LATA Environmental Services of Kentucky, LLC, the cleanup contractor for the Paducah site, earned approximately 90 percent of its available fee for Fiscal Year 2013, according to information Weapons Complex Monitor obtained yesterday. In total, LATA Kentucky earned approximately $3.02 million out of an available $3.37 million. The contractor’s fee included $1.80 million for completing 89 percent of a set of Performance Based Incentives, according to a Feb. 6 award fee determination letter from Bill Murphie, head of the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office. LATA Kentucky also received approximately $1.22 million out of an available $1.35 million in fee tied to subjective categories of performance, for which the contractor also received an overall rating of “very good,” according to the letter.
In his letter, Murphie noted that LATA Kentucky had performed several projects “ahead of schedule and within the cost allocated to the projects.” He wrote, “LATA Kentucky provided excellent project management cost control for many of the projects (e.g. SWMU, C-340 Demolition and Southwest Plume). However, LATA Kentucky has opportunities for improvement in project management, including cost control, project estimating and ensuring efficient utilization of Government Furnished Services and Information.” Murphie also wrote that LATA Kentucky’s contract “continues to be in an overrun condition,” adding, “LATA Kentucky is encouraged to implement sound cost savings measures to limit the effects of the overrun.”
