After a Department of Energy review prompted by a contract challenge, a joint venture led by Securitas CIS is keeping its $1-billion Security Services contract at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.
The DOE Office of Environmental Management said in a Thursday press release that SRS Critical Infrastructure Security is retaining the contract awarded in February. The team, made up of Securitas CIS, K2 Solutions, Spectra Tech, System Studies & Simulation and Kachemak Bay Flying Service, replaces incumbent Centerra.
The new contractor team can now get to work on a potential 10-year, cost-plus-fee deal, with a five-year base followed by a three year option and a two-year option. The transition period is 60 days. The February award was challenged by another bidder, SOC, a Day & Zimmermann company. DOE announced in March it was reviewing the award.
The current Centerra business expires Oct. 7. The incumbent contract started in October 2009 and is currently worth a little over $1 billion.
In its Thursday announcement, DOE noted the final decision was made in light of technical approach, key managers and organization, past performance and cost. The contract includes paramilitary services and generally calls for protection of people, facilities, nuclear material, and sensitive information at the 310-square-mile federal complex along the South Carolina-Georgia border.
SRS Critical Infrastructure Security beat out two other bidders, SOC and Centerra, which had filed its own protest at one point with the Government Accountability Office even before DOE made its award. Centerra ended up withdrawing the protest before it was fully adjudicated by the federal watchdog.
