Oak Ridge cleanup contractor UCOR is scheduled to hold a meeting today with the 10 companies it plans to award staff augmentation subcontracts. Today’s kickoff meeting will likely cover the contractor’s expectations on issues including pay and benefits for employees hired under the subcontracts, a topic that raised numerous questions in the subcontracting community when UCOR first posted its request for proposals. The small business subcontracts have a five year period of performance with a total not to exceed $45 million, and cover four areas: administrative and professional, technical, engineering and support, and waste management and transportation. While no awards have officially been made, the following companies have reportedly been notified by UCOR of its intent to award a subcontract:
- Navarro Research and Engineering (Administrative and Professional, Technical, Engineering and Support)
- Technical and Field Engineering (Waste Management, Engineering Support)
- Value Added Solutions (Administrative and Professional, Engineering and Support)
- S.A. Mays, with Permafix and DR&C, inc. (Waste Management)
- DeNuke (Waste Management)
- Edgewater
- Strategic Resource Alliance
- Turnkey Transportation Services
- TOPS
- Spectra Tech
NEW: Via public records request, I’ve been able to confirm reporting today that a warrant has been issued for DOE deputy asst. secretary of spent fuel and waste disposition Sam Brinton for another luggage theft, this time at Las Vegas’s Harry Reid airport. (cc: @EMPublications)
DOE spent fuel lead Brinton accused of second luggage theft.
by @BenjaminSWeiss, confirming today's reports with warrant from Las Vegas Metro PD.
Waste has been Emplaced! 🚮
We have finally begun emplacing defense-related transuranic (TRU) waste in Panel 8 of #WIPP.
Read more about the waste emplacement here: https://wipp.energy.gov/wipp_news_20221123-2.asp
Editorial: Sam Brinton’s credibility is now an issue 🔓