Hanford Contractor Gets 88% of Award Fee

Washington River Protection Solutions, the Hanford Site tank farm contractor, has received 88 percent of the award fee available for fiscal 2015, or just over $13.7 million out of $15.6 million. The fee is in addition to an award of 100 percent of the $14.4 million available as performance-based incentives for completing or making progress on 14 specific projects, ranging from upgrades to the 222-S Laboratory to work to prepare for retrieval of the waste from double-shell Tank AY-102. The award fee payment, which is based on Department of Energy ratings of special emphasis areas, was judged as “very good” overall. WRPS received ratings of “excellent” for two special emphasis areas, nuclear safety and the management of the single-shell and double-shell tank system, and ratings of “very good” on the other six areas considered. 

 

“WRPS exceeded many of the significant award fee criteria and has met overall cost, schedule and technical performance requirement of the contract in the aggregate,” DOE said in a one-page scorecard. It praised WRPS for its leadership at the Effluent Treatment Facility, implementing chemical vapor protections, and improving integration of Office of River Protection contractors and national laboratories. Key areas for improvement include challenges with work integration, command and control of nuclear operations, and ongoing equipment failures, according to the DOE scorecard.