The Department of Energy has given the green light to a group led by Virginia-based BWX Technologies to begin a 90-day transition to take over liquid waste management and other work included under the Integrated Mission Completion Contract at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, an agency spokesperson said Monday morning.
The notice was issued “and transition officially starts today,” on the potential $21-billion contract awarded in late October, the DOE spokesperson said via email. Savannah River Mission Completion (SRMC), made up of BWXT, Fluor and Amentum, along with teaming subcontractors WesWorks and DBD, are starting the process of taking over waste operations.
The new BWXT-led team would take over around Feb. 27, which is 90 days from Monday, Nov. 29.
The DOE awarded the contract to Savannah River Mission Completion over three other bidders on Oct. 27. The contract award came about 13 months after the agency issued its final request for proposals to succeed Amentum-led Savannah River Remediation. Other members of the incumbent team are Bechtel, Jacobs and BWXT.
The Integrated Mission contract includes liquid waste stabilization and disposal, operation of tank farms as well as the Defense Waste Processing Facility that turns high-level radioactive waste into a more stable glass. The new team will also take over operation of the Salt Waste Processing Facility from Parsons, which built the facility.
The Government Accountability Office has received no bid protests of the contract award and the window for such a challenge is now apparently closed given more than 10 days have passed since bidders were briefed on DOE’s reason for its award.
