With a Department of Energy solicitation for a new Occupational Services contract expected as soon as February for the Hanford Site in Washington state, the agency last week released various details about the work, including a video tour of two existing worker health facilities.
DOE’s Cincinnati-based Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center published both a list of subcontractors serving Kennewick, Wash.-based incumbent HPM Corp., as well as a video tour of the healthcare clinics serving the 10,000-plus workers at the former plutonium production complex.
The 14-minute video is meant to substitute for an on-site visit for prospective bidders on the medical services request for proposal, which DOE said could come out next month.
HPM oversees two worker medical facilities. One takes up 25,000 square feet within a building in the city of Richland, Wash. The other, the 200 West Clinic, is located 25 miles away in the middle of the Hanford campus, according to the video.
HPM has held the Hanford healthcare contract since 2012 and was awarded a new contract, valued at $152 million, in late 2018. The company’s current two-year extension is set to end at the end of 2023. In March 2022, HPM was assessed $3 million in fines and restitution for false financial statements filed with the Small Business Administration over COVID-19 pandemic-related loans.
The medical provider for Hanford manages a wide variety of services, ranging from routine first aid and vaccinations to emergency stabilization for cardiac arrests, plus programs to help employees stop smoking or lose weight. The provider also administers psychology tests for job applicants that require security clearances, according to the video.
