HPM Corp., the occupational medical services provider at the Hanford Site in Washington state, earned 91.7 percent of its possible award fee for fiscal 2016, the Department of Energy told the company last week.
HPMC earned $302,610 of the available $330,000, according to DOE. The evaluation represented a small improvement over the previous fiscal year in which the company received almost 90 percent of its possible fee, or $287,680 out of $320,000.
HPMC received an “excellent” rating in the category of Worker Health and Well-Being for fiscal 2016. Its rating was “very good” for the remaining categories, “Customer Satisfaction” and “Operational Effectiveness.” “The contractor exceeded the majority of performance goals and objectives for the performance period,” DOE said in its summary of the evaluation.
DOE found no significant deficiencies, but said HPMC needed to reassess communication protocols to ensure workers fully understand medical evaluation operations. Business and contract management also could use improvement, according to the summary. DOE praised its firm for working with Hanford cleanup contractors to minimize employees’ time away from work. HPMC also offered health personnel and resources beyond the normal business hours identified in the contract.
HPMC’s contract featured an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract line item, under which the first task order was issued in fiscal 2016. HPMC responded quickly to the task order to provide additional support for activities at Hanford’s waste storage tank farm. Although DOE did not specify the activities, HPMC evaluated several dozen workers for possible exposure to tank farm vapors in fiscal 2016.
HPMC in 2012 secured the occupational medical service contract with an estimated value of $99 million for work through September 2018. DOE released a request for information from companies interested in the next occupational medical services contract a year ago, but has yet to release a draft request for proposals.
