The Navy on June 9 awarded APTIM Federal Services LLC a $129 million contract for the dismantlement and disposal of the Surface Ship Support Barge (SSSB).
The SSSB is a “radiologically controlled” dockside refueling facility built from a converted Navy tanker used to disassemble spent nuclear fuel for shipment within a water pool. The Navy has been interested in dismantling the facility for years as it is now obsolete.
The contract covers engineering planning efforts, dismantlement, transport and disposal of the SSSB. Work will mostly occur in Mobile, Ala. (65%), and is expected to be finished by June 2023.
The Navy said the contract was competitively procured but with just one offer received.
APTIM Federal Services in 2018 completed decommssioning the MH-1A nuclear reactor on the STURGIS barge, under contract to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The company is providing engineering for utility segregation for the SM-1A reactor at the Army’s Fort Greely in Alaska.
