Jeremy L. Dillon
RW Monitor
12/5/2014
Natural Resources Canada last week extended the deadline for submittals to the Request for Response Evaluation on the government’s procurement to manage Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s nuclear laboratories. The extension adds an additional month to the RFRE end-date, with the final response intake date now at Jan. 5, 2015, with a Jan. 30, 2015 closing date for the RFRE. Previously, the RFRE’s closing date was Dec. 22.
According to Natural Resources Canada, the additional time was needed to allow the Government to continue to engage with industry on the procurement. “An additional response date for January 5, 2015, was recently added as part of the RFRE process,” Natural Resources Canada spokesperson Annie Joannette said. “The RFRE remains active into early 2015 to allow the Government to continue its detailed consultations with qualified respondents. The RFP is now expected to be provided to qualified respondents in Winter 2015.”
The Canadian government’s procurement for a contract to manage Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s nuclear laboratories, including the Chalk River Laboratories, the Whiteshell Laboratories, the three prototype reactor sites and the Laprade heavy water storage site under a Government-owned Contractor-operated (GoCo) model, is still in the Request for Response Evaluation phase. Four teams have been announced to have qualified for the RFP stage of the procurement. The teams include: Canadian Nuclear Revitalization Partners, made up of Bechtel , Hatch Ltd. Golder Associates; Innovation Canada Alliance, made up of B&W, Battelle, and the U.K. firm Cavendish Nuclear; Canadian Nuclear Energy Alliance, made up of EnergySolutions, CH2M Hill, Lockheed Martin and SNC Lavalin; and Northern Nuclear Laboratories Alliance, which is made up of URS and Ontario Power Generation.
