In apparent response to concern from potential bidders, the Department of Energy is dropping plans to include a cost cap in the new Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract. The draft Request for Proposals for the new contract had included a provision that would have made contractors responsible for all costs going forward once the target cost for the new contract had been exceeded by $150 million. In a notice issued Dec. 5, though, DOE said that language stating, “if the Contract Performance Ceiling is exceeded by $150M in allowable costs, then the Contractor shall pay all costs of continued work for cost overruns using a share ratio of 0%/100% (Government/Contractor),” will be removed from the RFP. DOE also said that it plans to issue updated and additional sections of the draft RFP for the new Idaho contract this week.
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