Contracts & Procurement

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 9/5/2014 A final Request for Proposals for the new contract to operate the Oak Ridge Transuranic Waste Processing Center is set to be released within the next month, the Department of Energy said late this week. DOE is looking to issue the final RFP by “end of September 2014/early October 2014,” […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 9/5/2014 The National Nuclear Security Administration appears to need a little more time to make a decision on who should win the new Nevada National Security Site environmental services contract. The NNSA has asked bidders on the new contract to extend their proposals’ expiration dates to Sept. 30, WC Monitor has […]

AMWTP Contractor Will Now Focus on Mixed Low-Level Waste Disposition Mike Nartker WC Monitor 9/5/2014 In response to the ongoing shutdown at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the contractor in charge of the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project at the Department of Energy’s Idaho site will now focus on disposition of mixed low-level waste, rather […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 9/5/2014 Senior URS executive Randy Wotring will head up AECOM’s work in the federal marketplace, including in the Department of Energy, once it completes its acquisition of URS, according to information released earlier this week. AECOM and URS outlined the planned management structure of their combined organization in messages to employees. […]

NDA Completes Formal Award of Magnox Contract to Cavendish-Fluor Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 9/5/2014 The Cavendish Fluor Partnership has named its executive leadership team after the U.K.’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority this week formally completed the share transfer for the new contract to manage 10 Magnox sites and two research reactor sites. That includes Managing Director […]

Mike Nartker NS&D Monitor 9/5/2014 Senior URS executive Randy Wotring will head up AECOM’s work in the federal marketplace, including in the Department of Energy, once it completes its acquisition of URS, according to information released earlier this week. AECOM and URS outlined the planned management structure of their combined organization in messages to employees. […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 9/5/2014 The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center expects to release a Request for Proposal for new reentry system testing equipment this fall, according to AFNWC spokesperson Kendahl Johnson. The information was released this week as industry gathered at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico for an industry day for the […]

MOX Services Looks to Extend NRC Construction Authorization for 10 Years NS&D Monitor 9/5/2014 Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility contractor CB&I AREVA MOX Services is awaiting a response to its request for a 10-year extension to its construction authorization from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Currently the NRC’s construction authorization expires on March 30, 2015, but […]

Senior URS executive Randy Wotring will head up AECOM’s work in the federal marketplace, including in the Department of Energy, once it completes its acquisition of URS, according to information released earlier this week. AECOM and URS outlined the planned management structure of their combined organization in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AECOM […]

The U.K.’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority yesterday formally completed the share transfer to the Cavendish Fluor Partnership for the new contract to manage 10 Magnox sites and two research reactor sites. The NDA announced the award of the contract to the team in late March and the contract is expected to be worth £4 billion to […]

Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 8/29/2014 KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Department of Energy appears to be on the verge of making a decision on whether or not to compete the Kansas City Plant contract, but Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz gave little sense of the path forward in comments here late last week. Speaking on the sidelines of […]

Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 8/29/2014 KANSAS CITY, Mo.—National Nuclear Security Administration chief Frank Klotz said here late last week that he plans to reinvigorate plans to employ the Kansas City governance model more broadly across the weapons complex after efforts to implement the model stalled out in recent years. During a visit to the new […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 8/29/2014 The long-running search for a new support services contractor for the Department of Energy’s Office of Legacy Management now appears set to run on for at least a little while longer, with DOE asking bidders this week to extend their proposals’ expiration dates by another two months, to Oct. 31. […]

WC Monitor 8/29/2014 IN DOE The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has scheduled a business opportunity forum Sept 4 at DOE headquarters in Washington. The outreach event, led by EM’s Office of Acquisition and Project Management, will focus on discussing upcoming EM business opportunities. “Topics will include discussion on how DOE is improving […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 8/29/2014 The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico will host an industry day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 4 to discuss a Reentry System Field Support Equipment (RFSE) Request for Information and draft Request for Proposals released this week. Topics to be […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 8/29/2014 The Army Corps of Engineers’ Kansas City Office issued a pre- solicitation notice this week for an unrestricted Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Task Order Contract for remediation services. The Corps anticipates issuing up to 10 contracts with a maximum shared capacity of $185 million. The contract […]

MHF Services announced this week that Paul Hickman will join the company as a Senior Business Development Manager. Hickman will focus on business development centered around radioactive waste removal projects for remedial and construction contractors, primary responsible parties, prime contractors, property developers, nuclear utilities, universities and government entities, the company said. Hickman has 24 years […]

The Defense Department Monday announced a $7.6 million award to Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. that is part of a larger effort to improve the U.S. and U.K.’s shared Advanced Launcher Development Program and modernize the existing British Trident II Underwater Launcher System. Specifically, the award comes as a modification to a firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-incentive-fee, […]

In a move met with frustration from industry officials, the Department of Energy has asked the bidders competing for the new Office of Legacy Management support services contract to extend their proposals’ expiration dates by an additional two months, to Oct. 1. DOE is in the midst of a third evaluation of the eight bids […]

The Army Corps of Engineers’ Kansas City Office issued a pre-solicitation notice yesterday for up to 10 Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity remediation contracts with a maximum shared capacity of $185 million. The contract will support work across the Corps projects such as remediation work for the Northwestern Division, Southwestern Division, and South Pacific Division, for hazardous, […]

The Department of Energy appears to be on the verge of making a decision on whether or not to compete the Kansas City Plant contract, but Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz gave little sense of the path forward for the contract in comments late last week. Speaking on the sidelines of a dedication of the National […]

Cabrera Services Inc. announced late last week that Ann Burke has joined the company in the role of Senior Business Development Manager. According to the company, Burke has more than 20 years of experience in business development, proposal management, program management, and project management. “Ms. Burke’s primary role with the company will be to continue […]

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has scheduled a business opportunity forum Sept 4 at DOE headquarters in Washington, D.C. The outreach event, led by EM’s Office of Acquisition and Project Management, will focus on discussing upcoming EM business opportunities. “Topics will include discussion on how DOE is improving its acquisition and contract […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 8/22/2014 The Department of Energy has updated the base and option periods for two separate draft Request for Proposals for infrastructure support services at the Paducah and Portsmouth sites. The Portsmouth draft now includes a three-year base period and a two year option period, rather than the originally planned two-year base […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 8/22/2014 The transition is underway for the Department of Energy’s award to Fluor of deactivation work at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, as the protest period passed this week without a filing from rival bidder AECOM. DOE awarded the Task Order, set to total $420 million over three years, on July […]

Congress was out and Washington was empty, but that didn’t stop news from breaking during our annual publication break. As chronicled in the Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, here are a few stories that we’ve been following. AECOM Facing Legal Challenges to Planned Purchase of URS WC Monitor 8/22/2014 AECOM disclosed early this month that it […]

WC Monitor 8/22/2014 IN THE INDUSTRY B&W Technical Services Senior Development Manager Chuck Bernhard is retiring from the company effective Sept. 15. “He has been a valuable member of our team and we wish him well,” B&W spokeswoman Aimee Mills said in a written response. Bernhard has been with the company since 2003. Mixed Oxide […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 8/22/2014 Bechtel Government Services Canada has joined with Hatch Ltd. and Golder Associates Ltd. to bid on the new contract to manage Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.’s Chalk River laboratories under the team name Canadian Nuclear Revitalization Partners, the team announced this week. The Canadian government’s procurement for a contract […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 8/22/2014 Congress was out and Washington was empty, but that didn’t stop news from breaking during our annual publication break. As chronicled in the Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, here are a few stories that we’ve been following. Perma-Fix Sells Subsidiary Perma-Fix Environmental Services sold its subsidiary Schreiber, Yonley & Associates, […]

The transition is underway for the Department of Energy’s award to Fluor of deactivation work at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, as the protest period passed this Monday without a filing from rival bidder AECOM. DOE awarded the Task Order, set to total $420 million over three years, on July 22 to a Fluor-led team […]