Lynchburg, Va.-based BWX Technologies is interested in a potential 10-year, $4 billion support services contract at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state, a spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.
BWXT was one of many well-known DOE contractors to send representatives last week to information sessions on DOE’s draft request for proposals on the Hanford Mission Essential Services Contract (HMESEC).
“BWXT representatives attended the information session to learn more about the RFP as we consider a bid for this contract,” BWXT spokesman Jud Simmons said in an email reply to a reporter’s inquiry.
“BWXT is interested in continuing to expand our environmental management services footprint at Department of Energy sites, and we will evaluate how the requirements of this RFP compare to our core competencies and expertise going forward,” Simmons added. The email did not specify if BWXT was looking to participate as a prime or a team member.
During a November earnings call, BWXT President and CEO Rex Geveden said the company expected to be an active player in upcoming DOE solicitations. If it holds up under protest, a BWXT-led team will oversee the recently awarded $4.7 billion contract for liquid waste management at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.
Fluor, which also sent representatives to the Hanford draft RFP sessions, declined to reveal if it intends to pursue the services contract, which covers work including security, land management, and information technology. Company policy is not to comment on contracts that Fluor might or might not compete for, spokesperson Annika Toenniessen said by telephone.
The incumbent contractor is Mission Support Alliance, a partnership of Leidos, Jacobs Engineering, and Centerra Group. The current contract expires on May 25, 2019. Leidos, Centerra, and newly acquired Jacobs subsidiary CH2M all had representatives at the information sessions.
