Contracts & Procurement

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/17/2014 The Department of Energy late last week began conducting market research to help determine whether a new planned contract for design of the Oak Ridge Sludge Processing Facility Buildouts should be set-aside for small businesses. The sludge buildouts at the site’s Transuranic Waste Processing Center are designed to process about […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/10/2014 Huntington Ingalls Industries late last week wrapped up its acquisition of S.M. Stoller in a move intended to help HII expand its role in the Department of Energy marketplace. Going forward, Stoller will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary under HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding Division, which also includes Newport News […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/10/2014 Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, the managing contractor for the Savannah River Site, earned 84 percent of its total available award fee in Fiscal Year 2013, earning about $47 million out of $56 million, according to information the Department of Energy released this week. The contractor did best in DOE Office […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/10/2014 Savannah River Remediation, LLC, the liquid waste cleanup contractor for the Savannah River Site, earned 95 percent of its total available award fee in Fiscal Year 2013, or about $29.7 million out of $31.4 million, according to information the Department of Energy released this week. “SRR has provided safe, timely, […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/10/2014 The Department of Energy this week released a final Request for Proposals for technical and administrative support services for Building 55 at the Denver Federal Center in Colorado. The fixed-price contract is being set aside for 8(a) small businesses, has an estimated value of $5-$10 million, and has an indefinite […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/10/2014 West Valley Demonstration Project cleanup contractor CH2M Hill B&W West Valley, LLC, earned about 60 percent of the total award fee available for the evaluation period that ran from March 1, 2013, through the end of August, according to an award fee determination scorecard recently posted by the Department of […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/10/2014 The Department of Energy late last week released a final Request for Task Proposals for environmental monitoring and D&D work at the Energy Technology Engineering Center site in California. The procurement, which is being conducted under DOE’s nationwide small business set-aside indefinite quantity/indefinite delivery contracts, is open to contract holders […]

Move Could Have Impact on Waste Shipments Mike Nartker WC Monitor 5/30/2014 Quality concerns could soon impact the ability of Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, LLC, the D&D contractor for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, to ship some waste off-site for disposal. Late last week, FBP halted its Non-Destructive Assay program after a “routine assessment” found “potential quality […]

GAO Upholds One of Two Protests Filed Against Portage’s Win Mike Nartker WC Monitor 5/23/2014 The Department of Energy’s long search for a new support services contractor for the Office of Legacy Management took another turn late this week, when the Government Accountability Office upheld one of two protests filed over DOE’s second decision to […]

Martin Schneider GHG Monitor 5/23/2014 The Department of Energy this week issued an amendment to the final Request for Proposals for Research and Development—Implementation and Support (RADIS) Services at the National Energy Technology Laboratory, making minor technical corrections and leaving the June 12 due date unchanged. Notably, though, a set of Q&A’s released alongside the […]

Martin Schneider GHG Monitor 5/23/2014 The Department of Energy this week released final Request for Proposals for the Mission Execution and Strategic Analysis (MESA) contract at the National Energy Technology Laboratory, making few changes from the draft version issued last month. The contract, which combines three previously separate support contracts into a single small business […]

Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, LLC, the D&D contractor for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, has named Arnie Whipple to serve as Director of Planning & Site Wide Integration, effective May 30. Whipple will replace Dennis Nixon, who is taking “early retirement,” according to a message sent to employees yesterday. “Dennis has been part of the PORTS D&D […]

The Department of Energy expects to make a decision by the end of this year on whether or not to exercise additional options in Savannah River Nuclear Solutions’ contract to manage the Savannah River Site, DOE Savannah River Operations Office Manager Dave Moody said yesterday. Fluor-led SRNS’ contract is currently set to expire Sept. 30, […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District issued a presolicitation notice late last week for a security contract for the Shallow Land Disposal Area, a Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program site in Armstrong County, Pa. The contract would call for security services on site 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to “carry […]

Professional Project Services (Pro2Serve) has dropped a lawsuit filed against Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, LLC, the D&D contractor for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. In its suit, Pro2Serve had accused FBP of trying to improperly take away work in violation of a teaming arrangement and subcontract, as well as of trying to poach Pro2Serve employees. “We settled […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration has released the justification for extending Lockheed Martin’s contract to run Sandia National Laboratories, and the document makes it clear that the agency is planning to eventually compete the lab contract. Late last month, the agency completed a two-year extension (with a one-year option) for Lockheed Martin’s Sandia Corporation, pushing […]

Local officials in Carlsbad, N.M., are pushing the Department of Energy to block the recent award of a $24.5 million Waste Isolation Pilot Plant subcontract to Tennessee-based TFE. URS-led M&O contractor Nuclear Waste Partnership last week announced the TFE award of the subcontract to manage records at WIPP over the incumbent Stoller. Carlsbad officials say […]

Fresh off its defeat at Y-12 and Pantex, Babcock & Wilcox is planning to make a push for a role at the Savannah River Site, President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Ferland said on a conference call with investors yesterday. B&W is “working hard on positioning for Savannah River, which we believe will come up […]

Babcock & Wilcox’s income and revenue decreased during the first quarter of 2014 compared to the first quarter of 2013, but the reduced performance met the expectations of financial analysts. B&W yesterday reported $662 million in revenues during the first quarter of 2014, down $143.4 million, while it said it had $45 million worth of […]

The Army Corps of Engineers’ Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program issued a presolicitation notice for a Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC), worth up to $100 million over 10 years, for environmental remediation services and ancillary construction to support the cleanup of the Luckey site in Luckey, Ohio, according to a notice issued late […]

A pair of companies will unveil their earnings for the first quarter of 2014 this week. Babcock & Wilcox is set to host an earnings call at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, while URS will hold a call with investors at 5 p.m. Tuesday. B&W is likely to release its earnings Monday afternoon, while URS is likely […]

Nuclear Safety Associates announced yesterday that Elizabeth Saris will become its vice president of operations and strategic development. Saris, formerly of Leidos, will be responsible for instituting NSA’s plan to double its revenues during the next three years and opening the company’s Washington, D.C. office, according to the company. “Liz is a great addition to […]

While the schedule for the release of a Request for Proposal for the new contract to manage Oak Ridge’s Transuranic Waste Processing Center is currently uncertain, the Department of Energy still expects to award the new contract before the current contract held by Wastren Advantage expires in early 2015, Mark Whitney, manager of the Oak […]

Perma-Fix Environmental Services will host its 2014 first quarter conference call on Thursday at 11 a.m. The company hinted in its 2013 results conference call that the first quarter results were “nothing to brag about,” according to Perma-Fix Chairman and CEO Lou Centofanti. The call will be available on the company’s website at www.perma-fix.com or […]

Perma-Fix Environmental Services went through an organizational re-alignment this past weekend that included a reduction in its workforce. The re-alignment included a reduction of 18 employees across the company. “Perma-Fix has realigned our organization to focus on increasing our efficiency in operations, based upon where we see the market today,” Perma-Fix spokesperson Anne Smith said. […]

Southeastern Universities Research Association is planning to team with AECOM on a bid for Brookhaven National Laboratory, NS&D Monitor has learned. SURA and AECOM have kept their plans quiet, as neither companies were listed as attendees at an industry day for the procurement in January. The Department of Energy has refused to release a list […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration has wrapped up negotiations with the Lockheed Martin-run Sandia Corporation on a two-year extension to its contract to run Sandia National Laboratories, but it hasn’t released any details of the contract. NNSA spokesman Josh McConaha confirmed Friday that the Sandia contract had been extended through April 30, 2016 (with an […]

B&W Nuclear Operations Group has received a set of contracts and orders worth a total of $195 million from the U.S. Naval Reactors program, B&W announced yesterday. The work includes a new contract worth $18.8 million for disassembly and recovery of HEU materials this fiscal year and four new incrementally funded contracts totaling $76.8 million […]

A $118 million contract between USEC and Oak Ridge National Laboratory supporting the American Centrifuge technology that begins May 1 received final approval yesterday from the bankruptcy court hearing USEC’s case. The news comes after the Department of Energy backed the plan earlier this week. A DOE research, development and deployment cost-share program supporting American […]

Transportation, Operations and Professional Services (TOPS), which was raided by federal law enforcement agents earlier this year, has sold the waste transportation subcontract it had with URS-CH2M Oak Ridge, LLC (UCOR). UCOR spokesman Allen Schubert confirmed yesterday that Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based TFE Inc. had acquired the subcontract. “This acquisition includes all TOPS assets and personnel […]