An entity called Hanford Integrated Infrastructure Services Contractor filed a bid protest Monday with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) seeking to the Department of Energy’s award last month of a $4 billion contract for support services at the Hanford Site in Washington state.
The Energy Department on Dec. 5 issued the potential 10-year contract to Hanford Mission Integration Solutions, a team comprised of Leidos, Centerra, and Parsons. Leidos and Centerra comprise the incumbent vendor, Mission Support Alliance.
Two industry sources said Tuesday they understand shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries is the leader of the Hanford Integrated Infrastructure Services Contractor team, but did not know what other companies might be part of the venture. “Sorry. We are not disclosing our teaming partners,” HII spokeswoman Beci Brenton said in an email.
The notice on the GAO website does not offer any detail on the justification for the bid protest. It does say the congressional auditor should rule on the protest by April 22.
In announcing the contract award, DOE said three teams submitted proposals for Hanford site-wide services, which covers a broad range of operations including maintaining roads and buildings, site security, recordkeeping, and operation of the Hazardous Material Management and Emergency Response (HAMMER) Federal Training Center.
In addition to Huntington Ingalls, industry chatter has suggested the other bidding team was led by PAE, of Falls Church, Va., a Department of Defense contractor.
The DOE Office of Environmental Management held debriefings last week with the bidding teams – winners and losers – outlining the reasoning for its contract decision. The new contract would start after a 120-day transition period.
As for the winner of the business, “members of the HMIS team continue to prepare for transition of services, and look forward to helping the DOE accelerate the Hanford cleanup mission and produce cumulative cost savings,” Leidos spokeswoman Suzzanna Martinez said in a Tuesday email.
