The Department of Energy nuclear cleanup office has until Thursday to meet its own previously-announced target of issuing a final request for proposals this month for the multibillion-dollar Savannah River Site Management and Operating Contract in South Carolina.
Also, Jacobs-led Idaho Environmental Coalition will begin its 90-day transition Friday, Oct. 1, to head what is now called the Idaho Cleanup Project End State Contract.
The 10-year, $6.4-billion cleanup contract was awarded to the Jacobs-led team in May. The incumbent remediation contractor at Idaho National Laboratory is Fluor Idaho. In addition to Jacobs, other members of the Idaho Environmental Coalition Team are North Wind Portage and teaming subcontractors Navarro Research and Engineering, Oak Ridge Technologies and Spectra Tech.
At Savannah River, meanwhile, the DOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) in April rolled out its draft request for proposals (RFP) for the site operations contract, potentially spanning a decade and paying out $21.5-billion.
The Fluor-led incumbent, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, has been on the job since August 2008 and is scheduled to stay in charge of the federal complex along the South Carolina border with Georgia through September 2022 under an agreement now valued at $15.8 billion.The original 10-year contract was worth $9.8-billion and the joint venture has been awarded various extensions since it expire in 2018.The September 2022 date marks the end of a three-year extension package agreed to with DOE in July 2019.
Also, between now and Nov. 11, EM is expected to award a separate new contract for management of liquid waste at the Savannah River Site. DOE still has an option to keep incumbent cleanup contractor Savannah River Remediation on the job through September 2022.
The 310-square mile site is home to about 35 million gallons of liquid waste stored in 43 underground tanks.
Savannah River Remediation, a joint venture of Amentum, Bechtel, Jacobs and BWXT, has held the liquid waste business since July 2009 and will continue at the site through January under the existing agreement, now valued at $7.5-billion.
