Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos said Wednesday it has received notice from the Department of Energy to start the transition into its $1.39 billion contract for cleanup services at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.
The Stoller Newport News Nuclear-BWX Technologies team, which was named as the contract winner in December over two other bidding teams, started its 90-day transition period Wednesday. The three-month changeover will lead into a base contract period of five years and subsequent options of three years and two years, according to a press release from Stoller parent Huntington Ingalls.
The SN3-BWXT team also announced Tech2 Solutions and Longenecker & Associates would be key subcontractors on the project. Tech2 Solutions, a joint venture between Tetra Tech and Sealaska Technical Services, will handle water program management. Longenecker will support quality assurance and contractor assurance.
“We are excited to begin working with the Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office,” Stoller Newport News Nuclear President Nick Lombardo said in the release. “This is important work, and we are bringing an experienced and motivated team to deliver the performance that our DOE client expects.”
The contract includes protecting a key regional aquifer and remediation of contaminated legacy waste sites in and around LANL, as well as decontamination, decommissioning, and demolition of structures.
BWXT is a partner in exiting environmental remediation and management contractor Los Alamos National Security, which is also the management and operations prime at the nuclear weapons lab. The other LANS members are Bechtel National, BWXT, AECOM, and the University of California.
