Centerra has won 96 percent of its potential fee award from the Department of Energy for providing a security force to protect the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.
In particular, DOE in a new award-fee scorecard praised Centerra-Savannah River Site for establishing and testing an “active shooter response plan.” Centerra was also cited for ensuring that adequate security was kept up when unionized security guards went on strike in August after being unable to reach a new labor contract.
Centerra successfully carried out an exercise on July 12 that tested the SRS ability to cope with an “Active Shooter Mass Casualty event,” according to DOE. The exercise was carried out in cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other agencies.
In addition, Centerra had backup security forces in place when the United Professional Pro-Force of Savannah River Local 125 went on strike in August, DOE said in the document. The strike subsequently ended in October when a new contract was agreed upon.
Centerra was awarded 96 percent of its potential fee for the period between October 2016 and March 2017. It then was awarded 96.5 percent of the possible fee for the period spanning between April 2017 and September 2017, DOE said.
For the first half of the fiscal year, Centerra was awarded more than $2.93 million of a potential $3.06 million in award fees. For the second half of fiscal 2017, Centerra took home $2.95 million of a potential $3.06 million.
Centerra-SRS provides security support for the 310-square-mile site near Aiken, S.C. Those services include access control, property protection, law enforcement, criminal investigations, and traffic control. The company’s 10-year, $1 billion contract expires on Oct. 7, 2019.
