Chalk River RFRE Extended

Natural Resources Canada has extended the deadline for submittals to the Request for Response Evaluation on the government’s procurement to manage Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s nuclear laboratories, the agency said last week. The deadline of Sept. 9, an extension from the previous Aug. 6 deadline, and the Oct. 29 deadline to add supplemental team members has now been pushed back until Nov. 10. “The deadline for responses to the RFRE was extended to November 10, 2014,” Natural Resources spokesperson Annie Joannette said in an email. “The RFRE will remain active until December 22, 2014 to allow the Government to continue to engage with industry. The RFP is expected to be provided to qualified respondents in late fall 2014.”

 

The Canadian government’s procurement for a contract to manage Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s nuclear laboratories, including the Chalk River Laboratories, the Whiteshell Laboratories, the three prototype reactor sites and the Laprade heavy water storage site under a Government-owned Contractor-operated (GoCo) model, is still in the Request for Response Evaluation phase. Four teams have been announced to have qualified for the RFP stage of the procurement. The teams include: Canadian Nuclear Revitalization Partners, made up of Bechtel , Hatch Ltd. Golder Associates; Innovation Canada Alliance, made up of B&W, Battelle, and the U.K. firm Cavendish Nuclear; Canadian Nuclear Energy Alliance, made up of EnergySolutions, CH2M Hill, Lockheed Martin and SNC Lavalin; and Northern Nuclear Laboratories Alliance, which is made up of URS and Ontario Power Generation.