Contracts & Procurement

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 […]

S.M. Stoller (now a wholly owned subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries) has received another extension to its current contract to provide support services for the Department of Energy’s Office of Legacy Management. Stoller’s latest extension is set to run for up to three months, through Dec. 31, and has an estimated value of $18.1 million, […]

B&W is examining the possibility of splitting into two publicly traded companies, WC Monitor has learned. While no decision has been made, B&W is believed to be considering options that would involve splitting out its power generation group from the rest of its operations. B&W was unavailable for comment yesterday.

Perma-Fix Environmental Services yesterday was awarded a $4.5 million contract for treatment of a tritium waste stream at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The Department of Energy awarded the work as a Firm Fixed-Price task order under the Mixed Low-Level Waste (MLLW) Treatment Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract.. According to DOE, the scope of work includes […]

S.M. Stoller appears set to continue to serve as the support services contractor for the Department of Energy’s Office of Legacy Management as DOE’s long-running search for a follow-on contractor continues to drag on with no end in sight, but for how long is unclear. Stoller’s most recent contract extension came to an end yesterday, […]

The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s Consolidated Business Center late last week announced the award of two support service contracts to small business Ardent Technologies. The first is an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with a maximum value of $4 million over four years. Services include information technology operations support at CBC and “various […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 9/26/2014 Navy Strategic Systems Programs late last week awarded Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. two contract modifications for work related to Trident II (D5) missiles. One of the contracts allocates $34.2 million toward meeting New START Treaty requirements, according to a Sept. 19 Defense Department announcement and Strategic Systems Programs spokesperson […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 9/26/2014 A team led by Navarro Research and Engineering has won the National Nuclear Security Administration’s new contract to provide environmental program services at the Nevada National Security Site. The award was first reported by WC Monitor, with the NNSA subsequently making an official announcement late this week. The new contract […]

AVANTech, Inc. announced yesterday that it has received a contract to provide radioactive waste water treatment system to a nuclear plant in Mexico. AVANTECH will provide its AtrexTM system, to treat high conductivity liquid waste streams at the Laguna Verde Nuclear Station. “The addition of Mexico to our list of US and International sites with […]

The Air Force has awarded Boeing a $4.9 million contract to refurbish and replace an integral unit for the testing of U.S. Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile guidance systems, according to a Sept. 22 Boeing press release. Boeing will develop and renew the Guidance Data Acquisition System (GDAS) associated with the Minuteman 3’s. The renewed […]

The Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Agency on Sept. 22 awarded contract modifications to McCrone Associates Inc., and Schafer Corp., for $10 million and $9 million, respectively, to evaluate particle samples for verification and compliance involving the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty. The contracts will support the U.S. Atomic Energy Detection System, which comprises […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 9/19/2014 CH2M Hill is looking to reduce its workforce by approximately 1,200 people out of 26,000 employees as part of a new restructuring plan that the company said last week is intended to generate approximately $100 million in “operational efficiencies.” The restructuring will entail “a voluntary retirement program, workforce reductions and […]

Jeremy L. Dillon WC Monitor 9/19/2014 The Department of Energy announced this week that it plans to issue in the next 15-to-45 days a draft Request for Proposals for a new contract to manage Nuclear Regulatory Commission-licensed facilities at the Idaho site, as well as the Fort St. Vrain facility. The new contract would cover […]

Mike Nartker NS&D Monitor 9/19/2014 CH2M Hill is looking to reduce its workforce by approximately 1,200 people out of 26,000 employees as part of a new restructuring plan that the company said last week is intended to generate approximately $100 million in “operational efficiencies.” The restructuring will entail “a voluntary retirement program, workforce reductions and […]

NS&D Monitor 9/19/2014 IN THE INDUSTRY All pending legal challenges to AECOM’s planned acquisition of URS have been dismissed, according to a URS filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week. Beginning in late July, seven class action lawsuits were filed against the planned acquisition, and by Aug. 5, six of the suits had […]

The Department of Energy issued a pre-solicitation notice for a draft Request for Proposal to provide management, operation and oversight of spent fuel storage facilities related to the Idaho Cleanup Project, according to a posting on FedBizOpps yesterday. The draft RFP includes three Nuclear Regulatory Commission-licensed DOE facilities: the Fort Saint Vrain (FSV) Independent Spent […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 9/12/2014 The Department of Energy is moving forward with competing the first of four planned cleanup contracts for the Idaho site, announcing this week that a draft Request for Proposals for the new Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract is set to be released within the next 15-to-45 days. The ICP […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 9/12/2014 Moving ahead in its procurement for a follow-on contract for receipt, handling and treatment of low-level and mixed low-level waste, the Department of Energy plans to release a request for proposals within 30 to 60 days. The current set of Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contracts for waste treatment services ends in […]

WC Monitor 9/12/2014 IN THE INDUSTRY Canadian firm WSP Global has reached a deal to purchase Parsons Brinckerhoff from parent company Balfour Beatty for approximately $1.35 billion. The deal, announced last week, entails an enterprise value of approximately $1.24 billion and a “cash consideration” of up to $110 million, according to a release. The terms […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 9/12/2014 Nuclear Safety Associates announced the company has officially been acquired this week by Atkins, one of Europe’s leading design, engineering and project management firms. The acquisition for Atkins moves the company closer into the U.S. cleanup market, especially for Department of Energy contracts. Atkins cited NSA’s expertise in the […]

Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 09/12/2014 Moving ahead in its procurement for a follow-on contract for receipt, handling and treatment of low-level and mixed low-level waste, the Department of Energy plans to release a request for proposals within 30 to 60 days. The current set of Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contracts for waste treatment services ends in […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 9/12/2014 The Army Corps of Engineers’ Kansas City District last week issued a solicitation notice for up to five Architect-Engineer (A-E) Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (HTRW)/Environmental Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDC) in its Northwestern Region. The Corps intends to award five unrestricted contracts with a total value of $90 million, […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 9/12/2014 Enresa, the public company charged with dealing with Spain’s high level nuclear waste, put out a tender late last week for construction of its Centralized Temporary Storage of Villar de Cañas (Cuenca). The procurement calls for a maximum bidding amount of approximately $218 million euro ($282 million U.S. dollars) […]

Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 9/12/2014 The looming possibility that tritium operations at the Savannah River Site could be folded into Consolidated Nuclear Security’s Y-12/Pantex contract has tritium employees worried about a change in benefits and management concerned about the operational impacts that would accompany a loss of talent and knowledge if a large number of […]

NS&D Monitor 9/12/2014 IN THE INDUSTRY Canadian firm WSP Global has reached a deal to purchase Parsons Brinckerhoff from parent company Balfour Beatty for approximately $1.35 billion. The deal, announced last week, entails an enterprise value of approximately $1.24 billion and a “cash consideration” of up to $110 million, according to a release. The terms […]

Moving ahead in its procurement for a follow-on contract for receipt, handling and treatment of low-level and mixed low-level waste, the Department of Energy plans to release a request for proposals within 30 to 60 days. The current set of Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contracts for waste treatment services ends in June 2015. DOE intends to […]

The Department of Energy is looking to issue a draft Request for Proposals for the new Idaho Cleanup Project Core (ICP Core) contract within the next 15-45 days, according to a notice issued yesterday. The new contract is intended to largely replace the two current cleanup contracts at DOE’s Idaho site that are set to […]

The Army Corps of Engineers’ Kansas City District has issued a solicitation notice for up to five Architect-Engineer (A-E) Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (HTRW)/Environmental Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDC) in its Northwestern Region, according to a posting late last week. The Corps intends to award five contracts to unrestricted firms for a total of $90 million, […]

Merrick & Company has reorganized its Nuclear Services & Technology business development team after the departure of Mike Wade, the company said in a message to employees Friday. Wade recently left Merrick to take a position as the Vice President for Corporate Business Development at SpectraTech, Inc., and Merrick will now divide its business development […]

EM Procurement Chief Says Decision on Possible Rebid Coming ‘Soon’ Mike Nartker and Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 9/5/2014 The Department of Energy appears to be in the final stages of deciding whether to rebid the Portsmouth D&D contract or exercise the five-year option remaining in Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, LLC’s current contract. Jack Surash, Deputy Assistant Secretary […]