Incumbent Navarro Research and Engineering has won a new contract potentially worth $350 million to continue providing environmental services at the Energy Department’s Nevada National Security Site.
The current contract for Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based Navarro, valued at almost $85 million, began in March 2015 and is set to expire July 31.
The new indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract has a 10-year ordering period for environmental services at the site managed by DOE’s semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).
The small business set-aside from DOE’s Office of Environmental Management employs the end-state contracting model that, among other things, awards vendors with higher fees in order to speed up remediation. The $350 million figure represents the contract ceiling, and the actual value will be determined by the number of tasks performed by Navarro.
After a competitive bidding process, the Environmental Management office decided Navarro offered the best value to the government. The decision was based on the contractor’s key personnel, technical and management approach, past performance, and cost.
In a news release, the DOE nuclear cleanup office did not say how many bidders submitted proposals. In August 2018, about 40 people registered to attend an industry day on the NNSS contract. In addition to Navarro, represented companies included Los Alamos Technical Associates, Pro2Serve, Leidos, Veolia Nuclear Solutions/Federal Services, Longenecker & Associates, the former AECOM Management Services branch (now Amentum), and Atkins.
Under the agreement, Navarro will provide environmental services at the Nevada National Security Site, as well as the Nevada Test and Training Range, and the Tonopah Test Range (TTR). In addition to managing the Radioactive Waste Acceptance Program (RWAP), which accepts low-level radioactive waste from other federal sites around the nation, Navarro’s contract work includes groundwater characterization and monitoring, decontamination and demolition, and program management support.
“We are very pleased to build upon our past successes and to continue supporting the EM Nevada mission to achieve end states in a partnering manner to provide value to the government,” Navarro said in an emailed statement Thursday.
