Robert Wilkinson and Amy Basche, the two top executives for the current support services contractor at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state, will remain in charge of its successor.
A DOE hosting page for the Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) website cites Wilkinson as president and general manager and Basche as chief operating officer – positions they currently hold for outgoing vendor Mission Support Alliance (MSA).
The 120-day transition from the incumbent, comprised of Leidos and Centerra, began Monday. The incoming team is comprised of Leidos, Centerra, and Parsons. All joint venture members “have extensive experience at the Hanford Site, and other DOE programs,” according to the HMIS webpage.
In December, the new vendor team won a contract potentially worth $4.8 billion over 10 years, with a five-year base period and two option periods. In April, the Government Accountability Office dismissed a protest by a rival bidder team headed by Huntington Ingalls Industries. The Energy Department only earlier this month gave the green light for the transition to start, after delaying the process due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mission Support Alliance began working at the site in May 2009 under a contract currently valued at almost $5 billion. In May it received its final extension, worth $268 million, keeping it on the job from May 26 through Nov. 25.
The contractor team provides an assortment of landlord-type services, including emergency response, road upkeep, fleet management, telecommunications, and information technology support.
It appears other top managers listed on the Hanford Mission Integration Solutions page include a mixture of MSA holdovers and some new personnel.
