The National Nuclear Security Administration on Friday sought industry input on the looming competition for a contract that will split management of the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, from the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee.
The agency expects to award the contract by March 2024 after a competition that it estimates will begin on April 24 with the release of a final request for proposals. A draft request for proposals could land as soon as March 10 and, in the meantime, the agency plans to hear industry’s responses to Friday’s Request for Information until Feb. 13.
That is according to procurement documents the agency posted online Friday afternoon.
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is splitting up the joint management contract that now covers Pantex, the centralized weapons maintenance depot, and the Y-12 National Security Site in Oak Ridge, Tenn., the factory for uranium-fueled nuclear-weapon secondary stages.
An NNSA spokesperson this week said that the agency thought it would award a separate Y-12 contract in 2025.
The Bechtel National-led Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS) is the incumbent at both sites under a contract awarded in 2014. CNS is under contract at both Pantex and Y-12 through fiscal year 2024. The government holds options to keep CNS at Y-12 through fiscal year 2027 and at Pantex through fiscal year 2025.
