Contracts & Procurement

Neile Miller, former principal deputy administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), has joined Nevada National Security Site operating contractor Mission Support and Test Services as head of government affairs, the company announced Monday. Miller was No. 2 at the semiautonomous Department of Energy nuclear weapons agency from August 2010 through June 2013, according […]

The Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA) is again telling the U.S. Energy Department to pay a former cleanup contractor at the Idaho National Laboratory more than $33 million in fees. In a ruling issued Aug. 8, a three-judge panel for the CBCA said DOE’s reasoning for failing to pay CH2M-WG Idaho (WGI) the full […]

The U.S. Energy Department’s Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center last week issued a sources sought notice/request for information for potential contractors for nationwide deactivation, decommissioning, and removal (DD&R) operations. Information provided by interested companies would support planning for “potential upcoming procurement(s)” for DD&R, waste management, and program support for DOE’s Offices of Environmental Management and […]

The U.S. Energy Department intends to extend the current contracts for both radioactive-waste tank operations and Central Plateau cleanup at the Hanford Site in Washington state for up to one year while it readies new awards. The current contract extensions for AECOM-led Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) and Jacobs subsidiary CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation are […]

The contractor that manages the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico will have new leadership starting next month. Sean Dunagan will succeed Bruce Covert as president and project manager for AECOM-led Nuclear Waste Partnership (NWP), according to an announcement Tuesday. He will begin with a two-week transition alongside Covert starting […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last week awarded a $95 million contract for environmental remediation in the St. Louis, Mo., area under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP). HydroGeoLogic, headquartered in Reston, Va., overcame one other bidder for the cost-plus-fixed fee deal, according to an Aug. 8 procurement notice from the Pentagon. […]

The U.S. Energy Department is giving contractors an extra month to submit their bids for the next environmental remediation contract at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). The deadline for requests for proposals (RFP) for the Nevada Environmental Program Services contract, originally set for Aug. 21, has been being pushed back to 4 p.m. ET […]

BWX Technologies expects to share in high-dollar contracts at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state, but is tempering its 2019 earnings outlook due to the slower-than-expected pace of awards. The company is lowering its full-year operating income guidance for the Nuclear Services Group, which includes BWXT’s work for the DOE nuclear cleanup office that […]

Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering hopes to win at least one of two Energy Department awards for potential 10-year, multibillion-dollar contracts at the Hanford Site in Washington state, including one where it is the incumbent vendor. Jacobs Chairman and CEO Steve Demetriou said Monday he anticipates DOE will award the Central Plateau Cleanup Contract at Hanford soon, […]

The top brass at AECOM said this week it has received plenty of positive feedback since announcing June 17 that it would spin off the business segment that contracts with the Department of Energy and other federal agencies. “We are moving ahead of schedule” toward separating the Management Services line into its own publicly traded […]

Perma-Fix Environmental Services on Thursday reported a 30.2% spike in its second-quarter revenue, from $13.2 million in 2018 to $17.1 million in 2019. That encompassed a 75.4% sales boost in the Atlanta-based company’s services business, from $4 million last year to $7 million in the latest reporting period, along with a more modest 10.4% revenue […]

Perma-Fix Environmental Services on Thursday reported a 30.2% spike in its second-quarter revenue, from $13.2 million in 2018 to $17.1 million in 2019. That encompassed a 75.4% sales boost in the Atlanta-based waste management specialist’s business, from $4 million last year to $7 million in the latest reporting period, along with a more modest 10.4% […]

It’s clear that Boeing, which designed, built, and serviced every Minuteman missile since the venerable launcher became the backbone of the U.S. nuclear arsenal, does not like any of the options available to it under the Air Force’s current procurement for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD). That’s why the company quit the competition to build the […]

The top brass at AECOM has received plenty of positive feedback since announcing June 17 that it would spin off the business segment that contracts with the Department of Energy and other federal agencies. “We are moving ahead of schedule” toward separating the Management Services line into its own publicly traded company, Chairman and CEO […]

A half-decade after Congress gave the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) special authority to bar certain suppliers from providing components for nuclear weapons, the agency still has exercised that power, the Government Accountability Office said this week. The new report is the third time the congressional watchdog has checked in on the agency’s use, or […]

Perma-Fix Environmental Services on Thursday reported a 30.2% spike in its second-quarter revenue, from $13.2 million in 2018 to $17.1 million in 2019. That encompassed a 75.4% sales boost in the Atlanta-based company’s services business, from $4 million last year to $7 million in the latest reporting period, along with a more modest 10.4% revenue […]

Executives with a couple companies hoping to win at least a share of the mega-dollar Tank Closure Contract at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington suggested this week the award will be delayed a few months. That was a shared message during quarterly earning calls Monday and Tuesday from senior executives at AECOM and […]

The top brass at AECOM has received plenty of positive feedback since announcing June 17 that it would spin off the business segment that contracts with the Department of Energy and other federal agencies. “We are moving ahead of schedule” toward separating the Management Services line into its own publicly traded company, Chairman and CEO […]

After receiving no bids initially, the legacy cleanup contractor for the Energy Department’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico is extending its search by two weeks for a subcontractor to provide background checks on job applicants. Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos (N3B) pushed back the proposal deadline from Monday until 3 p.m. Mountain time […]

BWX Technologies said Monday it posted $471 million in revenue for the second quarter of 2019, 7.4% better than the $439 million recorded for the same period in 2018. Net income for the quarter dropped slightly to $58.9 million, or $0.62 per diluted share, from $60.7 million, or $0.60 per diluted share, a year earlier. […]

AECOM on Tuesday reported $4.98 billion in revenue for its third quarter of fiscal 2019, 3.3% less than the $5.15 billion it took in during the same period a year ago. Revenue at the Los Angeles-based government contractor was affected by lower than expected storm recovery work in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The company’s net […]

Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering hopes to win at least one of two Energy Department awards for potential 10-year, multibillion-dollar contracts at the Hanford Site in Washington state, including one where it is the incumbent vendor. Jacobs Chairman and CEO Steve Demetriou said Monday he anticipates DOE will award the Central Plateau Cleanup Contract at Hanford soon, although […]

Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering Group recorded $3.2 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 28, up $300 million from $2.9 billion during the same period a year ago. Earnings from operations dropped from $113 million, or $0.79 per diluted share a year earlier, to $89 million, $0.65 per diluted share, for the fiscal third quarter, […]

“All options are on the table” at Fluor after the company’s $555 million loss in the second quarter of 2019, CEO Carlos Hernandez said Thursday. The government contractor — one of the main industry subcontractors at the Los Alamos National Lab, the manager of the Naval Nuclear Laboratory and leader of the team running the Savannah […]

Second-quarter earnings fell at Huntington Ingalls Industries, the shipbuilder that also helps manage several National Nuclear Security Administration’s properties, even as sales rose. The Newport News, Va., company booked some losses in its shipbuilding business for the U.S. Navy, mostly on a contract for fleet support services. Lower performance on the Virginia-class attack submarine program, […]

Washington River Protection Solutions, the radioactive waste tank management contractor for the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state, is seeking a subcontractor to fabricate three drop-deck trailers for moving vitrified waste. The solicitation for the firm-fixed-price subcontract was posted July 22 on the federal procurement website www.fbo.gov. Bids are due by 9 a.m. Pacific time […]

The AECOM-led contractor in charge of liquid waste management at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site earned $28.57 million of a potential $30.28 million for its latest fee period. That represents better than 94% of the possible fee, according to the DOE performance scorecard. During the period from June 1, 2018, through March 31 […]

Leidos Chairman and CEO Roger Krone predicted Tuesday the Energy Department could award a new contract for landlord services at the Hanford Site “within a couple of weeks.” There had been speculation it would be out this week, Krone said during the company’s quarterly earnings call, responding to a Wall Street analysts’ question on potential […]

“All options are on the table” at Fluor after the company’s $555 million loss in the second quarter of 2019, CEO Carlos Hernandez said Thursday. The government contractor is becoming more selective about what projects it bids on, and will consider asset sales and staff reductions, Hernandez said during a teleconference call with Wall Street […]

Leidos Chairman and CEO Roger Krone predicted Tuesday the Energy Department could award a new contract for landlord services at the Hanford Site “within a couple of weeks.” There had been speculation it would be out this week, Krone said during the company’s quarterly earnings call, responding to a Wall Street analysts’ question on potential […]