to sustain the Ground Subsystem portion of the Future ICBM Sustainment and Acquisition Concept, an executive told Weapons Complex Morning Briefing in an email yesterday. Northrop Grumman and Boeing have announced that they are bidding on the Ground Subsystem, whose award is expected just […]

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 Weapons Complex Morning Briefing late last week. Slated to be the last of four subsystem contracts awarded under the new Air Force-managed FISAC contracting structure, the Propulsion Subsystem contract […]

In response to recent financial challenges, CH2M Hill is asking employee shareholders to approve a proposal that would allow the company to seek minority investment from outside investors. Last week, CH2M Hill issued a preliminary proxy statement outlining proposals the company said would “provide … greater flexibility in raising additional capital and are intended to […]

Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 1/9/2015 Kansas City National Security Campus contractor Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies was the top performer in the weapons complex during Fiscal Year 2014, earning 96 percent of its at risk fee ($28.8 million out of $30 million available). Honeywell also earned an additional $14.4 million in fixed Work For Others […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/9/2015 For the six-month period marking the second half of Fiscal Year 2014, Oak Ridge cleanup contractor URS-CH2M Oak Ridge, LLC, earned $3.67 million in award fee out of a total of $3.83 million available, about 96 percent. That is on par for UCOR’s fee in the first half of FY’14, […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/9/2015 As the Department of Energy gets ready to release the final Request for Proposals for the new Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract, it appears that—at most—two teams are set to compete for the job, WC Monitor has learned. Fluor has assembled a team and has been actively preparing to […]

Todd Jacobson WC Monitor 1/9/2015 In an unprecedented move, the National Nuclear Security Administration has drastically reduced the Fiscal Year 2014 fee for Los Alamos National Laboratory contractor Los Alamos National Security (LANS) because of “performance failures” associated with the February 2014 radiological incident at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant while stripping the contractor of […]

Final Determination Pending Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/9/2015 Nuclear Waste Partnership, the managing contractor for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, has so far only been paid $21,576 out of about $8.2 million in total available fee for Fiscal Year 2014, according to contractor fee information recently posted by the Department of Energy. The fee chart […]

Incumbent Honeywell FM&T Only Company With Reps at Conference Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 1/9/2015 A preproposal conference and site tour for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Kansas City National Security Campus procurement this week drew representatives from just one company, incumbent Kansas City contractor Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, NS&D Monitor has learned. The public […]

Security Contractor Earns About 90 Percent of Available FY 14 Award Fee WC Monitor 1/9/2014 Savannah River Site security contractor, Centerra Group, earned about 90 percent of its available award fee for Fiscal Year 2014, according to a scorecard released by the Department of Energy late last month. Centerra, which was known as G4S-Government Solutions, […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 1/9/2015 The Air Force is expected to award a contract by mid-January to sustain the Ground Subsystem for the Minuteman 3 as part of the Future Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Sustainment and Acquisition Concept (FISAC) after the service on Jan. 8 named Boeing the awardee of a $51.2 million cost-plus-award-fee FISAC contract […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/9/2015 The Army Corps of Engineers’ Kansas City District awarded to 10 companies this week an unrestricted Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Task Order Contract for remediation services. The contract, which has a ceiling of $185 million, will support work across Corps projects such as remediation work for the […]

Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 1/9/2015 In an unprecedented move, the National Nuclear Security Administration has drastically reduced the Fiscal Year 2014 fee for Los Alamos National Laboratory contractor Los Alamos National Security (LANS) because of “performance failures” associated with the February 2014 radiological incident at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant while stripping the contractor of […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 1/9/2015 The Air Force will host an Industry Day for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), the expected follow-on for the Minuteman 3, at Hill AFB in Utah from Feb. 18-20. Air Force Global Strike Command, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center and the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems Directorate are sponsoring the classified […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 1/9/2015 ATK’s Board of Directors has established the distribution ratio in connection with the spinoff of the company’s Sporting Group to ATK stockholders and the merger of ATK’s Aerospace and Defense groups with Orbital Sciences. According to a Jan. 6 press release, on the merger closing date, ATK stockholders will receive […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 1/9/2015 Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) on Jan. 2 released a sources sought notice and questionnaire for Base Operations Support (BOS) at Naval Submarine Base (NSB) Kings Bay. “Any resulting contract will be Firm Fixed Price (FFP) with Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) provisions,” the notice states. “The contract term will […]

NNSS Security Contractor Earns 90 Percent of Available FY14 Fee NS&D Monitor 1/9/2015 Security contractor Centerra Group received an excellent rating for its Fiscal Year 2014 protective force work at the Nevada National Security Site, earning $2.25 million in fee out of $2.49 million available, according to information recently released by the National Nuclear Security […]

SRS Security Contractor Earns About 90 Percent of Available FY 14 Award Fee NS&D Monitor 1/9/2014 Savannah River Site security contractor, Centerra Group, earned about 90 percent of its available award fee for Fiscal Year 2014, according to a scorecard released by the Department of Energy late last month. Centerra, which was known as G4S-Government […]

Security contractor Centerra Group was awarded an excellent rating for its Fiscal Year 2014 protective force work at the Nevada National Security Site, earning $2.25 million in fee out of $2.49 million available. Centerra was known as WSI-Nevada until it was purchased by a private equity firm last year, and it was awarded 92.05 rating […]

A preproposal conference and site tour for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Kansas City National Security Campus procurement yesterday drew representatives from just one company, incumbent Kansas City contractor Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies. The public and press were barred from attending the preproposal conference and site tour, which was open only to representatives from […]

ATK’s Board of Directors has established the distribution ratio in connection with the spinoff of the company’s Sporting Group to ATK stockholders and the merger of ATK’s Aerospace and Defense groups with Orbital Sciences. According to a Tuesday press release, on the merger closing date, ATK stockholders will receive two shares of common stock in […]

The Air Force on Monday evening announced that Hill AFB from Feb. 18-20 will host an Industry Day for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), the expected follow-on for the Minuteman 3. Air Force Global Strike Command, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center and the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems Directorate are sponsoring the classified event, whose attendance […]

Oak Ridge cleanup contractor URS-CH2M Oak Ridge, LLC, earned $3.67 million in award fee out of a total of $3.83 million available, about 96 percent, for the six-month period marking the second half of Fiscal Year 2014. That is on par for UCOR’s fee in the first half of FY’14, when the contractor earned  $3.2 […]

Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) on Friday released a sources sought notice and questionnaire for Base Operations Support (BOS) at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay. “Any resulting contract will be Firm Fixed Price (FFP) with Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) provisions,” the notice states. “The contract term will be a base period of one year, […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration will host a site tour and preproposal conference for its Kansas City National Security Campus contract Wednesday, but in a significant change from previous practices, the agency is only planning to allow potential bidders to attend the event. The preproposal conference will take place from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the General […]

Kansas City National Security Campus Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies was the top performer in the weapons complex during Fiscal Year 2014, earning 96 percent of its at risk fee ($28.8 million out of $30 million available). Honeywell also earned an additional $14.4 million in fixed Work For Others fee, bringing its total FY 2014 […]