Mike Nartker
WC Monitor
11/14/2014
INTERA is looking to overturn the Small Business Administration’s determination that Navarro Research and Engineering met the size standard used in the procurement for the new Nevada National Security Site environmental programs services contract. Late last week, INTERA filed an appeal with the SBA’s Office of Hearings and Appeals challenging the agency’s recent determination that Navarro was under the 500 employee size standard the National Nuclear Security Administration used for the procurement. “The Office of Hearings and Appeals works on coming to a decision as quickly as possible,” an SBA spokesperson said in a written response this week. INTERA did not respond to a request for comment.
INTERA’s appeal is the latest twist in the continuing battle over the new NNSS environmental program services contract, which is intended to provide environmental characterization and remediation services at corrective action units at the Nevada National Security Site and parts of the Nevada Test and Training Range, including Tonopah Test Range, and radioactive waste acceptance services at generator sites across the country. In late September, the NNSA announced that the Navarro-led team, which also includes Leidos and HydroGeoLogic , had won the new contract, valued at $59 million for performance over a one-year base period with four one-year option periods.
INTERA had been teamed with Navarro on the previous NNSS environmental program services contract, but chose to lead its own bid for the recompete. Both INTERA and Portage have also filed protests with the Government Accountability Office over Navarro’s win, which are still pending.
