Contracts & Procurement

Portage earned 96 percent of its available award fee in Fiscal Year 2013 for its work on the Moab uranium mill tailings remediation project in Utah, earning about $1.1 million in award fee out of $1.14 million available, according to information recently made public. “The contractor met the majority of performance goals and objectives for […]

The Department of Energy plans to make a decision within the next 60 days on whether it will combine the infrastructure support services contracts at the Portsmouth and Paducah sites, DOE spokesman Bill Taylor said yesterday. The work is currently being performed under two separate contracts: At Portsmouth Wastren-EnergX Mission Support, LLC, has a contract […]

A Government Accountability Office hearing on a Babcock & Wilcox-led protest of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Y-12/Pantex award stretched into its third day yesterday, NW&M Monitor has learned. It’s unclear whether the hearing wrapped up yesterday or will continue, but the length of the inquiry has surprised some industry officials, including one who suggested […]

DUF6 Project contractor B&W Conversion Services, LLC, earned 87 percent of its available award and incentive fee in Fiscal Year 2013, according to information released yesterday by the Department of Energy. The contractor earned $1.88 million out of $2.16 million in available award fee. “The contractor met the majority of performance goals and objectives for […]

Timothy Hallman, the Associate Director for Nuclear Physics in the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, will serve as the Source Selection Official for the Department’s Brookhaven National Laboratory procurement, officials said at an informational meeting last week. DOE released documents from the industry day this week, revealing the role that will be played by […]

LATA Environmental Services of Kentucky, LLC, the cleanup contractor for the Paducah site, earned approximately 90 percent of its available fee for Fiscal Year 2013, according to information Weapons Complex Monitor obtained yesterday. In total, LATA Kentucky earned approximately $3.02 million out of an available $3.37 million. The contractor’s fee included $1.80 million for completing […]

URS is looking to move its Global Management and Operations Services unit from its Energy and Construction division to its Federal Services division, Weapons Complex Monitor has learned. URS’ GMOS unit is responsible for the company’s work in the Department of Energy marketplace, as well as in the U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority market., Many of […]

Large fees for contractors managing the National Nuclear Security Administration’s nuclear weapons laboratories might be a thing of the past, acting NNSA Administrator Bruce Held said yesterday at the Nuclear Deterrence Summit. In response to questions at the sixth annual summit, Held called the “creeping privatization” of the national laboratories “unwise” and suggested the agency […]

Bill Lingard has resigned from his position as URS President and Chief Operating Officer, effective Feb. 10. URS announced Lingard’s resignation along with the release of the company’s preliminary Fiscal Year 2013 financial results, which came in below expectations. “We are extremely disappointed with the Company’s fourth quarter financial performance, which fell significantly short of […]

The next step in the Canadian government’s procurement for a contract to manage Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s nuclear laboratories is still experiencing delays. There had been some expectation that the Request for Response Evaluation, the next step in the process, would be issued last week, but that proved premature as the government continues to […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration has dispatched a consultant to the Savannah River Site in recent days to examine options for terminating Shaw AREVA MOX Services’ contract for construction of the MOX plant at the site, according to officials with knowledge of the project. NNSA yesterday declined to comment, but the consultant is believed to be […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration has not sufficiently analyzed the root causes of cost increases in its plutonium disposition program, according to a Government Accountability Office report expected to be released today. The report looked at the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, which rose in cost by about $3 billion in a 2012 estimate, as […]

The Government Accountability Office will decide this week on a Babcock & Wilcox-led protest of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Y-12/Pantex award. The GAO has until Feb. 28—Friday—to make its long-awaited decision in the latest chapter of the procurement. The NNSA has twice awarded the contract to Bechtel-led Consolidated Nuclear Security, but B&W-led Nuclear Production […]

Navarro Research and Engineering is planning this week to file a new challenge to the Department of Energy’s recent decision to award the Office of Legacy Management support services contract to Portage for a second time. Navarro’s decision follows a move earlier this month by a team of Wastren Advantage and S.M. Stoller to file […]

A group of contractor executives is set to meet today with officials from the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management to discuss efforts to improve project and contract management. The meeting, being held at DOE headquarters, is intended to discuss the various factors that challenge EM’s successful completion of projects. “EM leadership routinely communicates […]

Babcock & Wilcox’s Nuclear Operations Group has been awarded a Naval Reactors contract that could be worth up to $1.3 billion over the next three years, the company said yesterday. B&W received an initial $508 million order for nuclear components that are used to manufacture nuclear power systems for Navy submarines and aircraft carriers, and […]

Babcock & Wilcox recorded an increase in profits of $126.5 million during the fourth quarter of 2013 but offered a muted forecast for 2014 as it released its latest earnings report. While the company said it made a profit of $165.6 million during the fourth quarter of 2013, up from $39.1 million during the same […]

Oak Ridge-based Restoration Services, Inc., has named Paul Clay as its new president, replacing company founder Staci Ferguson. Clay was previously RSI’s director of environment, safety, health and quality. Ferguson will continue on as vice president of corporate relations. “It was important for the owners, as we transitioned from a woman-owned to an employee-owned company, […]

The Department of Energy Friday released a draft request for proposal for a small business procurement for laboratory analysis and testing services at Hanford’s 222-S laboratory. The Department is asking for comments and feedback by March 28. The work would be performed for DOE’s Office of River Protection. “The scope of this contract is to […]

Nearly 14 months since the National Nuclear Security Administration first selected Bechtel-led Consolidated Nuclear Security for its Y-12/Pantex consolidated management and operating contract, transition to the new contractor has resumed, NNSA spokeswoman Keri Fulton confirmed yesterday. However, Babcock & Wilcox-led Nuclear Production Partners—which three times protested the NNSA’s selection—declined comment yesterday on its plans, leaving […]

The Department of Energy last week awarded a task order to Strata-G to collect data and perform characterization at Outfall 200, where a mercury water treatment facility is planned at Oak Ridge’s Y-12 National Security Complex. The company will gather data about the site of the proposed plant and deliver a sampling and analysis plan […]

As the Department of Energy works on implementing a new rule counting some subcontracts toward small business goals,  officials say  it should have little impact on DOE prime contracting to small businesses. The appropriations bill passed in January allows DOE first tier subcontracts awarded by management and operating contractors to small and disadvantaged businesses to […]

With only about two years remaining in the base period of Fluor-B&W Portsmouth’s contract for D&D of the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, the Department of Energy is so far staying quiet as to whether it plans to exercise an available option period or look to recompete the contract. In remarks yesterday at the Waste Management […]

The next step in the Canadian government’s procurement for a contract to manage Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s nuclear laboratories began late last week, as Natural Resources Canada put out a Request for Response Evaluation on the government’s Government Electronic Tendering Service. The RFRE is aimed at suppliers who are interested in participating in the […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration on Friday opened a procurement for facilities maintenance services at the Office of Secure Transportation and the agency’s Albuquerque Complex, issuing a draft Request for Proposals. The agency is seeking a small business to perform the work, which will take place in three locations: at OST headquarters in Albuquerque, at […]

A 19-page protest decision released yesterday by the Government Accountability Office sheds light on the GAO’s decision to reject the latest protest of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Y-12/Pantex contract by Babcock & Wilcox-led Nuclear Production Partners (NP2), including an evaluation of NP2’s cost savings that was central to the company’s wide-ranging protest. The protest […]

The difficulties encountered to date in getting the Idaho Integrated Waste Treatment Unit up and running appear to have played a role in Bechtel-led Consolidated Nuclear Security’s win of the new Y-12/Pantex management contract, according to information the Government Accountability Office released yesterday. The IWTU’s impact on how the National Nuclear Security Administration evaluated the […]

The Department of Energy plans to hold an industry day Dec. 4 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to discuss planned procurements to replace the current cleanup contracts at DOE’s Idaho site once they expire at the end of Fiscal Year 2015. The “contemplated procurement(s)” will cover the remaining work at the Idaho site once the current […]

There remains no word on whether the losing teams from the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Y-12/Pantex procurement will protest after each of the bidders received expansive debriefings Friday. NNSA reaffirmed its selection of Bechtel-led CNS for the $22.8 billion contract to run its two main nuclear production sites Nov. 1, and hoped to avoid a […]

The Department of Energy is launching a small business procurement for a follow-on Paducah Infrastructure Services contract, posting Friday a sources sought notice and draft performance work statement. Swift and Staley, LLC, is the incumbent contractor and has a contract that expires on March 15, 2015. The contract covers a variety of services related to […]