A North Wind Group company will continue to carry out the Portsmouth Infrastructure Support Services Contract work at the Department of Energy cleanup site in Ohio under a potential five-year, $135-million award announced last week.
Idaho-based North Wind Dynamics was chosen as the bidder that would provide the best value to the government, DOE said in a press release.
North Wind is already lead partner in the Portsmouth Mission Alliance joint venture with Swift & Staley that holds the existing contract for landlord services at the DOE’s former gaseous diffusion plant complex in Pike County, Ohio. Portsmouth Mission Alliance’s $190-million contract is set to expire Sept. 30, although the agency will presumably issue an extension, given that the new deal includes a 60-day transition.
In addition to the transition, there is a 34-month base period and a 24-month option that DOE could pick up, according to the release, which did not specify the number of other bidders.
The service contract covers an extensive mix of chores to support the other DOE providers involved in environmental cleanup at Portsmouth. The work includes overseeing pest control, janitorial service, building maintenance, record keeping along with safeguards and security.
The DOE issued a request for proposals in October 2020 and about 30 firms participated in an online information session on the contract, including Akima, Global Energy & Technology, Leidos, Navarro, Spectra Tech and Swift & Staley.
“North Wind is honored to be reselected for the Infrastructure Support Services work at the Portsmouth Site,” said North Wind President John Bukowski in an emailed statement Tuesday. “The vision of our leadership and determination of our workforce are true measures of North Wind’s success at Portsmouth and elsewhere across the DOE-EM complex.”
The incumbent contractor started in April 2016, according to the North Wind website. North Wind also has a site monitoring contract for the DOE Office of Environmental Management at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California as well as a $295-million transuranic waste processing contract at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee.
