Contracts & Procurement
Awards, protests, extensions, and re-competes for management and operating contracts and major subcontracts across the weapons complex and commercial nuclear sector.
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High-Level & Tank Waste
WRPS hires Richland biz to build new surface barrier at tank farm
The Amentum-led tank management contractor at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state has inked a $8.9 million subcontract with Richland-based Fowler General Construction to build an interim surface barrier over the U Tank Farm. Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), which has Atkins as minority partner, announced the award Tuesday in a press […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Army Corps replacing security barricade at Savannah River
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, through its Charleston, S.C. District, is building a $3.2-million security barricade at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The project, to replace a 20-year-old temporary barricade, should be finished by the end of the year, the Corps said in a Friday March 3 press release. […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Final small-business remediation RFP could hit the street in early April
The Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup office should roll out its final solicitation for a national deactivation set-aside contract for small businesses by April 8, the agency said last week. The Small Business Nationwide Deactivation, Decommissioning and Removal contract pre-solicitation notice dated March 1 anticipates the final request for proposals (RFP) within 45 days from […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Virtual tours, online DOE procurement meetings won’t go away altogether
PHOENIX —Born of necessity during the pandemic, the virtual tours and online meetings held for Department of Energy nuclear cleanup work have proven popular and probably won’t go away soon, even as the impact of COVID-19 fades, officials said here last week. Like other organizations, the DOE’s Cincinnati-based Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center is taking […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE procurement officials talk small, disadvantaged biz expansion
PHOENIX— Small and disadvantaged businesses could secure more federal funding from the Department of Energy’s $8-billion nuclear cleanup office, according to procurement representatives who addressed the Waste Management Symposia here last week. The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is raising its small and disadvantaged business awards goal for fiscal 2023 to 7% from […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
DOE reups EnergySolutions, Waste Control Specialists for low-level, other waste
The Department of Energy plans to extend, by five more years until April 11, 2028, business deals with two privately-held disposal sites that occasionally take radioactive waste from the federal agency, according to procurement notices published Monday. The DOE’s Office of Environmental Management published a “justification for other than full and open competition” for certain […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Paducah landlord contract ‘unique,’ DOE manager says, stay tuned for final decision
PHOENIX – DOE is still deciding the longer-term fate of a landlord services contract for the Paducah Site in Kentucky after a federal appeals court ruled in December that incumbent Swift & Staley exceeded the size limits for the small-business set aside award, an agency official said here Tuesday. “We are working through a decision-making […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Paducah landlord contract ‘unique,’ DOE manager says, stay tuned for final decision
PHOENIX – DOE is still deciding the longer-term fate of a landlord services contract for the Paducah Site in Kentucky after a federal appeals court ruled in December that incumbent Swift & Staley exceeded the size limits for the small-business set aside award, an agency official said here. “We are working through a decision-making process,” […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Fluor earnings rise during quarter, year, although Mission Solutions down
Earnings improved at Fluor, Irving, Texas, in the fourth quarter, which the engineering and construction contractor for the Department of Energy attributed Tuesday to improved efficiency and certain financial adjustments. Net earnings for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 were $9 million, or a loss of $0.01 a share, up from a net loss of […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Ex-Bechtel exec Rugg appointed president of Atkins Nuclear
SNC-Lavalin Group said this week it selected longtime Bechtel nuclear executive Jim Rugg to replace Tom Jouvanis as president of its Atkins Nuclear Secured Holding affiliate. Rugg, who spent more than 28 years at Bechtel, most recently as operations manager for defense and space, will officially become Atkins president on Feb. 27, according to the […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Profits fall at Centrus but uranium biz and DOE contracting stayed strong in 2022
Uranium broker and enrichment-technology developer Centrus Energy Corp., Bethesda, Md., took a hit on the bottom line for 2022, though its core operations reported good health and revenue was nearly level year-over-year. Centrus’ net income fell 70% to about $52 million for 2022, according to the company’s Wednesday 10-K filing with the Securities & Exchange […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Net earnings dip at BWXT amid hiring headaches
Earnings fell at BWX Technologies, Lynchburg, Va., in the fourth quarter and 2022 as a whole, which the nuclear services company in a Thursday press release and conference call attributed partly to a tight labor market. The company also rattled off a list of big Department of Energy contracts it is pursuing. Net earnings for […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Net earnings dip at BWXT amid hiring headaches
Earnings fell at BWX Technologies, Lynchburg, Va., in the fourth quarter and 2022 as a whole, which the nuclear services company in a Thursday press release and conference call attributed partly to a tight labor market. The company also rattled off a list of big Department of Energy contracts it is pursuing. Net earnings for […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Final Hanford medical RFP hits the street; new deal would cover vit plant workers
The Department of Energy on Thursday solicited bids for an Occupational Medical Services provider for the 10,000-plus federal and contract workers at the Hanford Site in Washington state. Questions on the final request for proposals should be sent to the DOE’s Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center by 11:59 p.m. on March 2. Bid packages are […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Profits fall at Centrus but uranium biz and DOE contracting stayed strong in 2022
Uranium broker and enrichment-technology developer Centrus Energy Corp., Bethesda, Md., took a hit on the bottom line for 2022, though its core operations reported good health and revenue was nearly level year-over-year. Centrus’ net income fell 70% to about $52 million for 2022, according to the company’s Wednesday 10-K filing with the Securities & Exchange […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Fluor earnings rise during quarter, year, although Mission Solutions down
Earnings improved at Fluor, Irving, Texas, in the fourth quarter, which the engineering and construction contractor for the Department of Energy attributed Tuesday to improved efficiency and certain financial adjustments. Net earnings for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 were $9 million, or a loss of $0.01 a share, up from a net loss of […]
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Contracts & Procurement
AECL plans March site tour for prospective bidders for Canadian lab contract
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited expects to kick off a competitive bidding process this spring and host interested suitors next month for a new long-term management contract for Canadian Nuclear Laboratories. Since September 2015, the Canadian labs have been run by Canadian National Energy Alliance, a team made up of SNC-Lavalin, Jacobs and Fluor, said […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Ex-Bechtel exec Rugg appointed president of Atkins Nuclear
SNC-Lavalin Group said Tuesday it has selected longtime Bechtel nuclear executive Jim Rugg to replace Tom Jouvanis as president of its Atkins Nuclear Secured Holding affiliate. Rugg, who spent more than 28 years at Bechtel, most recently as operations manager for defense and space, will officially become Atkins president on Feb. 27, according to the […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Ex-Bechtel exec Rugg appointed president of Atkins Nuclear
SNC-Lavalin Group said Tuesday it has selected longtime Bechtel nuclear executive Jim Rugg to replace Tom Jouvanis as president of its Atkins Nuclear Secured Holding affiliate. Rugg, who spent more than 28 years at Bechtel, most recently as operations manager for defense and space, will officially become Atkins president on Feb. 27, according to the […]
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Contracts & Procurement
AECL plans March site tour for prospective bidders for Canadian lab contract
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited expects to kick off a competitive bidding process this spring and host interested suitors next month for a new long-term management contract for Canadian Nuclear Laboratories. Since September 2015, the Canadian labs have been run by Canadian National Energy Alliance, a team made up of SNC-Lavalin, Jacobs and Fluor, said […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Pro2Serve appoints new board member, re-ups another
Pro2Serve, a national security engineering and information contractor active at Department of Energy nuclear sites, has added Lloyd Caldwell, a retired military programs director for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to the Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based company’s board of directors. As the top civilian leader for the Army Corps’ defense and interagency programs, Caldwell was […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Fluor earnings rise during quarter, year, although Mission Solutions down
Earnings improved at Fluor, Irving, Texas, in the fourth quarter, which the engineering and construction contractor for the Department of Energy attributed Tuesday to improved efficiency and certain financial adjustments. Net earnings for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 were $9 million, or a loss of $0.01 a share, up from a net loss of […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: West Valley RFI issued; Amentum security biz boss departs; DOE plans small biz meetups; winter lingers at LANL; $100K planned for minority students
The Department of Energy Thursday issued an updated request for information on Phase 1B of cleanup of the West Valley Demonstration Project, located 35 miles south of Buffalo, N.Y., basically replacing an earlier notice issued in October 2018. The DOE Office of Environmental Management is doing acquisition planning for the potential contract award for completion […]
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Contracts & Procurement
New Livermore ‘model contract’ could help shape coming competition for Pantex, NNSA official says
ARLINGTON, VA. — The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will serve as a test-bed for some of the changes the National Nuclear Security Administration plans to make to the big site-management contracts of the future, an agency official said here. At “the Livermore Field Office … we are actually right now executing what’s called a model […]
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Contracts & Procurement
NNSA aims to get solicitation out for Y-12 before presidential election
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — The National Nuclear Security Administration could solicit bids for a new 10-year management contract for its uranium hub in Tennessee by spring of 2024, the head of the agency said here Tuesday. “The notional schedule is Y-12 is one year behind Pantex,” Jill Hruby, administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Leidos enjoys strong quarter; CEO plans for government shutdown, just in case
Earnings rose at Leidos, Reston, Va., in the fourth quarter, which the federal contractor and services provider attributed to its diverse portfolio, although CEO Roger Krone said plans are underway for a government shutdown — just in case. Net earnings for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 30 were $180 million or $1.28 a share, up […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Huntington Ingalls touts fourth quarter; 2022 earnings results
Earnings rose at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Newport News, Va., in the fourth quarter, which the shipbuilder and federal contractor attributed to growth in those core businesses. Net earnings for the quarter ended Dec. 31 were $123 million, or $3.07 a share, up from $ 120 million or $2.99 a share, in the year-ago quarter, according […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Parsons earnings nearly flat in Q4 but rise for 2022
Earnings dipped slightly at Parsons Corp., Centreville, Va., in the fourth quarter but were up for 2022 as a whole, which the government defense and infrastructure contractor attributed during a Wednesday conference call to organic growth. Net earnings for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 were $28 million, or $0.25 a share, down slightly from […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Mercury treatment plant contractor extended into May
The joint venture building the delayed Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee was extended into May and could still be extended much longer, an agency spokesperson said this week. The most recent major contract roundup dated Feb. 9 for DOE’s Office of Environmental Management shows the […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Mercury treatment plant contractor extended into May
The joint venture building the delayed Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee was extended into May and could still be extended much longer, an agency spokesperson said this week. The most recent major contract roundup dated Feb. 9 for DOE’s Office of Environmental Management shows the […]





