New Mexico-based Strategic Management Solutions is expected to receive a contract extension of up to nine months to provide technical support for conversion of depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) at the Energy Department’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio and Paducah Site in Kentucky.
The Energy Department Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) in Lexington, Ky., announced the prospective sole-source award in a Jan. 11 notice of intent. The contract, worth between $7 million and $9 million, would be awarded by March 31 and could run from April 1 through Dec. 31.
The notice is not an actual contract award or a request for proposals, but interested parties can comment by 4:30 p.m. ET today to DOE Contracting Officer David Senderling, at [email protected].
The Energy Department has sought to replace the three current technical support contracts for Portsmouth, Paducah, and the DUF6 conversion operation at both sites with one consolidated award covering administrative support, information technology infrastructure, technical engineering, and other work.
But DOE canceled a $137 million contract awarded last June to a Professional Project Services (Pro2Serve) subsidiary following a bid protest. The agency has instead extended the three piecemeal contracts.
Strategic Management Solutions’ current six-month extension was awarded in August and expires March 31. It has an estimated value of up to $6 million.
The other two technical services contracts are held by RSI EnTech at Portsmouth and Pro2Serve at Paducah. They have both received extensions through March of this year.
The consolidated $137 million award would have replaced the $51 million contract for RSI; the $51 million Pro2Servce agreement; and the $45 million one at Strategic Management. Two contractor sources said this week they have not heard when DOE might reissue a consolidated PPPO technical services contract.
