Contracts & Procurement

Company Also Has Pending Size Standard Challenge Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/17/2014 INTERA intends to file a protest with the Government Accountability Office next week over Navarro Research and Engineering’s win of the new contract to perform environmental program services at the Nevada National Security Site. INTERA President and CEO Marsh Lavenue confirmed the company’s […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 10/17/14 The Department of Energy this week released a final Request for Proposals for the follow-on contract to operate the Oak Ridge Transuranic Waste Processing Center. The new contract is being set aside for small businesses that meet $38.5 million size standard, and is expected to be worth $100 million to […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 10/17/2014 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, through operator Battelle Memorial Institute, Pacific Northwest Division, issued a sources sought notice this week for the transportation, treatment, final packaging, and disposal of low-level radioactive waste and mixed waste, according to a FedBizOpps posting. The contractor will have the responsibility of treating and transporting […]

The Department of Energy yesterday released its final Request for Proposals for support services at Oak Ridge’s Transuranic Waste Processing Center. The procurement is being set aside for small businesses meeting a $38.5 million size standard. DOE is anticipating a 1.5 month transition period for the five-year contract starting on May 16 that will be […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration plans to continue to increase the use of firm fixed-price contracting for non-major capital projects as one of the strategies to improve its project management, the agency said in a report to Congress last month obtained by NS&D Monitor. The Congressionally mandated report notes that NNSA has made progress in […]

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, through operator Battelle Memorial Institute, Pacific Northwest Division, issued a sources sought notice yesterday for the transportation, treatment, final packaging, and disposal of low-level radioactive waste and mixed waste, according to a FedBizOpps posting. The contractor will have the responsibility of treating and transporting the waste to Department of Energy-approved waste […]

Contractor Earned 63 Percent of Total Available Fee Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/10/2014 Bechtel National achieved a significant boost in fee for its performance at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant in the first half of this year, according to information the Department of Energy released late this week. The contractor earned 63 percent of the […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/10/2014 AECOM expects to wrap up its purchase of URS next week with votes by shareholders of both companies, according to a message sent to URS employees. The two companies have received all necessary regulatory approvals to complete the transaction, and both AECOM and URS have scheduled voted with their respective […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 10/10/2014 CH2M Hill has been selected as the “most highly qualified” contractor in the procurement for design of the Sludge Processing Facility Buildouts project at the Oak Ridge Transuranic Waste Processing Center. The project will address about 2,000 cubic meters of remote-handled transuranic waste sludge and associated supernate. DOE is seeking […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/10/2014 INTERA is the firm behind a pending size standard challenge filed against Navarro Research and Engineering over its recent win of a new contract to perform environmental program services at the Nevada National Security Site, the Small Business Administration confirmed this week. At issue in the challenge, WC Monitor has […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/10/2014 Companies interested in competing for the Department of Energy’s new Paducah infrastructure support services contract currently have until Nov. 20 to submit bids, according to a final Request for Proposals issued this week. Among the changes in the final RFP from a draft issued this summer, according to DOE, is […]

DOE Releases Sources Sought for West Valley Technical Assistance Contract WC Monitor 10/10/2014 The Department of Energy this week released a sources sought notice for a potential new small business contract to provide technical assistance to the West Valley Demonstration Project. The market research effort is open to small businesses with a size standard of […]

Mike Nartker NS&D Monitor 10/10/2014 AECOM expects to wrap up its purchase of URS next week with votes by shareholders of both companies, according to a message sent to URS employees. The two companies have received all necessary regulatory approvals to complete the transaction, and both AECOM and URS have scheduled voted with their respective […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 10/10/2014 SHINE Medical Technologies has entered into a $125 million term sheet with Deerfield Management Company to provide debt and equity financing for its production of molybdenum-99, the company announced this week. SHINE is one of several companies trying to get through the regulatory hurdles to begin the production of […]

Intera Nevada Inc. is the firm behind a pending size standard challenge filed against Navarro Research and Engineering over its recent win of a new contract to perform environmental program services at the Nevada National Security Site, the Small Business Administration confirmed yesterday. The SBA expects to make a decision on the challenge by Oct. […]

The Department of Energy yesterday released a sources sought notice for a potential new small business contract to provide technical assistance to the West Valley Demonstration Project. The market research effort is open to small businesses with a size standard of $15 million and responses are due Oct. 21. According to the sources sought synopsis, […]

Bechtel is combining its government and commercial nuclear businesses into one new business unit, a Nuclear, Security & Environmental group, the company said Monday. The business unit will be headed up by Craig Albert, the president of Bechtel’s government services business, and will include four global business lines. Nuclear Security & Operations will oversee Bechtel’s […]

The Department of Energy late yesterday issued a final Request for Proposals for the new Paducah infrastructure support services contract. The contract is being set-aside for small businesses, with a size standard of $38.5 million. According to DOE, the new contract is estimated to be worth between $100-180 million, and is set to run for […]

CH2M Hill has been selected as the “most highly qualified” contractor in the procurement for the Sludge Processing Facility Buildouts project at the Oak Ridge Transuranic Waste Processing Center. The project will address about 2,000 cubic meters of remote-handled transuranic waste sludge and associated supernate. DOE is seeking the design and construction of a test […]

Incumbent Passing Two-Year Mark in Extensions Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/3/2014 S.M. Stoller (now a wholly owned subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries) has once again received an extension to its current contract to provide support services for the Department of Energy’s Office of Legacy Management, as the Department’s long-troubled search for a follow-on contract drags […]

At Least Four Teams Have Formed to Compete for New Work Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/3/2014 In the wake of the Department of Energy issuing this week a partial draft Request for Proposals for the new Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract, industry officials have already begun to question proposed provisions related to fee. At […]

Todd Jacobson WC Monitor 10/3/2014 Babcock & Wilcox confirmed this week that its Board of Directors is considering splitting its Government and Nuclear Operations business segment and its commercially focused Power Generation unit into two publicly traded companies, with B&W President and CEO Jim Ferland suggesting Oct. 1 that the move could enhance the value […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/3/2014 Navarro Research and Engineering is facing a size standard challenge over its recent win of the new National Nuclear Security Administration contract to perform environmental program services at the Nevada National Security Site. “NNSA and Navarro have agreed to suspend performance of the new contract pending the outcome of an […]

FY14 Comes and Goes, and Still No FY 2013 Fee for CHPRC WC Monitor 10/3/2014 With Fiscal Year 2015 getting underway this week, the Department of Energy has yet to finalize a FY 2013 fee determination for Hanford cleanup contractor CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. The DOE Richland Operations Office confirmed this week that the […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/3/2014 The National Energy Technology Laboratory late last week awarded a contract worth $99 million to US&S – E2 I, LLC, to perform Site Operations Support, according to a notice posted on the FedBizOpps website. The contract covers various services including: site management support; environment, safety, and health (ES&H) support; […]

Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 10/3/2014 Babcock & Wilcox confirmed this week that its Board of Directors is considering splitting its Government and Nuclear Operations business segment and its commercially focused Power Generation unit into two publicly traded companies, with B&W President and CEO Jim Ferland suggesting Oct. 1 that the move could enhance the value […]

NS&D Monitor 10/3/2014 UPF Procurement Chief Staying at Y-12 After All After conflicting reports over the past month, it looks like Rich Brown will be staying in Oak Ridge after all and oversee the procurement activities for the Uranium Processing Facility and/or its follow-on projects. Just a few days after UPF Project Director Brian Reilly sent […]

The Department of Energy yesterday issued a partial draft Request for Proposals for the Idaho Cleanup Project Core Contract, in advance of an industry day, site tour and one-on-ones with potential bidders next week. The draft RFP includes services and prices (section B), a draft performance work statement (section C), instructions to offers (section L) and evaluation […]

Babcock & Wilcox confirmed yesterday that its Board of Directors is considering splitting its Government and Nuclear Operations business segment and its commercially focused Power Generation unit into two publicly traded companies, with B&W President and CEO Jim Ferland suggesting that the move could enhance the value of the company. B&W’s Government and Nuclear Operations […]

The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center this week awarded two small business support services contracts to Project Services Group and Trinity Engineering Associates. The Project Services Group contract Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract has a maximum value of $4 million over 5 years. It covers aspects including support with life cycle […]