Contracts & Procurement

With the Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration having moved to eliminate some burdensome requirements from its directives, a senior NNSA official suggested yesterday that it was now time for DOE contractors to put the less prescriptive requirements to good use. DOE’s Office of Health, Safety and Security has spearheaded much of the […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration still isn’t saying when it will release a final Request for Proposals for its combined Y-12/Pantex management and operating contract, but NNSA Principal Deputy Administrator Neile Miller told industry officials in Washington yesterday that work on the much-anticipated document was “not far behind.” When it released a preview of changes […]

With a new senior management team in place in the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, EM is looking to hold a “contractor summit” in early 2012, according to acting DOE cleanup chief David Huizenga. Huizenga unveiled the plans for the summit yesterday during a meeting of the Energy Facility Contractors Group in Washington, […]

Dan Hoag has been named the acting manager of the Y-12 Site Office and will remain as the top federal official at Y-12 through the transition to a consolidated production office with Pantex next year, the NNSA said in an internal announcement Friday. Hoag replaces Ted Sherry, who announced earlier this year that he was […]

In hindsight, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental may have been better served by not running the search for a new managing contractor for the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project through the DOE Idaho Operations Office, according to Deputy Assistant EM Secretary for Acquisition and Contract Management Jack Surash. “I think if we had […]

Bidders preparing proposals for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Enterprise Construction Management Services Contract now have a little more time to complete their work thanks to another amendment to the Request for Quotes. The NNSA late last week extended the due date for proposals to Nov. 4, which is the second time the agency has […]

Bidders preparing proposals for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Enterprise Construction Management Services Contract now have a little more time to complete their work thanks to another amendment to the Request for Quotes. The NNSA late last week extended the due date for proposals to Nov. 4, which is the second time the agency has […]

The Department of Energy and Idaho Treatment Group, LLC, are in talks to add language setting financial penalties for the early departure of key personnel to ITG’s contract to manage the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project at DOE’s Idaho site, WC Monitor has learned. The discussions come after ITG has already moved to replace two […]

Contractors at the Department of Energy’s Idaho site have reversed course on another possible key personnel change that would have impacted Idaho Treatment Group, LLC, the managing contractor for DOE’s Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project. Earlier this month, Battelle Energy Alliance—the managing contractor for Idaho National Laboratory—announced that Scott Raish, who currently serves as ITG’s […]

Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. has closed on its acquisition of Safety & Ecology Holdings Corporation and its subsidiaries from Homeland Security Capital Corporation. The purchase price was $19.4 million, about $5 million less than Perma-Fix originally estimated after adjustments to the agreement were made last month. “It’s now official—they’re part of Perma-Fix. So that’s done, […]

The Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration need to improve how they use contractors’ past performance information when awarding new contracts, according to a DOE Inspector General’s report released yesterday. An audit conducted by the IG found that the Department could not demonstrate it had considered past performance information in 20 percent […]

The Department of Energy, as expected, has extended for another three years Boeing’s contract to provide landlord services at the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) site in California while decisions are made on the future cleanup of the site. The extension, which will run through Sept. 30, 2014, is valued at $38.5 million. During the […]

Utah Congressman Jim Matheson (D) late last week expressed concern over several aspects of the Department of Energy’s new contract for the Moab uranium mill tailings remediation project in his home state. Among Matheson’s concerns is the length and annual value of the contract, which was awarded late last week to Portage over a handful […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration has amended the Request for Quotes it issued last month for its Enterprise Construction Management Services contract, seeking to clear up confusion about conflicts of interest that many in the industry fear could severely limit the pool of bidders interested in the contract. In the amendment, the agency narrowed the […]

It’s been no secret that some industry officials have been unhappy with the proposed fee structure for the NNSA’s Y-12/Pantex contract merger, and several of the questions received by the procurement’s Source Evaluation Board reflect concerns about the fee. The agency released dozens of questions and answers late last week, including several that took veiled […]

Although Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, LLC, saw a drop in fee for its work at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Fiscal Year 2013, the contractor is currently on track for “excellent performance” this fiscal year, according to FBP Site Project Director Dennis Carr. 

B&W Conversion Services, LLC, the managing contractor for the Department of Energy’s two depleted uranium hexafluoride conversion plants, earned approximately 66 percent of the total fee available for Fiscal Year 2013—$2.93 million out of $4.44 million, according to information DOE released this week. 

Portage earned 96 percent of its available award fee in Fiscal Year 2013—approximately $1.1 million out of $1.14 million—for its work on the Moab uranium mill tailings remediation project in Utah, according to information the Department of Energy released this week.

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/7/2014 IN THE INDUSTRY Marking the first time a nonfamily member has been selected to lead Bechtel, Bill Dudley has been named the company’s new President and CEO, effective immediately. Dudley, who previously held the position of president and chief operating officer, replaces Riley Bechtel, who is “stepping down for health […]