The Energy Department has extended the contract for the current security provider for the Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee through the end of the year.
After a bid protest against the follow-on contract, the Energy Department said Aug. 10 it intends to keep Reston, Va.-based National Strategic Protective Services on the job from Sept. 22 until Dec. 30. The firm currently provides security police and special response teams to protect Oak Ridge, and its employees already have the needed high-level security clearances for the work, DOE said.
“To attempt to do a short-term contract with anyone other than the incumbent could potentially disrupt the protection of the ORR to an extent that would put national security at risk,” DOE said in announcing its intent to do a sole-source contract modification.
National Strategic Protective Services, a joint venture of Triple Canopy and Securiguard, has provided protective force services at Oak Ridge since March 2013.
The company is responsible for protection of Oak Ridge Reservation sites including the East Tennessee Technology Park, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the Joe L. Evins Federal Building, according to the NSPS website. Management could not immediately be reached for comment Wednesday.
