Abby L. Harvey
GHG Monitor
5/1/2015
Flour is challenging Lockheed Martin’s recent win of the National Energy Technology Laboratory’s new Research and Development—Implementation and Support (RADIS) Services contract. Fluor Energy Technology Services, LLC, which is believed to include incumbent AECOM, filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office this week. The Fluor team was one of two unsuccessful bidders for the new contract, worth approximately $169 million over 10 years, along with Battelle. Representatives from Fluor and Lockheed Martin declined to comment on the protest this week. NETL also declined to comment this week on the protest or the status of the transition to Lockheed Martin. The GAO currently expects to make a decision on the protest by early August.
The RADIS contract is intended to “actively perform and provide support for fundamental and applied research efforts” and perform “interdisciplinary, collaborative R&D with federal in-house technical staff” at NETL, which is the sole DOE laboratory not managed by a government contractor. The contract is a cost-plus award-fee contract with a five-year base period and up to five years in additional award terms. The potential for option years will be assessed every six months, with the contractor eligible to earn an additional six months of award term for an “excellent” rating and an additional three months of award term for a “very good” rating.
