Mid-America Conversion Services, the contractor in charge of operating depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion facilities at the Energy Department’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio and Paducah Site in Kentucky, won roughly 69% of its potential fee for fiscal 2019.
That represents $2.42 million of a potential $3.5 million for the federal budget year that ended Sept. 30, 2019.
The joint venture comprised of Atkins, Westinghouse and Fluor, secured $771,000 of almost $1.5 million in subjective fee, according to the scorecard. It also earned $1.65 million of a potential $2 million available in the period for its performance-based incentives.
The facilities at DOE’s two former gaseous diffusion plants convert DUF6 into to a more stable uranium oxide form for eventual disposal. The DUF6 was generated over decades of uranium enrichment for the defense industry as well as the nuclear power industry.
A year ago, Mid-America earned $2.5 million of a potential $3.76 million in potential fee for its performance during fiscal 2018.
On its objective performance, Mid-America was deemed “excellent” on its use of small businesses, “very good” on regulatory compliance, “good” on management, and “satisfactory” in the areas of quality, schedule, and cost control, according to the document.
Mid-America employees have worked injury-free since March 2, 2019. Prior to January 2019, the vendor recorded more than 3.1 million worker-hours without a loss-time incident.
The vendor has a five-year, $319 million contract that began in February 2017.
