The Fluor-led team that won a $1.4 billion contract for legacy-waste cleanup at the Department of Energy’s Idaho Site near Idaho Falls, Idaho, will hold on to the work, now that the deadline for the mystery bidder to protest DOE’s award has passed.
DOE on Feb. 4 announced Fluor Idaho had won the so-called Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract: a deal that, including options, would last five years and phase in on June 1.
There was one other bidder for the work, which DOE did not identify in the press release announcing Fluor’s win. Under federal law, the unidentified bidder had 10 days from the time of the award to protest the department’s decision with the Government Accountability Office (GAO); as of Feb. 17, no notice about the ICP Core work had appeared on GAO’s online bid protest docket.
Industry officials last year speculated Fluor’s competitor for ICP Core, which combines cleanup work now managed under two separate contracts, was AECOM.
Asked to confirm the rumor, and whether the company planned to protest DOE’s award decision, an AECOM spokesperson said Wednesday the company “does not comment on business development opportunities.”
