Contracts & Procurement

The Department of Energy apparently still has some work to do before it releases an amended Request for Proposals for its scaled back Oak Ridge protective force contract. After indicating several times that it would release a new RFP on Friday, DOE delayed the release of the document without explanation. In a message posted to […]

Y-12 National Security Complex contractor B&W Y-12 believes it has made a “compelling case” to the National Nuclear Security Administration that its contract should not be terminated as a result of the July 28 security breach at the site. NNSA issued a “show cause” notice to B&W Y-12 in the wake of the incident, and […]

The Department of Energy and Salt Waste Processing Facility contractor Parsons have agreed to defer resolution of a dispute over the return of $20 million in provisional fee until after the completion of contract discussions, which are expected to take several more months. DOE first demanded the return of the fee in an April letter […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration has canceled a solicitation for technical support to the Office of Emergency Response Render Safe Stabilization Program because a contracting vehicle for the work already exists. The agency moved to kill the procurement yesterday, more than a month after issuing a solicitation seeking a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business to perform […]

The Department of Energy released an initial set of questions and answers associated with its Oak Ridge protective force procurement, clarifying for bidders that it won’t conduct another round of site tours, presolicitation conferences or one-on-one meetings with bidders for the opportunity. Several questions focused on the issue of presolicitation meetings, but the Department said […]

The Department of Energy has awarded a $20 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to NOVA Corp. for support services at the Savannah River Operations Office. The firm fixed price small business contract to the Native American-owned firm based in Arizona has a two-year performance period. Services under the contract include information technology, moving and transportation, […]

Mary Ann Hopkins has been named the new President of Parsons Government Services Inc., effective October 15, as part of a corporate executive shuffle announced yesterday. Hopkins will be replacing Todd Wager, who is being moved to head up Parsons Transportation Group. For his part, Wager will be replacing Thomas “Tom” Barron, who has been […]

The Department of Energy late last week issued an amendment to the Request for Proposals for the new Portsmouth environmental technical services contract. The amendment includes several changes to proposal preparation instructions, including increasing the page limitation for relevant experience; as well as changes to the language in the evaluation criteria. Bids are still due […]

There continue to be weaknesses in the relationship between Salt Waste Processing Facility contractor Parsons and the Department of Energy officials at the Savannah River Site in charge of managing the project, a new DOE Construction Project Review of SWPF concludes. The review, completed earlier this month, has not been released, but DOE Senior Advisor […]

The Department of Energy announced yesterday that it has finalized a long-planned three-year extension for CH2M-WG Idaho, the cleanup contractor for DOE’s Idaho site. CWI’s initial seven-year contract for the Idaho Cleanup Project was set to expire on Sept. 30. According to DOE, the anticipated value of the extension is approximately $730 million. "Over the […]

Companies bidding on the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge protective force contract will have an extra week to put together proposals thanks to an amendment issued yesterday that moves the due date for bids to Oct. 19. The amendment makes minor changes to the Request for Proposals, which was overhauled earlier this month to strip […]

The Department of Energy has awarded a contract to Chenega Global Services for administrative and technical support at the West Valley Demonstration Project. The small business contract to the Anchorage-based company has a performance period of one year with a $1.3 million value, with two one-year options totaling $4.12 million.

B&W Y-12 has fired protective force contractor WSI-Oak Ridge and will begin transitioning security activities at the site today, the company said in a statement released late Friday evening. Earlier Friday, the NNSA asked B&W Y-12 to terminate WSI’s contract due to continuing concerns about the contractor’s response to a July 28 security breach at […]

CDM late last week won a sole-source contract worth approximately $11.3 million to continue to aid the Department of Energy in preparing to tackle the cleanup of the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) site. Under the contract, set to run for three years, CDM will continue with sampling efforts and work to prepare an Environmental […]

New Waste Isolation Pilot Plant management-and-operations contractor Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC, officially takes over work at the site from Washington TRU Solutions today. Several key personnel from the previous contractor will remain at the site, including General Manager Farok Sharif. And the new URS-led team follows 27 years of URS work at WIPP. Last week […]

The Department of Energy, as expected, has wrapped up negotiations on five-year extensions at the SLAC National Accelerator Facility and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. DOE reached agreements on the extensions with the facilities last year, but negotiations on the extensions weren’t formally concluded until September. The new deals at the labs extend Stanford University’s […]

The DOE Office of Environmental Management’s Consolidated Business Center went on an award spree late last week, doling out two new small-value contracts and one cooperative agreement. TerranearPMC won an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity-type contract worth approximately $2 million to provide waste handling services at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The contract is set to run for […]

Bidders on the new Portsmouth environmental technical services contract have received an extra two weeks to prepare their proposals, with the deadline for bids now Oct. 14. The extension was contained in a brief amendment to the Request for Proposals for the new contract issued yesterday. Late last week, DOE issued the questions-and-answers received for […]

The Department of Energy has released another amendment to its scaled down Oak Ridge protective force contract, making more minor adjustments to the Request for Proposals but maintaining the Oct. 19 due date for bids. In response to questions from industry, the agency clarified how bidders should treat overtime and doubletime when preparing proposals as […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration is considering merging all—or part—of the Sandia National Laboratories and Kansas City Plant management and operating contracts, and is seeking input from industry on its plans. The agency issued a Request for Information yesterday asking industry to comment on merging the two M&O contracts or combining the Kansas City Plant […]

In the wake of the stunning security breach at the Y-12 National Security Complex, the prime contract of security contractor WSI-Oak Ridge has been assigned to site management and operating contractor B&W Y-12, NW&M Monitor has learned. The action in effect makes WSI’s contract a subcontract to B&W Y-12 rather than a prime contract to […]

The Department of Energy is continuing to take action in response to last month’s embarrassing security breach at the Y-12 National Security Complex, scrapping its plans to combine protective force management of Y-12 and the Pantex Plant and issuing a potentially devastating “show cause notice” to Y-12 contractor B&W Y-12. The notice, which was first […]

The Department of Energy appears to need more time than previously planned to complete the evaluation of bids for the new Office of Legacy Management support services contract. In a letter sent to bidders late last week, DOE asked companies to extend their proposals through April 9, 2013. The one-page letter did not provide any […]

MELE Associates’ MAX3 Team has been awarded a task order contract to provide support to the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Enterprise Project Management. The task order is part of the NNSA’s existing technical services blanket purchase agreement, and continues the MAX3 Team’s run of success under the contract. The MELE-led team has won […]

The Department of Energy late last week provided $40 million to contractor Parsons for construction of the Salt Waste Processing Facility at the Savannah River Site, resolving near-term funding concerns raised by the contractor. “The $40M was a fourth quarter allocation of construction funds provided as committed in the baseline and the contract. It supports […]

The Department of Energy earlier this week released a Request for Quotation for a $24.5 million environmental technical services contract at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. The small business contract would run for three years with an additional two-year option period, with a goal of assisting environmental remediation and decontamination and decommissioning work at Paducah. […]

Bidders on the combined Y-12/Pantex management contract are being given wide latitude in revising their bids—including submitting new key personnel—in the wake of a stunning July 28 security breach at Y-12. Bids for the contract were submitted in March, but under an amendment sent to the three bidders by the National Nuclear Security Administration late […]

The Department of Energy earlier this week issued the final Request for Proposals for the new Portsmouth environmental technical services contract. The new cost-plus-award-fee contract is set to run for up to five years, consisting of a three-year base period and one two-year option period, and is estimated to be worth $55-65 million, according to […]

Potential bidders for the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge protective forces contract are getting a peek at the performance work statement for the scaled-back opportunity. DOE late last week released a draft of the performance work statement, outlining its security needs after a decision earlier this month to eliminate protective force work at the Y-12 […]

Senior Department of Energy officials are set to again meet with a group of corporate executives from the parent companies of all prime cleanup contractors at DOE headquarters this week for a second workshop on contract performance and management. The meeting, set for Aug. 29 from noon to 5 pm, is a follow-up to a […]