The Department of Energy extended the bid deadline for a new Carlsbad Technical Assistance Contract by one week, to Dec. 23.
The DOE Office of Environmental Management announced the extra time in a package of questions and answers on the business published Friday on a procurement website. Previously, bids were due today.
The DOE acknowledged last week it has issued a six-month extension to North Wind Portage, the current provider of technical assistance to DOE’s Carlsbad Field Office in New Mexico that oversees the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
The incumbent contractor will stay on the job until June 3, 2021. The extension brings the total value of the contract, which began in December 2015, to about $51 million.
The new Carlsbad technical assistance small business set-aside contract could be worth up to $100 million, DOE has said.
