Vol. 5, No. 63 WRPS Pockets 95% of Potential Fee in FY20; Hanford Contractors Praised for COVID Work
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Cleanup & Remediation
Cleanup Complex at DOE Has More than 430 Ongoing Cases of COVID-19
The nuclear cleanup properties overseen by the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management had 431 active cases of COVID-19 as of the close of business Wednesday. The figure, shared in a Thursday email by an Environmental Management (EM) spokesperson, is a jump from the 366 active cases reported by the office one week before […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Contractor CARES 3610 Claims Can Continue Through March, Under New COVID Bailout
Like other federal agencies, the Department of Energy may continue to reimburse contractors for paid leave related to COVID-19 through March 31, under the combination omnibus budget bill and coronavirus relief package signed into law this week. The paid-leave reimbursement became law this summer in section 3610 of the CARES act, an early COVID-19 stimulus […]
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Contracts & Procurement
No GAO Challenges Filed Yet on Paducah Infrastructure Contract
As of early Dec. 30, no companies have filed challenges with the Government Accountability Office to contest the Dec. 10 award of the new $160-million Paducah Infrastructure Support Services Contract to Kentucky-based Swift & Staley. The Department of Energy received four bids for the contract, an agency spokesperson said Dec. 17. The spokesperson did not […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Omnibus Has $30M for Cleanup of Cesium Spill in Downtown Seattle
In the omnibus spending bill signed this week, Congress appropriated $30 million for the National Nuclear Security Administration to continue cleaning up a downtown Seattle building that has been vacant for more than a year after an agency contractor botched the removal of a cesium-137 blood irradiator from the premises and contaminated the facility. Together […]