Mike Nartker
WC Monitor
10/3/2014
Navarro Research and Engineering is facing a size standard challenge over its recent win of the new National Nuclear Security Administration contract to perform environmental program services at the Nevada National Security Site. “NNSA and Navarro have agreed to suspend performance of the new contract pending the outcome of an SBA size protest. NNSA expects a decision from the SBA in approximately two weeks,” Darwin Morgan, a spokesman for the NNSA Nevada Field Office, said in a written response late this week. It remains unclear which company filed the challenge; the SBA did not respond to a request for comment.
Navarro, whose team includes Leidos and HydroGeoLogic, beat out four other bidders for the new contract, according to the NNSA. The new contract was set aside for small businesses, and is estimated to be worth $59 million for performance over a one-year base period with four one-year option periods. Work to be performed under the new contract will include 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.
