A bid protest filed in July after Navarro Research & Engineering won the $76-million Carlsbad Technical Assistance Contract from the Department of Energy has been dismissed.
According to a notice filed Friday on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) website, the challenge lodged July 26 by Pecos Technical Solutions has been dismissed.
At DOE’s direction, Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based Navarro started its transition on July 30 and was scheduled to take over from incumbent North Wind Portage on Wednesday. The timing was confirmed Monday by a DOE spokesperson. North Wind holds a $57-million technical assistance contract that began in November 2015 at the DOE Carlsbad office that oversees the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, N.M.
Sources have told Weapons Complex Morning Briefing that Pecos, which filed the now-dismissed protest, is a joint venture led by Oak Ridge, Tenn.,-based Spectra Tech. Navarro won the five-year contract over five other bidders.
The contractor must provide the field office with technical assistance in areas including safety, quality assurance, nuclear engineering and project management, according to DOE.
