Contracts & Procurement

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 yesterday. The Canadian government’s procurement for a contract to manage Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s […]

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 period and three one-year option periods. […]

Babcock & Wilcox reported a significant dip in net income for the second quarter of 2014 and scaled back its forecast for the rest of the year as it released its quarterly earnings yesterday. B&W reported net income of $26.44 million, a significant decrease from the $72.87 million it reported during the second quarter of […]

AECOM disclosed late last week that it is facing several legal challenges to its planned purchase of URS. “In connection with the merger, beginning on July 21, 2014, five putative class action lawsuits were filed in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware by purported URS stockholders: Falato v. URS Corp., et al., […]

A final Request for Proposals for the new Paducah infrastructure services contract is set to be issued in September, the Department of Energy said in a notice posted yesterday. The new contract is being set-aside for small businesses that do not exceed a $35.5 million size standard, and is expected to run for up to […]

AREVA Federal Services, a subsidiary of AREVA, announced yesterday that it has received a $34 million contract for the engineering, construction and commissioning of a remote-handled low-level radioactive waste disposal facility at Idaho National Laboratory. The contract, awarded by INL manager Battelle Energy Alliance, would develop a replacement disposal facility for the remote-handled low level waste […]

AECOM is set to announce today its third quarter 2014 financial results. Likely to be discussed during today’s call with investors is AECOM’s announced plan to purchase URS in a deal estimated to be worth approximately $6 billion. The two companies currently expect to complete the transaction this fall. Today’s earnings call is scheduled to […]

Court Agrees CHPRC Improperly Solicited Babcock Services Employees Mike Nartker WC Monitor 8/1/2014 Babcock Services has scored a win in its legal battle with Hanford cleanup contractor CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co., though the company’s lawsuit has yet to be fully resolved. Last week, a Washington state judge granted Babcock Services’ motion for partial summary […]

Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 8/1/2014 Language in the Senate Appropriations Committee version of the Fiscal Year 2015 Energy and Water Appropriations Act unveiled last week includes a subtle warning to the National Nuclear Security Administration about future contract consolidation across the weapons complex. The committee was previously skeptical of the NNSA’s consolidation of the Y-12/Pantex […]

Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 8/1/2014 Los Alamos National Laboratory contractor Los Alamos National Security, LLC, could soon be on the hook for cost overruns on major projects, according to documents obtained by NS&D Monitor. According to a March 25-28 review of the Transuranic Waste Facility project, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, NNSA’s Office […]

Staff Reports RW Monitor 8/1/2014 Los Alamos National Laboratory has begun conducting market research to help find vendors capable of providing Type B transportation casks. Los Alamos’ Off-Site Source Recovery Project has recently obtained a Nuclear Regulatory Commission Certificate of Compliance on a “Type B(U) package which will be used to over pack shielded devices […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration spent $3.3 million to compete the combined Y-12/Pantex management and operating contracts, according to a cost-benefit analysis sent by the agency to Congress earlier this year. The report was mandated by Congress in the Fiscal Year 2013 and 2014 Defense Authorization bills due to questions from lawmakers about the cost […]

ARS Aleut Remediation, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of ARS International, LLC, has received certification to participate in the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) program, the company announced yesterday. The certification will allow AAR to purse contracting opportunities set-aside for 8(a) firms. “AAR looks forward to the opportunity to bring our corporate experience providing environmental characterization, […]

Los Alamos National Laboratory has begun conducting market research to help find vendors capable of providing Type B transportation casks. Los Alamos’ Off-Site Source Recovery Project has recently obtained a Nuclear Regulatory Commission Certificate of Compliance on a “Type B(U) package which will be used to over pack shielded devices containing radioactive sealed sources,” according […]

Language in the Senate Appropriations Committee version of the Fiscal Year 2015 Energy and Water Appropriations Act unveiled last week includes a subtle warning to the National Nuclear Security Administration about future contract consolidation across the weapons complex. The committee was previously skeptical of the NNSA’s consolidation of the Y-12/Pantex management and operating contract, and […]

Los Alamos National Laboratory contractor Los Alamos National Security, LLC, could soon be on the hook for cost overruns on major projects, according to documents obtained by NS&D Monitor. According to a March 25-28 construction review of the Transuranic Waste Facility project obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, NNSA’s Office of Acquisition and Project […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 7/25/2014 A team led by Fluor won the Department of Energy’s new task order to provide deactivation services at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant this week. The Fluor team, which also includes CB&I and LATA, beat out a team of led by AECOM for the new contract, estimated to be worth […]

Todd Jacobson WC Monitor 7/25/2014 The Department of Energy’s Office of Acquisition and Project Management has selected three teams to provide project management support services, including teams led by two incumbent contractors. WC Monitor has learned that teams led by incumbents TechSource and Longenecker & Associates as well as relative newcomer MOCA Systems, a Newton, […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 7/25/2014 The Mitsubishi Research Institute, the Japanese government decommissioning representative, has issued a Request for Proposals for studies to analyze innovative approaches for fuel debris retrieval at the Fukushima-Daiichi power plant. The fuel debris removal at Fukushima has been described as one of the most difficult aspects of the project, […]

Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 7/25/2014 The Department of Energy’s Office of Acquisition and Project Management has selected three teams to provide project management support services, including teams led by two incumbent contractors. NS&D Monitor has learned that teams led by incumbents TechSource and Longenecker & Associates as well as relative newcomer MOCA Systems, a Newton, […]

A team led by Fluor has won the Department of Energy’s new task order to provide deactivation services at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, DOE announced yesterday. The Fluor team beat out a team led by AECOM for the work,, which is worth approximately $420 million over three years and was awarded under DOE’s Nationwide […]

The Department of Energy’s Office of Acquisition and Project Management has selected three teams to provide project management support services, including teams led by two incumbent contractors. NS&D Monitor has learned that teams led by incumbents TechSource and Longenecker & Associates as well as relative newcomer MOCA Systems, a Newton, Mass.-based small business, were selected […]

With operations at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant shut down for the foreseeable future, the Department of Energy has moved to reduce the workscope of one of its two contractors tasked with transporting waste to the facility. Visionary Solutions has cut the number of its two-person driving teams from 11 to three, and reduced the […]

As the Department of Energy continues to work to award the new contract to provide deactivation services for the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Professional Project Services (Pro2Serve) is getting a boost in work to help support the transition of the plant back to DOE. DOE has added approximately $12.5 million worth of work to Pro2Serve’s […]

Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 7/18/2014 In a move that could have a significant impact for the Department of Energy marketplace, AECOM Technology Corp. is looking to purchase URS in a deal worth approximately $6 billion. The purchase, announced early this week, would involve AECOM acquiring all outstanding URS shares for $4 billion and assuming about […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 7/18/2014 In a move that could have a significant impact for the Department of Energy marketplace, AECOM Technology Corp. is looking to purchase URS in a deal worth approximately $6 billion. The purchase, announced early this week, would involve AECOM acquiring all outstanding URS shares for $4 billion and assuming about […]

The Department of Energy has extended the due date for proposals in the Hanford 222-S Laboratory Analysis and Testing Services procurement from July 17 to Aug. 7, according to an amendment posted yesterday. The new 222-S lab contract, which is being set-aside for small businesses, is set to run for up to five years, consisting […]

The planned AECOM acquisition of URS would bring additional capabilities to AECOM including oil and gas sector experience and Department of Energy work, AECOM CEO Mike Burke said yesterday. The companies announced last weekend that they had reached an agreement in which AECOM would acquire all outstanding URS shares for a total of $4 billion, […]

Perma-Fix Environmental Services announced late last week that it has been awarded a contract for $8 million to provide remediation services to a site in New Jersey. The contract is for 12 months at a former industrial site located in Teterboro, N.J., and work is set to begin this month with an end date of […]

AECOM Technology Corporation has reached an agreement with URS Corporation to acquire all outstanding URS shares for a total of $4 billion, or $56.31 per share, the companies announced yesterday. The share price is 19 percent higher than URS’ 30-day average closing price. Adding in the assumption of URS debt, the total value of the […]