The Energy Department intends to keep security contractor Centerra Group on the job at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina into 2021, according to a Tuesday procurement notice.
The current deal with Centerra ends Oct. 7, but now will be extended through Feb. 7, 2021. The Energy Department can also exercise two additional four-month option periods, which could keep the paramilitary security vendor around through Oct. 7, 2021.
In the past year, such options periods have been valued at about $35.8 million per four months.
The Tuesday notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. But interested sources may submit information about their capability to perform the security work by June 11 by emailing DOE Contracting Officer Johnsell Christian at [email protected].
The Energy Department previously issued a special notice extending Centerra’s tenure on April 20, only to cancel it one day afterward without explanation.
Centerra Group has provided security services at the Savannah River Site since October 2009 under a roughly $1 billion award that has been incrementally extended since September 2019. The contractor employs roughly 700 people.
The Energy Department issued a final request for proposals for a new 10-year agreement in March 2019, but has yet to award a contract. The work includes continued protection of government-owned or leased property, special nuclear material, and classified or sensitive information at Savannah River, as well as workers and visitors to the complex.
