Overall, Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth claimed $30 million, or 85% of a potential $35.3 million in total available fee, for its work at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site for an 18-month period ending March 31.
The Fluor-led contractor earned $7.4 million or 70% out a potential $10.6 million in subjective fee, according to the scorecard from DOE dated Aug. 27. The contractor netted about $22.7 million or 92% out of a potential $24.7 million fee for performance-based incentives.
This overall performance was about on par with the numbers the decontamination and decommissioning team posted in its previous review period.
The latest DOE scorecard said Fluor-BWXT has now brought its radiation monitoring program into compliance. The DOE Office of Enforcement said in January it would not assess extra penalties against the contractor because the agency already cut $2.6 million in subjective fees from the team for the 2019 fiscal year.
On the financial side, Fluor-BWXT controlled costs to the budget over the full year, but its “inability to develop reliable monthly forecasts makes effective management difficult for the Department,” DOE said. “The Department remains concerned with the amount of rework and associated costs and impacts on the ability to forward the site mission.”
The DOE credited Fluor-BWXT for its focus on finishing construction of the $900-million On‐Site Waste Disposal Facility, making the first waste placement this spring. “However, DOE has had to exercise authority to motivate the contractor to coordinate and maintain a strategic and integrated plan for the project,” according to the scorecard.
The debris from the X-326 Process Building and other process buildings used at the former gaseous diffusion plant complex will be buried at the On-Site Waste Disposal Facility.
Portsmouth-BWXT has been the decontamination contractor at Portsmouth since late March 2011 and is scheduled to stay on through March 28, 2023 under a DOE agreement now valued at $4.4-billion. The DOE finalized a $690-million extension with the incumbent in late March.
