No Protest on Paducah Award to Fluor, Transition Underway

The transition is underway for the Department of Energy’s award to Fluor of deactivation work at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, as the protest period passed this Monday without a filing from rival bidder AECOM. DOE awarded the Task Order, set to total $420 million over three years, on July 22 to a Fluor-led team that also includes CB&I and LATA. The company plans to complete the implementation period for the contract by October 22. “Fluor is pleased to begin the transition of the Paducah Deactivation Project, and we look forward to safely deactivating the site’s facilities and preparing them for future D&D activities,” Fluor spokesman Eric Krantz said in a written response yesterday.

 

The Fluor-led group also announced its management team yesterday. That includes Con Murphy as Program Manager, Bob Nichols as Director GDP Facilities, Operation and Infrastructure, Mark Duff as Director, Environmental Management , Gwen Nalls as Director, Business Services, Paul Kreitz as Director Integration and Optimization and Jan Preston as Director, Environmental, Safety, Security, Health, and Quality.

 

AECOM was the only other bidder among the 11 eligible holders of the unrestricted nationwide indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity cleanup contracts. USEC, the Paducah plant’s current leaseholder, decided last year to cease enrichment activities at the plant. DOE and USEC have reached an agreement for the plant to be returned to the Department by Oct. 1. The new contract is intended to aid DOE in the transition and to help prepare the plant for eventual decommissioning.