Contracts & Procurement

As expected, the Department of Energy is moving ahead with a small business procurement for design of the Sludge Processing Facility Buildouts at Oak Ridge separate from the construction work, releasing a sources sought notice Friday. The sludge buildouts at the Transuranic Waste Processing Center is designed to process about 2,000 cubic meters of sludge […]

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 notice published yesterday. Under the […]

URS officially announced yesterday a set of top-level management changes in its Global Management & Operations Services Business Group, which is responsible for URS’ work in the Department of Energy and U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority marketplaces. As WC Monitor first reported, James Taylor has been named as GMOS General Manager, replacing David Pethick who retired from URS […]

AMEC is proposing to acquire Foster Wheeler in a deal that could be worth approximately $3.2 billion, the two companies announced earlier this week. The deal would involve a combination of cash and AMEC stock that would value each share of Foster Wheeler stock at approximately $32.40, according to a Foster Wheeler release. Foster Wheeler […]

Potential bidders for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s follow-on contract for the Nevada National Security Site’s environmental program services contract are concerned about advantages incumbent contractors would have during transition, according to a set of Q&As released yesterday on the draft RFP. “Including transition costs in the pricing that will be considered during the evaluation […]

AREVA TN announced yesterday that it has entered into an agreement with Waste Control Specialists to provide support services for its TN RAM Cask. The agreement opens up a new disposal pathway for utilities to dispose of waste in the WCS facility, which accepts Class A, B, and C low level radioactive waste. “This agreement […]

Merrick & Company announced a host of management changes late last week, naming Senior Vice President Christopher Sherry as the company’s Chief Operating Officer and appointing Vice President Scott Gustafson to the company’s Board of Directors. Merrick also promoted Senior Vice President Robert Berglund to lead corporate business development efforts, and said Senior Vice President […]

West Valley Demonstration Project cleanup contractor CH2M Hill B&W West Valley, LLC, earned about 31 percent of the total award fee available from Aug. 29, 2012 through Feb. 28, 2013, according to an award fee determination scorecard recently posted by the Department of Energy. The contractor earned $100,000 out of $327,427 in available award fee […]

All eyes are now on the National Nuclear Security Administration after the Government Accountability Office yesterday largely dismissed a protest of its Y-12/Pantex procurement, though for the moment, the agency isn’t saying much about its plans for the $22.8 billion management and operating contract. “We are reviewing the decision,” NNSA spokesman Josh McConaha said in […]

Hanford tank farms contractor Washington River Protection Solutions has reportedly been awarded a three-year contract extension, according to industry officials. The five-year base term of WRPS’ contract comes to an end Sept. 30, and the contract includes a three-year option followed by a two-year option. The Department of Energy largely declined to comment on its […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration remains mum over its next move in the contested contract award to manage the Y-12 and Pantex nuclear weapons plants, but the NNSA’s Production Office confirmed Monday that it had extended the existing contracts at the facilities in Tennessee and Texas for another four months. Steven Wyatt, a spokesman at […]

The Department of Energy awarded additional Office of Environmental Management work to three businesses yesterday— CTI & Associates for work at Los Alamos, KPMG, LLP, for auditing services, and AR Biddle & Associates for contract claims work. The KPMG task order totals $2.9 million, started yesterday and will run through March 2015. It will including […]

The Department of Energy’s recent award of the new Strategic Petroleum Reserve management contract to a team led by Fluor is coming under challenge, with DM Petroleum Operations Company having filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office Sept. 30. DM Petroleum Operations Company is made up of Jacobs and International Matex Tank and Terminal, […]

The U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is planning on granting an extension to the Nuclear Management Partners contract to manage the Sellafield site that will include “more onerous terms,” according to a report in the Financial Times yesterday. The report did not include details on the length of the extension to URS-led NMP’s contract or what […]

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office is seeking a small business to provide support for oversight and lease administration for facilities being used by USEC as part of its American Centrifuge efforts, according to a sources sought notice posted yesterday. USEC has an American Centrifuge Technology and Manufacturing Center in Oak Ridge, which is […]

The engineering and fabrication firm NFT yesterday completed its acquisition of the URS division in charge of maintaining and certifying waste management containers at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. URS had performed the work at the Engineered Products Division TRUPACT maintenance business under a subcontract to the WIPP contractor, URS-led Nuclear Waste Partnership. That subcontract […]

URS announced earlier this week a set of senior-level management moves that has resulted in Chief Operating Officer Bill Lingard also assuming the role of President from Chairman and CEO Martin Koffel, effective immediately. Each of URS’ four divisions—Federal Services; Infrastructure & Environment; Energy & Construction; and Oil & Gas will now report directly to […]

Swift & Staley Mechanical Contractors, the infrastructure contractor for the Paducah site, began moving yesterday to ramp down operations due to the current government shutdown. Swift & Staley is adjusting work schedules for its approximately 80 employees at Paducah to achieve a state of minimum essential operations. According to a notice sent to employees, obtained […]

A team led by AECOM is now challenging the Department of Energy’s recent award of the new Strategic Petroleum Reserve management contract to Fluor Federal Petroleum Operations, Weapons Complex Morning Briefing has learned. The AECOM protest is the second filed with the Government Accountability Office over the SPR award, with DM Petroleum Operations Company (made […]

The consulting firm Longenecker & Associates has named Gary Gilmartin and Keller Staley as new Senior Vice Presidents. Both previously served as vice presidents. In a statement issued late last week, L&A CEO Bonnie Longenecker said, “These promotions recognize the high energy and focus of both Keller and Gary, and will allow our team to […]

Fluor has named William Bodie as its new Senior Vice President for Business Development in the company’s Government Group. Bodie last served as executive vice president and global business development manager for Parsons Government Services, and previously served as senior vice president and manager of Parsons’ National Security & Defense Division and as president and […]

Parsons has named Kenneth Branch as the asset portfolio management director of its Infrastructure & Environment Division for Parsons’ Government Services Group. For the past two years, Branch has served as commanding officer of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Washington DC, according to a Parsons release issued yesterday. In his new role, Branch “will be […]

The Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant deactivation procurement is going along as planned under the Continuing Resolution that is funding the government through Jan. 15, though the Department of Energy will need to seek a reprogramming if a funding bill is not passed, an Office of Environmental Management Official said yesterday at the Weapons Complex Monitor […]

Management at the U.K.’s Sellafield site is looking to break out big chunks of scope for top tier contractors, and will be holding a summit the week of Dec. 9 to discuss the idea. The concept would be for contractor Nuclear Management Partners to offer “tier one-and-a-half” work, U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Chief Operating Officer […]

The Department of Energy is considering bringing to an end its use of Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity cleanup contracts once the two current sets of contracts expire, senior DOE Office of Environmental Management official Jack Surash said yesterday. EM currently has one unrestricted set of national ID/IQ cleanup contracts, which is held by 11 firms; and […]

The Department of Energy is considering breaking out contracts for engineering and construction of a new facility for processing sludge waste at Oak Ridge, Environmental Management Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition & Project Management Jack Surash said yesterday at the Weapons Complex Monitor Decisionmakers’ Forum. DOE last August told contractor Wastren Advantage, Inc. to stop […]

The Department of Energy is looking for small businesses interested in supporting implementation of a Natural Resources Damages Assessment plan for Los Alamos National Laboratory, posting a request for information late last week. “The Contractor shall assist the Trustee Council with developing a NRDA for injuries to natural resources from releases of hazardous substances from […]

There could be a decision on the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Y-12/Pantex procurement in “early November,” NNSA spokesman Josh McConaha said in a statement yesterday confirming that the agency’s technical experts have completed their evaluation of revised bids. The Source Selection Authority on the procurement, who the agency has not disclosed, will make a decision […]

The Department of Energy is planning to hold an informational meeting for the Brookhaven National Laboratory in mid to late January, the Department said yesterday. DOE earlier this month postponed an Oct. 17 informational meeting and windshield tour at the lab because of the government shutdown. In September, the Department said it was seeking Expressions […]

Los Alamos National Laboratory has extended for four years Locus Technologies’ contract to manage the Lab’s environmental data and information, Locus announced yesterday. The company has managed the data at the Lab since 2011 using its Environmental Information Management software. “We look forward to continuing to work with the team of talented professionals at LANL, […]