The Department of Energy plans to extend the contract for Mission Support Alliance (MSA) to provide site-wide services at the Hanford Site in eastern Washington state by up to six months.
Hanford DOE Manager Brian Vance said in a memo to site employees Tuesday that Richland Operations Office Deputy Manager Joe Franco was notifying MSA that day. The potential value for the contract extension has not been made public.
The Energy Department is evaluating bids for the new Hanford Mission Essential Services Contract and expects to issue the award this summer, Vance said. Mission Support Alliance’s current 10-year contract at Hanford is set to expire on May 25. The planned extension will ensure ample time for a four-month transition after the new mission services contract is awarded, Vance said. Previously, the department would have had to award the contract on Jan. 25 to allow for the transition period.
The contract for MSA, which is owned by Leidos and Centerra Group, was valued at $3.2 billion when it was awarded. Mission Support Alliance received $21 million in fees for its work in fiscal 2018, or 94 percent of the available amount. It also received 94 percent of the available fee in fiscal 2017.
The new mission services contract is planned to cover a similar scope of work to the existing deal, including utilities, cybersecurity and information technology, infrastructure, land management, firefighting, and management of the HAMMER training center. It also includes a new scope of work: helping DOE with its small business contracts at Hanford.
The new contract is expected to be valued at $4 billion to $6 billion over a decade, the Energy Department said when it issued its request for bids in September.
