A Virginia-based, woman-owned company started its 60-day transition Thursday to become the new provider of occupational medical services at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state, DOE said.
DOE’s Richland Operations Office said Wednesday it is giving Inomedic Health Applications (IHA) a notice to proceed with the transition, which should be completed on Jan. 1, 2024.
The firm-fixed-price hybrid contract award, worth up to $208 million, was announced by DOE in October. The new provider will take the reins from the current contract holder, Washington state-based HPM Corporation.
The onsite health provider contract has a base period of three years, and a pair of two-year options for a total of seven years. Inomedic Health was chosen from three bidders. HPM’s existing agreement, which started in December 2013 and runs through Dec. 31, is valued at $152 million.
“IHA will have the sole responsibility to provide Occ-Med services to the Hanford Site, and to align with the start of 24/7 direct-feed low-activity waste operations at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant to treat low-activity tank waste,” DOE said in an emailed statement Wednesday.
“The award of this contract demonstrates another visible step toward the start of tank waste treatment at Hanford,” said Hanford Site Manager Brian Vance said in a DOE press release, posted on the company’s website. “Having consistent round-the-clock occupational medical services available will support sustained operations.”
Other IHA clients include the Navy, the Space Force, NASA and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, according to the company’s website.
