The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has awarded contracts to two companies for nonproliferation and arms control work, according to limited sources justification announcements posted this week.
The NNSA’s Office of Material Management and Minimization, which focuses on the disposition of surplus plutonium and highly enriched uranium, the security of vulnerable nuclear materials worldwide, and the prevention of nuclear material and weapon proliferation, will extend its contract with nuclear services company Navarro Research and Engineering for additional technical support for plutonium disposition integration activities, the justification said. The NNSA will modify the company’s task order to extend technical support work for four weeks for an additional $40,097.
“Support includes tasks associated with the design, licensing and regulatory compliance, construction and operation of fissile materials disposition facilities at the Savannah River Site and other locations as specified. Navarro also supports activities related to site infrastructure support and crosscutting functions,” the justification said. The NNSA awarded the task order in April 2012 with a contract ceiling of $10.9 million. The latest extension until March 25 will give the agency time to award a follow-on contract for program management and technical support services, the justification said.
The NNSA also awarded a one-year task order worth $150,000 to Leidos for Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) consulting support. The CTBT work is part of the Warhead and Fissile Material Transparency (WFMT) program within the NNSA Office of Nonproliferation and Arms Control that supports the negotiation, ratification, and implementation of treaties, including those on the dismantlement of nuclear weapons and non-use of fissile materials for nuclear weapons production.
The support work involves drafting operational manuals that state parties must adopt, as required by the CTBT, for the International Monitoring System and the International Data Center, the justification said. It noted that Leidos supports the U.S. delegation at the CTBT working group currently developing these operational manuals. The justification also said that “the current phase of NNSA support to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty is widely anticipated to end with the completion of the next round of modifications to the Operation Manuals.”
