Contracts & Procurement

The National Nuclear Security Administration is expected to begin issuing task orders under its Enterprise Construction Management Services blanket purchase agreement contract this month, including work for enterprise-wide support as well as support to specific construction projects, NW&M Monitor has learned. The NNSA awarded the contract to Parsons Infrastructure and Technology in late January, but […]

Fiscal Year 2011 Performance Evaluation Reviews are continuing to trickle out of the National Nuclear Security Administration. After releasing the annual report cards for six of its contractors early last week in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by NW&M Monitor and other media outlet and organizations, the agency released the FY2011 PER […]

The Department of Energy is set to award the new M&O contract for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant by the end of this week. In a letter to bidders April 13, obtained by WC Monitor, DOE said the award decision is anticipated to be announced on April 20. DOE has also proposed to the bidders […]

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions did not meet contractual obligations for two contracts it awarded to parent companies Fluor and Newport News Nuclear in 2009, according to a Department of Energy Inspector General report released Friday. “SRNS had not obtained required Department approval for the two noncompetitive contracts it awarded to Fluor and Newport News during […]

Navarro-Intera, the cleanup contractor for the Nevada National Security Site, late last week issued a Request for Proposals for a new subcontract to provide unexploded ordinance support services at the Tonopah Test Range. According to the RFP, Navarro-Intera intends to award a fixed-unit rate Time and Materials type subcontract set to run for up to […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration is expected to release a draft Request for Proposals for its combined Oak Ridge/Pantex protective force contract “on or about” Wednesday and will hold a presolicitation conference, site visit, and one-on-one meetings in mid-May, the agency said yesterday. The agency announced plans late last year to merge the protective force […]

Representatives from the Pantex Guards Union and Pantex M&O contractor B&W Pantex began negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement yesterday, though the sides eased into the talks with discussions on non-economic issues. The union’s agreement with B&W Pantex expires June 10, and along with the Savannah River Site, Pantex is one of two NNSA […]

The Department of Energy yesterday released a new set of questions and answers on its recently issued Request for Proposals for low-level waste/mixed low-level waste disposal, clarifying how companies should address pricing information. One firm asked if DOE would be open to tiered pricing. DOE said no, though it noted: “offeror may include volume discount […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration yesterday released a draft Request for Proposals for its combined protective force management contract at the Pantex Plant, Y-12 National Security Complex and Oak Ridge Reservation, but in contrast to the agency’s combined Y-12/Pantex management and operating contract, the draft security contract does not significantly link award fee to potential […]

CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. is set to get another five years to perform cleanup work at Hanford, the Department of Energy announced yesterday. DOE said it plans to exercise the full five-year option in CHPRC’s contract, which is set to run from 2013 to 2018. The value of the extension is estimated to be […]

It’s going to be a big week for teams bidding for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s combined Y-12/Pantex management and operating contract as bidders will give oral presentations for the lucrative contract Tuesday through Thursday. A team of Lockheed Martin, Bechtel and ATK will be the first group to make its pitch to NNSA, appearing […]

Department of Energy debriefs are scheduled to get underway this week with the four teams believed to have bid on the recently awarded new M&O contract for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. The contract, worth approximately $1.3 billion, was awarded to a team led by URS called Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC, which also includes B&W […]

Companies interested in the Department of Energy’s new contract to provide mobile loading services for transuranic waste at various generator sites now have an extra week to prepare their bids, with the proposal deadline moved to May 17 from May 10. The extension, which will be included in a forthcoming amendment to the Request for […]

CH2M Hill last week parted ways with Dave Oren, senior vice president for business development in the company’s nuclear group, effective immediately, WC Monitor has learned. The exact circumstances of Oren’s departure remain unclear, and CH2M Hill spokesman John Corsi largely declined to comment yesterday. “Dave is no longer with the firm and as a […]

Bids for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s combined Y-12/Pantex management and operating contract were submitted seven weeks ago and the three bidders for the contract are in the middle of oral presentations this week, but union representatives from the two plants remain concerned about the impact the contract could have on the workforce at the […]

West Valley Demonstration Project cleanup contractor CH2M HILL B&W West Valley, LLC, is still awaiting word from the Department of Energy on whether the recent decision to remove General Manager Ryan Dodd from the project less than nine months after taking over will cost them the full $500,000 penalty included in their contract. CHBWV Deputy […]

The Department of Energy is looking to wrap up in August negotiations with CH2M-WG Idaho on a multi-year extension to its current contract to perform cleanup work at the Idaho site, according to a DOE spokeswoman. DOE and CWI have been in talks for months on a planned three-year extension to CWI’s current contract at […]

Hanks, Hanks and Associates, LLC, is challenging the Department of Energy’s recent award of a new business and administrative support services contract for the Oak Ridge Operations Office. On March 8, Hanks, Hanks and Associates filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office over DOE’s decision to award the new contract to BEI-JES Oak Ridge […]

Three teams are expected to submit bids for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s combined Y-12/Pantex management and operating contract by Tuesday’s deadline, closing the latest chapter in a protracted effort to change the agency’s contracting strategy for its nuclear production facilities. A team led by Babcock & Wilcox and including URS, Northrop Grumman and Honeywell […]

Prime cleanup contractors at Hanford and Oak Ridge are gearing up to put out new subcontracts for bid in the next several weeks. CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. expects to issue a Request for Proposals “on or about” the week of April 23 for a new subcontract to provide interim safe storage of Hanford’s 105-KE […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration appears to be leaning more toward opening up its Global Threat Reduction Initiative small business Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract to large businesses. The agency released another sources sought notice yesterday seeking companies to remove and transport nuclear fuel and other material from foreign research reactors around the world, asking small […]

The Department of Energy yesterday issued its final Request for Proposals for disposal of low-level radioactive waste across the complex. DOE plans to award one or more five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contracts. “Each ID/IQ contract will be for multiple selected types of waste and more than one contractor may receive a contract for permanent […]

EnergySolutions will announce today that it has been selected by Toshiba Corporation to clean up radioactively contaminated water at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. Toshiba was previously been selected as a preferred bidder for the work by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the owner of the plant. EnergySolutions will aid in designing and installing […]

The three teams that submitted bids for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s combined Y-12/Pantex management and operating contract will give oral presentations to the agency during the first week of May. The agency has notified bidders of the oral presentation schedule, which is set to run for three days beginning Tuesday, May 1. The three […]

A team led by Logistics Management Institute has withdrawn its protest of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Enterprise Construction Management Services contract, which was awarded to a team led by Parsons Infrastructure and Technology in late January. LMI had protested the award Feb. 8, and is believed to have argued that Parsons should have been […]

Oak Ridge cleanup contractor UCOR’s recent decision to complete subcontract work through staff augmentation has resulted in savings that have already led to acceleration of efforts, contractor President Leo Sain said yesterday. Earlier this year UCOR cancelled several subcontracts and announced that it was taking a new approach. Instead of having companies manage tasks, the […]

The Government Accountability Office earlier this week dismissed a protest filed by Hanks, Hanks and Associates, LLC, over the Department of Energy’s recent award of a new business and administrative support services contract for the Oak Ridge Operations Office. Hanks, Hanks and Associates filed their protest with the GAO on March 8 to challenge DOE’s […]

Three companies have won new subcontracts to perform waste transportation and disposal work at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the lab announced yesterday. ARS Cavanagh Environmental Services, LLC; Navarro Research and Engineering; and Portage won the new Master Task Order Agreements, which have a total ceiling value of up to $250 million. Under the agreements, […]

While the Department of Energy is having to slow the planned acceleration of the bulk of the remaining legacy cleanup work at the Idaho site, there are still significant benefits to moving forward with a planned multi-year extension for the site’s current cleanup contractor, CH2M-WG Idaho, a senior official in DOE’s Idaho Operations Office said yesterday. […]

The Department of Energy yesterday posted the first set of questions and answers on the recently issued Request for Proposals for low-level waste/mixed low-level waste disposal, clarifying how companies should address pricing information. One firm asked if DOE would allow pricing based on license amendments that have been submitted but not approved, to which DOE […]