DECISION COMING ON COMBINING PORTS, PAD INFRASTRUCTURE

The Department of Energy plans to make a decision within the next 60 days on whether it will combine the infrastructure support services contracts at the Portsmouth and Paducah sites, DOE spokesman Bill Taylor said yesterday. The work is currently being performed under two separate contracts: At Portsmouth Wastren-EnergX Mission Support, LLC, has a contract that expires in July 2015, while Paducah infrastructure firm Swift & Staley, LLC,’s contract period runs out in March 2015. DOE has launched follow-on procurements for both contracts, and said in December that it is considering combining them. “A final decision has not been made concerning the Acquisition Strategy for procuring infrastructure services at both sites. It’s anticipated the final decision will be made within the next 60 days,” Taylor said in a written response.