The Savannah River Site’s security contractor earned $5.66 million out of a possible $5.92 million, or 95.5 percent, of its performance award fee for fiscal 2016. The Department of Energy highlighted Centerra-Savannah River Site’s efforts in keeping employees safe and cutting costs in the 12-month period ending Sept. 30.
Contractors earn award fees each year by completing a task on time, or for implicit performance in areas of cost, schedule/timeliness, quality and business relations, according to DOE. In its latest scorecard, Centerra-SRS was judged in four areas: protective force operations and training; protective force management and support; environment, safety, health, and quality assurance; and cost control.
The company received praise for operating at a “high level of effectiveness and competency,” including conducting 47,627 random vehicle inspections and discovering 102 prohibited and controlled articles (PACA). The contractor also completed 274 incident reports of site entry/exit violations at the SRS perimeter points and issued 644 traffic citations.
DOE lauded Centerra for briefing employees on safety procedures prior to conducting work and keeping employees out of harm’s way while executing operations. For example, Centerra-SRS employees have worked more 2.1 million hours without a lost-time injury, dating to April 13, 2015. In fiscal 2016, the contractor incurred four recordable injuries, which breaks down to a total recordable case rate of 1.08. The rate is significantly lower than the Department of Energy average of 2.3.
Finally, Centerra was credited for completing the fiscal 2016 performance at $1.6 million under budget. Examples of cost-cutting measures include filling shift vacancies with on-duty personnel, which reduced the need to cover those vacancies with overtime. Reducing overtime resulted in $30,000 in cost savings.
The department noted minor deficiencies, such as performance failures by individual workers who did not follow company procedures. No further details on the deficiencies were provided, but DOE did state that management assessed each one and “administered discipline as warranted.”
