Contracts & Procurement

The Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management is looking for a group of qualified vendors to compete for orders for nationwide waste treatment services. In a recently published batch of questions and answers, the Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center, said it is not issuing an indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract for nationwide treatment services for mixed and […]

The paperwork went through this week to officially extend Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies for another year as the management and operations contractor of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s nuclear-weapons components hub. A notice about the modification that picked up the Honeywell subsidiary’s option appeared Monday on the federal government’s online hub for acquisition and procurement documents, […]

While the coronavirus has delayed some Energy Department nuclear remediation by a few months, completion of key projects is imminent, agency officials said during an online conference Wednesday. “The last time I saw most of you in person was probably in Phoenix” during March for the Waste Management Symposia, DOE Senior Adviser for Environmental Management […]

Documents published this week show more than 150 individuals and 60 organizations registered to take part in online briefings on the planned megabuck remediation deal at the Energy Department’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee. The list of firms posted Monday that turned out to kick the tires and learn more about the potentially 10-year, $8.3 […]

Starting Oct. 5, a new Amentum-led team will begin a 60-day transition to take over as prime contractor for the mostly solid-waste cleanup of the Hanford Site’s central plateau, the Department of Energy said Tuesday. Central Plateau Cleanup Co., comprising Amentum, Fluor, and Atkins, won the potentially 10-year, $10 billion contract in December. A competing […]

While the coronavirus has delayed some Energy Department nuclear remediation by a few months, completion of key projects is imminent, agency officials said during an online conference Wednesday. “The last time I saw most of you in person was probably in Phoenix” during March for the Waste Management Symposia, DOE Senior Adviser for Environmental Management […]

The paperwork went through Monday to officially extend Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies for another year as the management and operations contractor of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s nuclear-weapons components hub. A notice about the modification that picked up the Honeywell subsidiary’s option appeared on the federal government’s online hub for acquisition and procurement documents, […]

Starting Oct. 5, a new Amentum-led team will begin a 60-day transition to take over as prime contractor for the mostly solid-waste cleanup of the Hanford Site’s central plateau, the Department of Energy said Tuesday. Central Plateau Cleanup Co., comprised of Amentum, Fluor, and Atkins, won the potentially 10-year, $10 billion contract in December. A […]

Lured by the prize of a megabuck contract, more than 150 individuals and 60 organizations registered to take part in online briefings last week on the planned remediation deal at the Energy Department’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee. The list of firms that turned out to kick the tires and learn more about the potentially […]

Fluor Corp. said Tuesday it has discovered more errors in past financial statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, the Texas-based Energy Department contractor reported in an SEC filing that a major creditor and trustee, Wells Fargo Bank National Association, last month asserted a “notice of default” against Fluor for failing to […]

Companies interested in managing the two main civilian nuclear-weapon production sites under a potential 10-year, $28-billion contract with the National Nuclear Security Administration will be allowed to visit the facilities on Sept. 22 and Sept. 24. The agency announced in June that it would not pick up further options on incumbent Consolidated Nuclear Security’s contract […]

As expected, the Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to build the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent, the next generation of nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles, under a nine-year contract worth $13.3 billion. The Air Force announced the new contract late Monday. Northrop’s stock got a boost Wednesday after the news, but the per-share price has since slid […]

The Energy Department on Tuesday issued a request for information (RFI)/sources-sought notice for companies interested in the next decontamination and decommissioning contract at the Portsmouth Site in Piketon, Ohio. The current remediation work is being done by Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth under a $3.8 billion award that started in March 2011 and is currently slated to run […]

Fluor Corp. said Tuesday it has discovered more errors in past financial statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, the Texas-based Energy Department contractor reported in an SEC filing that a major creditor and trustee, Wells Fargo Bank National Association, last month asserted a “notice of default” against Fluor for failing to […]

Companies interested in managing the two main civilian nuclear-weapon production sites under a potential 10-year, $28-billion contract with the National Nuclear Security Administration will be allowed to visit the facilities on Sept. 22 and Sept. 24. The agency announced in June that it would not pick up further options on incumbent Consolidated Nuclear Security’s contract […]

Fluor Corp. said Tuesday it has discovered more errors in past financial statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, the Texas-based Energy Department contractor reported in an SEC filing that a major creditor and trustee, Wells Fargo Bank National Association, last month asserted a “notice of default” against Fluor for failing to […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) should stop managing the Y-12 National Security Campus and the Pantex Plant under a single contract, a Washington, D.C.-based group representing localities that host Department of Energy nuclear-weapon sites said Tuesday. “[D]oes one contract between two very different sites still make sense?” Seth Kirshenberg, executive director of the Energy […]

The Energy Department on Tuesday issued a request for information (RFI)/sources-sought notice for companies interested in the next decontamination and decommissioning contract at the Portsmouth Site in Piketon, Ohio. The current remediation work is being done by Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth under a $3.8 billion award that started in March 2011 and is currently slated to run […]

The Energy Department on Monday issued its final request for proposals (RFP) for nationwide low-level and mixed low-level waste treatment services. The agency could award more than one basic ordering agreement (BOAs) for the work, according to the document. The agreements will have a five-year ordering period, and task orders must be completed within six […]

The Energy Department on Monday issued its final request for proposals (RFP) for nationwide low-level and mixed low-level waste treatment services. The agency could award more than one basic ordering agreement (BOAs) for the work, according to the document. The agreements will have a five-year ordering period, and task orders must be completed within six […]

The draft solicitation for continuing environmental cleanup of the uranium mill tailings in Utah should be issued by early October, the Energy Department Office of Environmental Management said Aug. 24. The draft request for proposals for the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) project should hit the streets within 45 days, which translates to […]

Although the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) plans to replace Consolidated Nuclear Security as the manager of the Y-12 National Security Site in Tennessee and the Pantex Plant in Texas, the incumbent will stay on at Y-12 to continue building the new factory for nuclear-weapon secondary stages. “The Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) project will continue […]

The Energy Department Office of Environmental Management is beginning market research for a new cleanup contract for its portion of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California. The nuclear environmental office on Aug. 20 issued its request for information/sources sought notice for remediation of the Energy Technology Engineering Center. The current ETEC contract, held by […]

The Energy Department said Thursday it is extending the CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Co. contract at the Hanford Site in Washington state for up to six months through March 2021. The $7.16-billion contract held by the Jacobs subsidiary would otherwise expire on Sept. 30, and the DOE Office of Environmental Management is not ready to […]

Comments are due Sept. 17 on the draft request for proposals (RFP) for a new remediation contract potentially worth $8.3 billion at the Energy Department’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee. The DOE Office of Environmental Management on Aug. 18 issued the draft RFP for an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with a 10-year ordering period. The agency […]

International Isotopes recorded nearly $230,000 in net income for the second quarter of 2020, even as it wrestled with the continued ramifications of a May 2019 cesium-137 release in Seattle. Revenue for the three-month period ended June 30 came in at nearly $2.16 million for the Idaho Falls, Idaho, nuclear medicine company. That was up […]

The Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management plans to hold virtual meetings next month on the draft solicitation for the new cleanup contract at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee. In a notice Monday, the agency said it has scheduled a pre-solicitation conference and individual sessions with potential vendors for Sept. 8 to 10, along […]

The Energy Department Office of Environmental Management is beginning market research for a new cleanup contract for its portion of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California. The nuclear environmental office on Thursday issued its request for information/sources sought notice for remediation of the Energy Technology Engineering Center. The current ETEC contract, held by North […]

Fluor has sold its construction equipment rental business in the Caribbean for $22 million. The assets of AMECO Caribbean are now almost fully owned by to Stewart’s Automotive Group, Fluor said in an Aug. 17 press release. The remaining assets of the AMECO equipment rental in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle […]

Comments are due Sept. 17 on the draft request for proposals (RFP) for a new remediation contract potentially worth $8.3 billion for the Energy Department’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee. The DOE Office of Environmental Management on Tuesday issued the draft RFP for an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with a 10-year ordering period. The Energy Department […]