Contracts & Procurement

OMAHA, Neb. — Lawrence Livermore National Securities is negotiating a five-year extension for the management contract of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the director told the Monitor last week. “We’re in the midst of negotiations now,” Kim Budil, director of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in Livermore, Calif., told the […]

The Department of Energy has issued a final solicitation for a new landlord contract at the Paducah Site in Kentucky, business currently held by Swift & Staley. On Aug. 13, DOE’s Office of Environmental Management published the final request for proposals (RFP) for the new Infrastructure Support Services contract at the former gaseous diffusion plant […]

Earnings rose at AtkinsRéalis, Montreal, Canada, in the second quarter, which the nuclear services and infrastructure company partially attributed to a brisk business in life extensions for power reactors, according to a Friday press release. Net earnings for the second quarter ended June 30 were C$82.2 million [US $59.9 million], or C$0.47  [U.S. $0.34] a […]

Publicly-traded companies involved with Department of Energy nuclear programs were not exempt from Monday’s stock market nosedive, although most rallied by the close of trading Thursday. Companies that are big players in both the DOE Office of Environmental Management and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Office of Nuclear Energy posted per-share declines on Monday, […]

Earnings rose at BWX Technologies, Lynchburg, Va., in the second quarter, which the company on Monday attributed partly to organic growth in government operations as it prepared to begin work on a new nuclear weapons contract. In June, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) awarded PanTeXas Deterrence, a BWX Technologies (BWXT)-led joint venture, a contract […]

Publicly-traded companies involved with Department of Energy nuclear programs were not exempt from Monday’s stock market nosedive, although most rallied by the close of trading Thursday. Companies that are big players in both the DOE Office of Environmental Management and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Office of Nuclear Energy posted per-share declines on Monday, […]

Privately-held Amentum, which has made big acquisitions of late, recorded a net loss in two of the past three fiscal years, according to a financial filing prior to next month’s planned merger with the government contracting branch of Dallas-based Jacobs. That is according to a July 15 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission by […]

Publicly-traded companies involved with Department of Energy nuclear programs were not exempt from Monday’s stock market nosedive, although most rallied by the close of trading Thursday. Companies that are big players in both the DOE Office of Environmental Management and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Office of Nuclear Energy posted per-share declines on Monday, […]

Earnings fell at Jacobs Solutions, Dallas, in its third quarter, as the international engineering and construction company refocuses on high-growth areas as it prepares to spin off its government contracting business that will merge with Amentum. Jacobs announced its quarterly financial results in a Tuesday press release. The company made a new Securities and Exchange […]

Earnings rose at AtkinsRéalis, Montreal, Canada, in the second quarter, which the nuclear services and infrastructure company partially attributed to a brisk business in life extensions for power reactors, according to a Friday press release. Net earnings for the second quarter ended June 30 were C$82.2 million [US $59.9 million], or C$0.47  [U.S. $0.34] a […]

Earnings fell at Jacobs Solutions, Dallas, in its third quarter, as the international engineering and construction company refocuses on high-growth areas as it prepares to spin off its government contracting business that will merge with Amentum. Jacobs announced its quarterly financial results in a Tuesday press release. The company made a new Securities and Exchange […]

Privately-held Amentum, which has made big acquisitions of late, recorded a net loss in two of the past three fiscal years, according to a financial filing prior to next month’s planned merger with the government contracting branch of Dallas-based Jacobs. That is according to a July 15 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission by […]

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is starting its preliminary market research into the next phase of legacy cleanup at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. In a Monday procurement notice, the Environmental Management office issued a sources sought/request for information on Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract II. “No solicitation exists […]

The president and CEO of Lynchburg, Va.,- based BWX Technologies said Monday he expects a legal protest over a potential $45-billion Department of Energy liquid waste contract will be “sorted out” within a few months. Rex Geveden offered his take on the court battle over the Integrated Tanks Contract at the Hanford Site in Washington […]

Privately-held Amentum, which has made big acquisitions of late, recorded a net loss in two of the past three fiscal years, according to a financial filing prior to next month’s planned merger with the government contracting branch of Dallas-based Jacobs. That is according to a July 15 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission by […]

Earnings fell at Jacobs Solutions, Dallas, in its third quarter, as the international engineering and construction company refocuses on high-growth areas as it prepares to spin off its government contracting business that will merge with Amentum. Jacobs announced its quarterly financial results in a Tuesday press release. The company made a new Securities and Exchange […]

The president and CEO of Lynchburg, Va.,- based BWX Technologies said Monday he expects a legal protest over a potential $45-billion Department of Energy liquid waste contract will be “sorted out” within a few months. Rex Geveden offered his take on the court battle over the Integrated Tanks Contract at the Hanford Site in Washington […]

Publicly-traded companies involved with Department of Energy nuclear programs were not exempt from Monday’s stock market nosedive, which media reported mirrored fears of a coming U.S. recession. Companies that are big players in both the DOE Office of Environmental Management and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) posted per-share declines on Monday, based on Internet searches […]

Earnings rose at BWX Technologies, Lynchburg, Va., in the second quarter, which the company on Monday attributed partly to organic growth in government operations as it prepared to begin work on a new nuclear weapons contract. In June, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) awarded PanTeXas Deterrence, a BWX Technologies (BWXT)-led joint venture, a contract […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries on Thursday posted what it called strong second quarter results driven by gains at its Mission Technologies segment with help from shipbuilding operations. Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) net income in the second quarter rose 33% to $173 million, or $4.38 a share, from $130 million, or $3.27 a share, a year ago, […]

Jim Breuer, currently president of Fluor’s Energy Solutions group, becomes Fluor’s chief operating officer effective Monday, Aug. 5, CEO David Constable said during an earnings call Friday.  As chief operating officer, Breuer will report directly to Constable, and will oversee the company’s three business lines, including Mission Solutions, where the international engineering and construction company […]

The Leidos-led landlord contractor at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state is shopping for a subcontractor to provide office and warehouse space at the former plutonium production site. Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) on Tuesday put out a request for proposals on an Information Management Field Support Services Replacement Facility at the […]

An amended Department of Energy competition for a $45-billion liquid waste contract permitted bidders with gaps in their federal procurement registration, the company twice awarded the work argued last week in court.  That fact alone should sink the losing bidder’s claim that the DOE award should be thrown out because of a ruling in a […]

Earnings rose at Fluor, Irving, Texas, in the second quarter, which the global engineering company with a big footprint in the Department of Energy, attributed to long-term government and commercial contracts, according to a Friday press release. Net earnings for the second quarter ended June 30 were $169 million, or $0.97 a share, up from […]

Earnings rose at Fluor, Irving, Texas, in the second quarter, which the global engineering company with a big footprint in the Department of Energy, attributed to long-term government and commercial contracts, according to a Friday press release. Net earnings for the second quarter ended June 30 were $169 million, or $0.97 a share, up from […]

Knoxville-based Management Solutions LLC was awarded a $1.25 million contract for business and administrative support at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee. The contract between DOE’s Office of Environmental Management and Management Solutions was announced in a Monday procurement notice on the online System for Award Management. The duration of the agreement […]

The Leidos-led landlord contractor at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state is shopping for a subcontractor to provide office and warehouse space at the former plutonium production site. Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) on Tuesday put out a request for proposals on an Information Management Field Support Services Replacement Facility at the […]

Bids on the Department of Energy cleanup office’s Consolidated Technical Support Services contract, originally due this Thursday, Aug. 1, is being pushed back until Monday, Aug. 5, DOE said Monday. DOE’s Office of Environmental Management announced the extra deadline time for the potential 5-year, $90-million small business contract in a Monday notice in the online […]

A joint venture that lost twice in a $45B Department of Energy competition at the Hanford Site in Washington state has presented a federal court with a legal ruling it hopes will disqualify the winner. AtkinsRéalis-led Hanford Tank Disposition Alliance (HTDA) on July 18 told Judge Marian Blank Horn a decision in a similar case […]

PanTeXas Deterrence announced four key personnel who will lead management of the Pantex Plant alongside Kelly Beierschmitt, president of the BWX Technologies-led venture, the parent announced Tuesday. The four other senior managers leading PanTeXas Deterrence are: Carl Beard, production operations director. Beard has five years of experience at the Pantex Plant and experience in pit […]