With the conclusion of a 100-day transition on Thursday, Navarro-led Hanford Laboratory Management and Integration has taken over the 222-S Laboratory from two separate contractors, Veolia and Amentum-led Washington River Protection Solutions, at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state.
The “transition is complete… effective today,” a DOE spokesperson said in a Thursday email. Hanford Laboratory Management and Integration (HLMI), a joint venture of Oak Ridge, Tenn.,-based Navarro and Gaithersburg, Md., -based Advanced Technologies and Laboratories International, started its 100-day transition on Jan. 5.
The new contractor has retained current laboratory manager Don Hardy from Washington River Protection Solutions, according to the HLMI website.
“HLMI will rely on staff from both incumbent contractors, valuing their historic knowledge and contributions,” the contractor said on its website. Because HLMI is an “unpopulated” limited liability corporation, all employees will be employed by either Navarro or Advanced Technologies
“Team members have worked together in the previous 222-S Laboratory operations contract and the Nevada National Security Site environmental remediation contract,” according to the Navarro-led team’s website. “All HLMI team members have experience working at the Hanford site.”
Last September the team was awarded the potential $389 million contract with a five-year base and two one-year option periods.
The Navarro-led team joins Amentum-led Central Plateau Cleanup and landlord services provider, Leidos-led Hanford Mission Integration Solutions, as new contractors starting at Hanford this year. The other two teams finished their transitions in January.
Veolia has a contract, now valued at $72 million, for laboratory analysis and testing. The work began in September 2015 under Wastren Advantage, later bought by Veolia. Laboratory operations have been handled through Hanford tank manager Washington River Protection Solutions. The Amentum-led tank contractor Washington River Protection Solutions continues to be in charge of retrieval and treatment of underground radioactive waste tanks at the former plutonium production complex.
Amentum is keeping a hand 222-S operations by serving as the “critical subcontractor” to the HLMI team, according to the joint venture’s website.
