The company previously known as Wastren Advantage took home about 98 percent of its potential fee in its latest reporting period for providing analysis and testing services at the 222-S Laboratory at the Hanford Site in Washington state.
The contractor earned almost $212,000 of a potential $217,000 from Sept. 21, 2017, to Sept. 20, 2018, according to a recent scorecard from the Energy Department. That improves on its prior period from Nov. 21, 2016, to Sept. 20, 2017, when it won 96 percent of its possible fee — $184,000 of $191,000.
The Wastren corporate name was retired after the Ohio-based company was bought and folded into Veolia Nuclear Solutions-Federal Services in January 2018. However, the DOE scorecard still cites the company as Wastren Advantage.
At the Hanford lab, the vendor tests highly radioactive samples from tank waste, which supports waste storage tank closures and waste transfers between tanks.
In the latest review period, Veolia Nuclear Solutions-Federal Services won 100 percent of its potential $130,000 fee for the three performance-based incentive areas: delivery, evaluations and proficiency tests, and maintaining holding times. It got 94 percent of a potential $87,000 for four special emphasis areas: business interfaces and efficiency, analytical reporting and data quality, environmental stewardship and compliance, and worker safety and health.
The contractor holds a five-year, $50 million contract set to expire in September 2020. The Energy Department has announced plans, however, to go from two contractors to one at the 222-S laboratory. AECOM-led Washington River Protection Solutions, (WRPS) provides support services, maintenance, and other work for the 70,000-square-foot facility as part of its $7.1 billion tank farm management contract at Hanford, which last fall was extended 12 months until September 2019.
The Energy Department, which hopes to improve productivity by overseeing one contractor rather than two at 222-S, issued a draft request for proposals for a new contract in July and expects to issue a combined award in early 2020.
