The Department of Energy on Friday issued a contract extension of up to two years, through July 2022, for the incumbent vendor for cleanup of the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee.
The Energy Department issued a notice of intent to award a sole source deal to URS/CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) in the form of a one-year extension, plus an option for two additional six-month periods.
The incumbent contractor’s $3.2 billion decontamination and decommissioning agreement, which started in August 2011, would otherwise expire on July 31.
The agency might not need to exercise all options. But the move, announced on a federal procurement website, provides wiggle room while procurement for a new contract goes forward. The Energy Department had expected to issue an RFP for the successor contract by now.
“This sole source modification will provide the continuity of services without interruption for environmental management activities to complete Y-12 and ORNL high priority work, along with the continuation of East Tennessee Technology Park remediation activities and ongoing mission-critical EM operations,” the procurement notice says.
UCOR is now winding down its demolition of structures and most major remediation at the East Tennessee Technology Park, the former uranium enrichment complex. The next contract is expected to focus more on work at Y-12 and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
URS was bought by AECOM in 2014. It is now part of the stand-alone company Amentum. CH2M is now a Jacobs subsidiary.
Editor’s note: The article was updated Feb. 21 to correct the duration of the potential extensions.
