Barring extensions, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has four contracts set to expire within the next 60 days, according to the contract summary page for the $7-billion-plus nuclear cleanup branch.
Portsmouth Mission Alliance, a partnership between North Wind Group and Swift & Staley, has the roughly five-year, $190-million infrastructure service contract at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio, slated to end May 24. The DOE issued a final request for proposals last October but no contract has been awarded as of Thursday evening.
North Wind Portage has the current $52-million Carlsbad Technical Assistance Contract that commenced in November 2015 and is set to expire June 3. The final request for proposals was issued in late October.
Centerra Group’s current Savannah River Site Security Contract in South Carolina, which started in October 2009 and is valued at $1 billion, is set to expire June 7. After awarding a new $1-billion contract in February to SRS Critical Infrastructure Security, a joint venture led by Securitas CIS, DOE put the award on hold in March after a contract challenge was filed with the Government Accountability Office.
Finally, Waste Control Specialists has a $29-million contract for interim storage of transuranic waste or greater-than-class-C waste set to end June 7. In 2017, the Department of Energy issued Waste Control Specialists a storage task order to have the Texas company continue temporary storage of drums sent there after the February 2014 salt truck fire and underground radiological release that shut down the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico for nearly three years.
“DOE does not comment publicly on ongoing procurement actions, including any potential contract extensions that are being considered, prior to the posting of any requisite public notices,” an agency spokesperson said by email Wednesday.
Waste Control Specialists and the other lead companies mentioned declined comment.
