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The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) confirmed recently the cleanup road map for the entire Santa Susana Field Laboratory site, due this year, will not be published until 2019. State spokesman Sanford Nax confirmed by email the DTSC now expects to issue the program management plan (PMP) for the 2,800-acre site in early […]

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) confirmed Friday the cleanup road map for the entire Santa Susana Field Laboratory site, due this year, will now not be published until 2019. State spokesman Sanford Nax confirmed by email the DTSC now expects to issue the program management plan (PMP) for the 2,800-acre site in early […]

Although RSI EnTech did not win a recently announced successor contract for technical support services at the Energy Department’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio, company President Paul Clay thinks the 97 percent rating on a new performance scorecard demonstrates the firm’s caliber of work. RSI EnTech’s current $51 million, five-year contract at Portsmouth expires at the […]

The Department of Energy on Thursday released its request for proposals for an occupational medical services provider for the Hanford Site in Washington state. The new contract is expected to feature three types of scope: firm-fixed price, cost reimbursement, and indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity. The estimated value of the contract was increased from $120 million when […]

Washington, D.C.-based BluePath Labs has won a five-year contract to provide administrative and business support services for the Energy Department Office of Environmental Management. In a Monday press release, DOE’s Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center said the BluePath agreement is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covering firm-fixed-price and time-and-materials task orders. The deal has a maximum value […]

The Energy Department Office of Environmental Management plans closer oversight of the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project after workers at the Utah site knowingly falsified certain records. Contractor North Wind Group has taken disciplinary action against the employees involved, a DOE spokesperson said in a Wednesday email, adding that more business ethics […]

The Energy Department has removed about 57 percent of the tailings from an old uranium concentrate production mill 3 miles northwest of Moab, Utah, according to the latest available figures. At the end of March, the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project had moved about 9.06 million tons of the estimated 16 million […]

Due to potential conflicts of interest, the U.S. Energy Department has determined potential bidders for the $4 billion Hanford Mission Essential Service Contract should not be part of five other key contracts at the Hanford Site in Washington state. The Energy Department issued a draft request for proposals for the 10-year contract in November, with […]

The U.S. Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) says the final request for proposals for construction of the Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility at Oak Ridge, Tenn., could come any time now. The office said in a Feb. 6 procurement notice the final RFP could be issued within 15 to 45 days. One-on-one meetings […]

Incumbent Navarro Research and Engineering was among a large crowd of firms registered with the U.S. Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management for presolicitation meetings last month on the Nevada Environmental Services Program at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). The registration document posted on the Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center website included a four-page […]

Incumbent Navarro Research and Engineering was among a large crowd of firms preregistered with the Energy Department Office of Environmental Management for presolicitation meetings last month on the Nevada Environmental Services Program at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). The registration document posted on the Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center website included a four-page printed […]

While there is no official word from the parties, there have been increasing signs in recent days that French waste management company Veolia has completed its purchase of Ohio-based Wastren Advantage. Wastren CEO Steve Moore confirmed the pending deal last August, but the companies since then have largely avoiding discussing the matter in public. Terms of […]

The Energy Department could in late February issue its final request for proposals for construction of the Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., according to recently released presolicitation documents. The agency expects prospective bidders will have 30 calendar days from the date of the final RFP […]

The Energy Department could issue its final request for proposals in late February for construction of the Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., according to recently released presolicitation documents. The agency expects prospective bidders will have 30 calendar days from the date of the final RFP […]

A delegation of local officials from Grand County, Utah, plans to travel to Washington, D.C., within the next month to promote increased cleanup funding for the Energy Department’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project. The group is expected to meet with members of Utah’s congressional delegation and Energy Department officials in February to […]

Incumbent Wastren Advantage and nearly 20 other companies sent representatives to the August industry day for the next management and services contract for the Hanford Site’s 222-S analytical laboratory, according to the newly posted attendance sheet. Other attendees were familiar names in the Department of Energy complex, including Westinghouse Government Services, Navarro Research and Engineering, […]

Department of Energy contractor North Wind Group is splitting management of its expanded eastern region of operations into northern and southern sectors. North Wind manager Brent Clark will take over as northeast region manager, covering Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, West Virginia, Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, […]