Contracts & Procurement

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 4/04/2014 While Parsons submitted a “best and final offer” in late March for an agreement on commissioning and startup of the Savannah River Site’s Salt Waste Processing Facility, the Department of Energy is preparing to counter the offer, WC Monitor has learned. It is unclear whether Parsons will consider the counteroffer, […]

Change DOE’s Latest MoveTo Restructure Lab Fees Mike Nartker WC Monitor 4/04/2014 Battelle Energy Alliance is now set to earn less annual fee for managing the Idaho National Laboratory under a five-year contract extension announced late last week. While BEA was able to earn a maximum of $18.7 million in fee annually during its first […]

ITG SEEKS TO RECOVER WITHHELD FEE WC Monitor 3/28/2014 The Department of Energy is considering a request from Idaho Treatment Group, LLC, the managing contractor for the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project, to recover $150,000 in fee withheld for safety concerns. ITG requested the fee in a letter sent in late February to DOE outlining […]

Project Receives a Boost in FY’15 Budget Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 3/21/2014 After protracted talks on a path forward for commissioning and startup of the Salt Waste Processing Facility, contractor Parsons has submitted to the Department of Energy a cost-share proposal that is believed to be the company’s ‘best and final offer’ for the startup […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 3/21/2014 Shareholders have been able to convince two major contractors in the Department of Energy marketplace—URS and Babcock & Wilcox—to make changes to their boards of directors. This week, URS announced that it has reached an agreement with shareholder JANA Partners, LLC, which owns slightly less than 10 percent of the […]

Only Three Bids Submitted for New ETEC Contract Mike Nartker WC Monitor 3/14/2014 Despite recent procurements that attracted limited interest, the top acquisition official in the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management said last week that he does not believe DOE’s efforts to better balance risk and reward with its contractors are so far […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 3/14/2014 A National Nuclear Security Administration official last week outlined a host of concerns with the way NNSA and Department of Energy small business contracting is impacting industry, including in the list reverse auctions, restrictive size standards, acquisition strategies and underutilization of contract vehicles. One concern is the consequence of using […]

Kurion announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Tokyo Electric Power Company to provide a system to treat the water tanks at the Fukushima-Daiichi Power Station. The company previously provided treatment at the cleanup site to remove cesium from groundwater back in 2011, and this contract calls for the removal of strontium […]

The Department of Energy is gearing up for the recompete of the Portsmouth infrastructure services contract, announcing June 6 that a draft Request for Proposals is set to be issued in the next 15-to-45 days. The new contract is being set-aside for small businesses, and is set to run for up to five years, consisting […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 6/6/2014 In a move that has raised some eyebrows, the Department of Energy is competing a new contract for technical management and administrative services at the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management on a full-and-open basis, rather than keeping the work set aside for small businesses. The work is currently being […]

Staff Reports RW Monitor 6/6/2014 Global Medical Isotope Systems is set to complete the acquisition of Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based Manufacturing Sciences Corp from EnergySolutions by the end of this month, according to GMIS CEO Zane Wilson. Wilson said Global Medical Isotope Systems doesn’t plan to make any major changes to MSC, which he described as […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 3/07/2014 PHOENIX, Ariz.—The Department of Energy is going forward with two separate procurements to recompete the infrastructure support services contracts for the Paducah and Portsmouth sites, DOE officials said here this week at the 2014 Waste Management Symposia. While DOE had previously considered combining the two contracts for the recompete, there […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 3/07/2014 PHOENIX, Ariz.—While the Department of Energy works on implementing a new rule counting some subcontracts awarded by M&O contractors toward DOE’s small business goals, officials said here this week that DOE will continue focusing on prime small business contracting opportunities. The FY 2014 appropriations bill passed in January allows DOE […]

Two Protests Now Filed Over DOE’s Decision to Again Award to Portage Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/28/2014 Navarro Research and Engineering this week filed a new challenge  over  the  Department  of Energy’s  decision to once again award Portage the new support services contract for DOE’s Office of Legacy Management. Navarro filed its protest with the Government […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/21/2014 Members of Kentucky’s Congressional delegation are calling on the Department of Energy to move “as quickly as possible” to award the new deactivation contract for the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. DOE’s acquisition forecast currently projects making an award no later than the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2015, a schedule […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/14/2014 The long-running search for a new support services contractor for the Department of Energy’s Office of Legacy Management is now set to continue to stretch on, with the team of Wastren Advantage and S.M. Stoller filing a new challenge this week to DOE’s decision to award the contract to Portage. […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/14/2014 LATA Environmental Services of Kentucky, LLC, the cleanup contractor for the Paducah site, earned approximately 90 percent of its available Fiscal Year 2013 fee, according to information the Department of Energy released this week. In total, LATA Kentucky earned $3.02 million out of an available $3.37 million, including $1.80 million […]

The Department of Energy plans to hold later this month an industry day event for the new Paducah infrastructure services contract. During the week of June 23, DOE plans to hold “a pre-solicitation conference, site tour, and one-on-one sessions with interested parties,” according to a recently posted notice. A draft Request for Proposals for the […]

The Department of Energy yesterday issued a final Request for Proposal for the new contract to provide analytical and testing services at Hanford’s 222-S Laboratory. The final RFP, which is being set-aside for small businesses, contains few changes from a draft version issued earlier this year. The planned contract is set to run for up […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/14/2014 Questioning the U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s decision last fall to extend for five years URS-led Nuclear Management Partners’ contract at Sellafield, the British Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee released a report this week calling for termination of the contract if NMP does not improve performance. The PAC was highly critical of […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/31/2014 With the recent approval of nearly $100 million in contract modifications, site officials say West Valley Demonstration Project cleanup contractor CH2M Hill B&W West Valley, LLC, is on the right track. After experiencing numerous struggles in its first year after taking over the contract in August 2011, last year the […]

Jeremy L. Dillon WC Monitor 1/31/2014 Kurion has acquired Vista Engineering Services, tripling the size of the company. Vista Engineering Services, based in Richland, Wash., offers a variety of engineering services including environmental remediation capabilities, and its base work at the Department of Energy’s Hanford site offers Kurion a larger influence within the DOE cleanup […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/31/2014 Portage this week once again won the Department of Energy’s new $250 million contract to provide support services for the Office of Legacy Management, though it remains to be seen whether the lengthy procurement will now finally come to an end or if unsuccessful bidders will continue to challenge. Portage […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/31/2014 The National Nuclear Security Administration this week released its final request for proposals for the follow-on environmental characterization and remediation contract for the Nevada National Security Site. The final RFP includes few major changes from the latest draft version, though unlike earlier versions it makes transition costs a firm-fixed price […]

Kenneth Fletcher and Todd Jacobson WC Monitor 1/24/2014 Some small businesses are concerned about the potential impacts of a provision passed by Congress last week that allows some subcontracts to be counted toward the Department of Energy’s small business prime contracting goal. The omnibus appropriations bill signed into law last week includes language that would […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/24/2014 While West Valley Demonstration Project cleanup contractor CH2M Hill B&W West Valley, LLC, earned about 46 percent of total award fee available in Fiscal Year 2013, it has made notable improvements since its first year on the job, Department of Energy West Valley Director Bryan Bower told WC Monitor this […]

Martin Schneider GHG Monitor 4/11/2014 Comments are due by today on the Department of Energy’s draft Request for Proposals for Research and Development – Implementation and Support (RADIS) Services at the National Energy Technology Laboratory. The draft RFP, which seeks a contractor to “actively perform and provide support for fundamental and applied research efforts” and […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/17/2014 Federal law enforcement officials late this week raided the office of Transportation, Operations and Professional Services, Inc. (TOPS), a protégé firm of Oak Ridge cleanup contractor URS-CH2M Oak Ridge, LLC, though the subject of the their investigation remains unclear. The Jan. 16 raid reportedly involved agents from the FBI and […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/17/2014 Hanford tank farms contractor Washington River Protection Solutions received an overall grade of “very good” for its performance in FY 2013, according to information the Department of Energy’s Office of River Protection released late this week. Overall, WRPS earned approximately $19.1 million out of an available $20.6 million (92 percent) […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/17/2014 The Department of Energy is in negotiations with former DOE official Dan Lehman on a new sole-source contract to help improve project management at the Department’s Office of Science. The contract is estimated to be worth approximately $185,000 and would run from Feb. 7 to Dec. 31, according to a […]