The Department of Energy plans to use Aptim, one of nine companies selected in a national solicitation in 2020, as its decommissioning and demolition contractor for Building 281 at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.
DOE published a justification for not doing additional competitive bidding for the work, worth up to $22.1 million, in an April 3 online procurement notice.
The Aptim Federal Services business is being issued through the existing Nationwide Deactivation, Decommissioning and Removal multiple-award indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract. All awardees from the 2020 procurement “were given a fair opportunity to be considered for award of the original order,” according to the system for award management (sam.gov) notice.
Currently, work is progressing on the decommissioning and teardown of Building 280, next door to 281, under an interagency agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, according to materials accompanying the notice. The 280 building housed the 1950s-era Livermore Pool-Type Reactor.
The 280 building’s underground structure removal is “a potential foundation integrity concern” for Building 281, which is also in the 280 “demolition fall zone,” according to DOE.
The DOE Office of Environmental Management is working with the Army Corps and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) on dismantling old contaminated excess facilities to make way for new buildings within Livermore’s one-square-mile main campus.
The White House budget request for fiscal 2025 currently lists zero new dollars for excess facilities work at Livermore, after requesting and receiving $35 million in fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2024. According to DOE, the Office of Environmental Management has enough funds available for Livermore buildings currently scheduled for demolition.
The online notice said Aptim knows much about the Livermore setup given its work on the Building 251 decommissioning.
Aptim will coordinate with NNSA and the Livermore managing contractor, Bechtel-led Lawrence Livermore National Security.
