The Energy Department has yet to execute an extension of up to two years for the Amentum-led joint venture responsible for remediation at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee.
The agency in February announced its intention to award a sole-source deal to URS/CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) in the form of a one-year extension, plus options for two additional six-month periods.
After the vendor declined comment, an Energy Department spokesman said Monday via email he had no new information about a possible extension.
UCOR’s existing nine-year, $3.3 billion contract is scheduled to expire July 31.
The Energy Department had said in July 2019 it intended to issue a draft request for proposals for a new long-term contract within 60 days. That never happened.
In February, DOE said extending the UCOR contract for two years might not be necessary. But the option to keep the contractor around for up to a biennium provides continuity during the transition from remediation of the East Tennessee Technology Park, the former uranium enrichment complex at Oak Ridge, to cleanup projects at the Y-12 National Security Complex and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
