LATA Kentucky Earns 84 Percent of Award Fee for Paducah Cleanup

Paducah environmental cleanup contractor LATA Environmental Services of Kentucky, LLC, earned about 84 percent of its available award fee in Fiscal Year 2014, according to fee information the Department of Energy released this week. The contractor earned $337,329 out of $443,854 in total available award fee, and 87 percent of its performance based incentive fee, or $581,310 out of $665,781 available. That is a drop from FY 2013, when LATA earned 90 percent out of an available $3.37 million in fee. The determination comes as this year cleanup at the site is transitioning to the new deactivation contractor, Fluor Paducah.

 

DOE praised the contractor for working with the Department, USEC and Kentucky regulators on transfer agreements and permits for the transition last year of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant to DOE. Other positive performance achievements include “multiple fieldwork projects without safety or environmental incident,” the scorecard states. “Additionally, LATA Kentucky achieved over 2.8 million hours without a lost workday case. LATA Kentucky created, conducted and implemented an excellent mentoring program for college students. LATA Kentucky managed several projects in a manner to reduce project costs.” The contractor has “opportunities for improvement in safety trends and project management, including improving cost control and project estimating,” according to the scorecard.