Fluor-led Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) took home $25.6 million or 95% of its nearly $27 million in available fee for management and operation of the Energy Department’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina between Aug. 1, 2018 and July 31, 2019.
The just-released fee determination scorecard from the DOE Office of Environmental Management shows that SRNS collected more than $6.7 million out of a potential $7.8 million (86%) for the subjective categories of work at Savannah River. The vendor also earned more than $18.8 million (99%) out of a potential $19 million for its objective performance-based incentives.
On a side note, SRNS received $719,142 out of a potential $898,928 for running the Savannah River National Laboratory. The Energy Department recently started doing market research on a potential stand-alone contract for the lab.
It was another strong performance review for Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, which last time around earned 92% or more than $22.5 million of an available $24.4 million for the period from Oct. 1 2017, through July 31, 2018.
During the latest performance period, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions implemented peer reviews that identified “correctable flaws” in its drug and alcohol testing program that otherwise would not have been discovered in a timely manner. The three-page document did not say describe these flaws.
Another strength was the SRNS small business contracting, which amounted to nearly 76%, easily exceeding its goal of 52%.
An area for improvement identified in the scorecard is the SRNS’s failure to ensure subcontractors complied with a new technical amendment on worker health and safety documentation.
The vendor team which, in addition to Fluor, is comprised of Newport News Nuclear, and Honeywell International, has operated the Savannah River Site under a contract since August 2008 under a contract worth $14.8 billion. Under a one-year extension exercised in August 2019, SRNS is expected to stay on the job through September. The current arrangement with DOE also includes additional options that keep the vendor around through September 2022.