The U.S. Department of Energy is considering a stand-alone contract for management of its Savannah River National Laboratory in South Carolina.
The DOE Office of Environmental Management on Wednesday issued a request for information/sources sought notice for management and operations of the government lab, which is currently under the full Savannah River Site contract.
The management and operations contract at SRS, held by Fluor-led Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, is administered by the Office of Environmental Management. “As EM focuses on completing its cleanup mission, DOE is seeking to position SRNL for an enduring mission,” based around scientific research, according to the RFI.
The lab does work in areas ranging from basic science to applied research to support DOE cleanup as well as nuclear nonproliferation and weapons research. It serves the cleanup office, the semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), and other DOE offices.
The Energy Department intends to issue a request for proposals to solicit input on running SRNL under a “discrete” M&O contract, the RFI says.
Responses to the RFI are due by 3 p.m. ET on Jan. 22. In addition, DOE plans to hold an industry day with laboratory site tours on Jan.16. The industry day and community day events will occur at the Crowne Plaza North Augusta, 1060 Center St, North Augusta, S.C., 29841.
The Energy Department has created a procurement website that can be found here.
The incumbent vendor has managed SRS since August 2008 under a $14.9 billion contract that has been extended several times and is currently set to run through September 2020. Additional extensions could keep SRNS on the job through September 2022.
