An entity called SRS Critical Infrastructure Security, which appeared to have the business in hand two years ago, filed a bid protest with the Government Accountability Office over the Department of Energy’s award of a new Savannah River Site security contract for incumbent Centerra.
The award was announced earlier in January, and the bid protest was filed Monday with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), according to an entry on the office’s website.The new Centerra award, potentially worth $1 billion over 10 years at the South Carolina site, was announced by DOE on Jan. 11, following Centerra contract protests over the past two years.
About two years ago, DOE awarded the Savannah River Site security contract to SRS Critical Infrastructure Security, a contractor team led by Securitas CIS, based in Herndon, Va. Securitas is part of Paragon. Following contract challenges, the award to the 2021 winner was eventually undone and re-awarded to Centerra.
The GAO website indicates a decision is expected on the bid protest by May 10.
A Tuesday morning call and email seeking comment by Securitas were not immediately returned. Centerra has provided security at the DOE site since early October 2009 under a contract now set to expire this June and currently valued at $1.6 billion thanks to many extensions.
Michael Budney, the top DOE Office of Environmental Management executive at the Savannah River Site, told the Citizens Advisory Board last week he had heard of no bid protest of the Centerra award. Now there is one.
