NNSA: COMBINED OAK RIDGE/PANTEX PRO FORCE AWARD BY SEPTEMBER

The National Nuclear Security Administration has outlined an ambitious procurement schedule for its combined Oak Ridge/Pantex protective forces management contract, saying in documents released this week that it plans to award the contract by September of this year. The agency released a draft Request for Proposals for the contract last month and questions on the draft are due May 23. It said that it expects to release a final RFP in June, accept bids and hold oral presentations in July, and award the contract in September. The agency is running the procurement in parallel with a competition for the combined M&O contract at Pantex and Y-12, which it said it hopes to award by the end of the year.