Centerra, which already provides security at multiple Department of Energy sites, recently won a five-year, $195-million award for protective services at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., and nearby offices in Germantown, Md.
Centerra’s parent company, Herndon, Va.,-based Constellis, announced the award in a March 31 press release. Centerra will provide protective forces including K-9 teams at the DOE locations in Greater Washington, D.C.
The business was previously held by Golden Services LLC, a DOE spokesperson said Thursday morning. According to its website, Golden Services has locations in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Alexandria, Va.
“We are honored the Department of Energy has chosen us to augment the protective security at their headquarters,” said Constellis CEO Terry Ryan in the press release. “Constellis companies have supported the needs of the DOE for the past six decades, and we look forward to advancing that vital work,” said Gerard Neville, the Constellis president of North American operations, in the release.
Since October 2009, Centerra has provided Security Services for Safeguard of Special Nuclear Material at DOE’s Savannah River Site under a contract currently worth $1 billion and slated to expire Oct. 7 following a series of extensions. It appeared Centerra was set to lose Savannah River in February 2021 when the DOE Office of Environmental Management awarded a decade-long, $1 billion contract to a team led by Securitas CIS. But after a series of protests to the Government Accountability Office, DOE ended up withdrawing the award.
Centerra is also a partner in Leidos-led Hanford Mission Integration Solutions, which has a $4 billion, 10-year site services contract at the Hanford Site in Washington state. The other partner is Parsons.
