ATL Protests Hanford 222-S Lab Contract

Advanced Technologies and Laboratories has filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office after not winning a contract to continue performing work at Hanford’s 222-S Laboratory. The contract, valued at $44.6 million, was awarded in late May to Wastren Advantage. It includes a two-year base period with options for three additional one-year periods. ATL has held the contract since 2005 when DOE decided to split the work out of the Hanford tank farm contract to create a small-business opportunity. It was one of four bidders for the new contract, which is a hybrid that includes a fixed price with an award fee, labor-hour, and cost reimbursement contract line items. This is the first time that the contract included a fixed-price component.

The 222-S Laboratory accepts samples of some of Hanford’s most radioactive and hazardous chemical waste to determine the content of substances down to parts per trillion. Most of the analyses performed are of high level radioactive waste from Hanford’s underground waste tanks. Information is used to determine what wastes can be combined in tanks and to help plan how workers can best be protected while working at specific tanks. The contract includes receiving, handling, analyzing and storing lab samples, performing special tests and reporting results of inorganic, organic and radiochemical analysis to DOE and site contractors. Washington River Protection Solutions will continue to serve as the landlord for the 70,000- square- foot laboratory and its support buildings.