The Energy Department is reviewing bid proposals for the potential $150 million contract for occupational medical services at the Hanford Site in Washington state, an agency official told an industry gathering Thursday in Knoxville, Tenn.
The bid deadline closed in August for the successor contract to contract now held by HPM Corp. of Kennewick, Wash. The next award is anticipated by the end of this year or in early 2019, Janis Ward, acquisition project manager for DOE at Hanford, told the Energy, Technology, and Environmental Business Association conference. The official did not indicate how many proposals were submitted.
The incumbent contractor recently received a three-month extension to keep it on the job through the end of this calendar year, Ward said. The total amount of HPM’s contract value has now increased from roughly $99 million to nearly $103 million, according to a summary of the contract modifications.
The contractor provides healthcare services for workers at the Hanford Site, a population that ranges from 8,000 to 10,000 people, Ward said. This includes medical monitoring, physical exams, assessment of work injuries, emergency planning, and other occupational health services.
In addition to HPM, other companies that signed up to kick the tires at an industry meeting on the procurement this spring included Comprehensive Health Services Inc., Medcor, North Wind Group, Total Care Clinics, and Leidos subsidiary QTC Management.
