Contracts & Procurement

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant contractor Nuclear Waste Partnership has so far 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 scorecard notes that the final fee determination is still pending. The WIPP M&O contractor is […]

The Department of Energy last week awarded a $2.5 million task order to Sage Energy Trading, LLC, to supply natural gas to the Portsmouth site. The award to a woman-owned small business is under a one-year firm fixed unit rate task order. 

The Department of Energy yesterday awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity master contract to TSAY Professional Services for general construction and environmental regulatory support at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The contract, which fell under the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) program, will have a maximum value of $15 million over 5 years. The first task order for […]

The Department of Energy yesterday released a draft request for proposal for a small business contract for technical assistance services at the Carlsbad Field Office. The total contract value is expected to be between $30 million and $35 million with a one-year period of performance and four one-year options. The contract is expected to support […]

A final Request for Proposals for the new Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract is anticipated to be released in February, the Department of Energy said yesterday. DOE also issued yesterday a full version of the draft RFP for the new contract, with comments due by Jan. 14. Among the areas where DOE is seeking […]

Two nuclear weapons complex watchdog groups are urging Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to slash the fee of Lockheed Martin-run Sandia National Laboratories for its involvement in a pair of lobbying incidents that were revealed over the last two years. Lockheed Martin’s Sandia Corporation can earn up to $9.8 million in at-risk fee in Fiscal Year […]

Savannah River Site security contractor G4S Government Solutions, Inc.-Wackenhut Services Incorporated earned about 90 percent of its available award fee for Fiscal Year 2014, according to a scorecard released by the Department of Energy Friday. WSI earned $4.97 million out of a total of $5.5 million in available award fee. “WSI-SRS has demonstrated an excellent […]

Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 12/19/2014 A pair of Bechtel and Lockheed Martin executives defended this week the role the private companies play in managing the National Nuclear Security Administration’s three nuclear weapons laboratories, telling a lab effectiveness panel that the corporate reachback brought by the companies that run the labs has made a difference. “If […]

Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 12/19/2014 The National Nuclear Security Administration has softened some language in its Kansas City National Security Campus Request for Proposals to attract more competition, but it remains to be seen how many companies will step forward to bid for the contract. Likely in response to concerns from potential bidders, the agency […]

A site tour is scheduled for Jan. 7 for those companies interested in bidding on the new Portsmouth infrastructure contract. Additional tours may be held on Jan. 8 if necessary, according to the Department of Energy. Attendance for the tour is limited to no more than three individuals from each prime contractor or teaming arrangement […]

The S.M. Stoller Corporation is being renamed and rebranded as Stoller Newport News Nuclear, or SN3 for short, Stoller president Nick Lombardo announced in a Dec. 15 message to employees. Stoller has operated as a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries under its Newport News Shipbuilding division since an acquisition that was wrapped up last January […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration is planning to lower the available fee at the Kansas City National Security Campus according to a Request for Proposals released late Friday. According to information in the RFP, bidders can propose a maximum of 5.5 percent award fee—down from the 7 percent Kansas City incumbent Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 12/12/2014 In a move welcomed by potential bidders, the Department of Energy has dropped plans to include a cost cap in the new Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract. The draft Request for Proposals for the new contract had included a provision that would have made contractors responsible for all costs […]

Unsuccessful Bidder Has Challenged Winner’s Ability to Meet Size Standard Mike Nartker WC Monitor 12/12/2014 A lengthy dispute over a small Department of Energy support contract may now be over, with the Small Business Administration’s Office of Hearings and Appeals denying this week a second appeal filed by an unsuccessful bidder challenging the contract winner’s […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 12/12/2014 The Department of Energy is gearing up for the procurement for a new contract to operate DOE’s two depleted uranium hexafluoride conversion plants, announcing Dec. 8 that a draft Request for Proposals for the contract is expected to be released within 45 days. DOE also released this week a draft […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 12/12/2014 The Department of Energy this week released a sources sought notice for 8(a) small businesses interested in performing scope planning work for upcoming transition contracts for legacy cleanup work at Los Alamos National Laboratory. DOE is looking to transition administration of the cleanup work from National Nuclear Security Administration management […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 12/12/2014 The Department of Energy this week released a final Request for Proposals for a small business contract for infrastructure support services at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. “A firm-fixed-price, labor hour, cost reimbursement, and indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract will be awarded from this Final RFP. The total estimated value of […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 12/12/2012 The Department of Energy has suspended a small business procurement for a Natural Resources Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan for Los Alamos National Laboratory pending the outcome of a challenge to the size standard used. The firm Environment International Ltd. filed the appeal of the 500 person size standard to […]

AMWTP Contractor Earns $3.3 Million in Fee for FY 2014 WC Monitor 12/12/2014 Idaho Treatment Group, LLC, which is responsible for the Idaho Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project, earned $3.3 million out of an available $5.3 million in Fiscal Year 2014, according to information the Department of Energy released this week. ITG’s fee was based […]

The Department of Energy yesterday released a sources sought notice for 8(a) small businesses interested in performing scope planning work for the upcoming transition contract for legacy cleanup work at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The Department of Energy announced recently it will be looking to transition administration of the cleanup work from National Nuclear Security […]

The Department of Energy has suspended a small business procurement for a Natural Resources Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan for Los Alamos National Laboratory pending the outcome of a challenge to the size standard used. The firm Environment International Ltd. filed the appeal of the 500 person size standard to the Small Business Administration in […]

The Department of Energy yesterday released a final request for proposals for infrastructure support services at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant that will be set aside for small businesses. This comes after the release of a draft RFP in early July. “A firm-fixed-price, labor hour, cost reimbursement, and indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract will be awarded […]

The successful bidder for the Department of Energy’s new Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract could face some of the strongest key personnel-related penalties proposed in recent years. DOE is proposing a fee reduction of $1 million for the early departure of a Program Manager ahead of a two-year commitment, according to a new section […]

The Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District last week added an additional two weeks to the Request for Proposal for remediation services at its Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program site in Luckey, Ohio. The contract for environmental remediation services and ancillary construction to support the cleanup is worth up to $100 million over 10 […]

In apparent response to concern from potential bidders, the Department of Energy is dropping plans to include a cost cap in the new Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract. The draft Request for Proposals for the new contract had included a provision that would have made contractors responsible for all costs going forward once the […]

Incumbent to Receive Another Extension, To End of March Mike Nartker WC Monitor 12/5/2014 The long-running search for a new support services contractor for the Department of Energy’s Office of Legacy Management may now stretch into 2015, with DOE asking bidders this week to again extend their proposals’ expiration dates, this time by another six […]

Company Part of Incumbent CH2M-WG Idaho Mike Nartker WC Monitor 12/5/2014 As industry officials await the release of a final request for proposals for the new Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract, a major shakeup appears to be in the works among the teams that have reportedly formed to go after the job should the […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 12/5/2014 In apparent response to requests from potential bidders, the Department of Energy late this week pushed back the deadline for bids for the new contract to operate the Oak Ridge Transuranic Waste Processing Center, for a second time, to Dec. 23, from Dec. 11. The new extension was contained in […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 12/5/2014 Industry officials called on the Department of Energy late last month to take a number of steps to improve small business contracting, including promoting more meaningful prime and subcontract opportunities that encourage business growth. A contracting task force formed by the Energy, Technology and Environmental Business Association discussed its recommendations […]

Portage Protest Still Pending Mike Nartker WC Monitor 12/5/2014 INTERA has dropped its pending challenges against Navarro Research and Engineering’s win of the new Nevada National Security Site environmental programs services contract. INTERA had filed a protest over Navarro’s win with the Government Accountability Office, and was in the midst of appealing a determination by […]