DOE SAVANNAH RIVER LOOKS TO GIVE SRNS THREE-YEAR EXTENSION

By ExchangeMonitor

The Department of Energy’s Savannah River Operations Office has submitted a recommendation to DOE headquarters to partially extend Savannah River Nuclear Solutions’ contract to manage the Savannah River Site, WC Monitor has learned. With the initial five-year period of SRNS’ contract set to expire in 2013, the proposed recommendation would keep the Fluor-led contractor in place for three out of five option years, according to industry officials. The proposed time frame appears intended to align the end of SRNS’ contract with that held by Savannah River Remediation, LLC, the site’s liquid waste contractor, to potentially allow the two to be recombined into one contract. According to DOE, a preliminary notification of intent to extend SRNS’ contract must be provided to the contractor 12 months before its initial contract period ends on July 31, 2013.

Jim Giusti, a spokesman for the DOE Savannah River Operations Office, declined to comment on the contract recommendation yesterday, saying in a written response, “We cannot comment on pre-decisional procurement matters.” Giusti did say, though, that the DOE Savannah River Operations Office has been “satisfied with the overall performance of the contract.”

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