Vendors have until Thursday to file important paperwork for two significant procurements from the Energy Department Office of Environmental Management.
Barring another extension, bids are due by 4 p.m. ET for the potential five-year, $250 million support services contract at the Paducah Site in Kentucky. Incumbent Swift & Staley’s existing five-year, $192 million landlord contract expires in September.
The small business set-aside covers a broad swath of operations including snow removal, records management, and emergency services. Along with Swift & Staley, other prospective bidders that attended a February industry day included Spectra Tech, Atkins Nuclear, GEM Technologies, and Navarro Research and Engineering.
Proposals should be sent via email to PAD_ISS@emcbc.doe.gov.
Things are far earlier in the procurement process for a new contract to operate depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion facilities at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio and the Paducah Site in Kentucky. The Energy Department kicked off its market research for a new DUF6 contract last month. The agency is seeking capability statements and feedback from prospective vendors.
The incumbent vendor, Mid-America Conversion Services, is a joint venture of Atkins, Westinghouse, and Fluor. The group holds the existing five-year, $459-million contract through January 2022. The contract involves converting DOE’s inventory of DUF6 at the two former gaseous diffusion plants into a more stable uranium oxide form for reuse or disposal.
Details such as the value and the length of the new DUF6 contract will be worked out as the market research goes forward, DOE says. Responses are due by 5 p.m. ET Thursday by emailing DUF62020@emcbc.doe.gov.