The Energy Department expects to issue a final request for proposals this month for the Idaho Cleanup Contract, according to a procurement update made public last week.
The potential 15-year, $6.4 billion agreement will replace Fluor Idaho’s nearly $2 billion, five-year deal that runs through May 2021. It would also replace Spectra Tech’s roughly five-year, $45 million spent fuel contract that runs through March 2021.
The Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management last week rolled out its most detailed schedule for contract procurements in a year. Also in the rundown:
- July: The request for proposals for the Carlsbad Technical Assistance, potential contract value not published yet. The award would replace the $45.5 million North Wind Group contract set to expire Dec. 4.
- July: The Nationwide Waste Treatment Services RFP which involves a a basic ordering agreement for treatment services for mixed and low-level waste. Multiple vendors are providing such treatment services, including Energy Solutions and Waste Control Specialists.
- September: The Savannah River Site Integrated Mission RFP would replace the liquid waste management contract held by Amentum-led Savannah River Remediation. The incumbent’s $6 billion business, dating to July 2009, is set to expire Sept. 30. However, DOE plans to extend SRR’s award for at least one more year, possibly two.
- October: The Portsmouth Infrastructure Services RFP would succeed the North Wind-led Portsmouth Infrastructure Alliance’s five-year $117 million contract that runs through February 2021.
- November: The Oak Ridge Reservation Cleanup RFP would replace the Amentum-led URS/CH2M Hill Oak Ridge (UCOR) contract, worth $3.3 billion, which runs through July.
The plan is drafted with the expectation that social distancing, virtual meetings, and other measures to accommodate the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to remain in place for the immediate future, DOE said. The cleanup office also plans to update the list every quarter and advises that all target dates are subject to change.
The schedule also marks something of a reversal after Norbert Doyle, EM’s deputy assistant secretary for acquisition and project management, said during March’s Waste Management Symposia in Phoenix the office had a difficult time keeping the data up to date. Doyle acknowledged the schedule could be brought back in some form given that industry seems to want it. The latest schedule focuses only on when the final RFP could be issued, while the former document included timelines for draft RFPs, potential contract values, and when a contract award should be expected.
Questions about the scheduled can be emailed to Tamara Miles, procurement director for the Environmental Management Consolidated Management Center, at [email protected].
