Eventual winners of new multibillion-dollar contracts at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio and the Paducah Site in Kentucky are expected to use small businesses to perform work worth 15% to 20% of contract value, not counting the 120-day transition period.
That is according to a detailed presentation on the $ 5.87-billion Portsmouth Decontamination and Decommissioning Contract and a presentation on the $ 1.89-billion Portsmouth Paducah Project Office (PPPO) Operations and Site Mission Support Contract. Both 90-plus page documents were posted online last week accompanying the draft requests for proposals (RFP) on the contracts.
Because of a technology glitch, the DOE Office of Environmental Management said in a Tuesday notice that emails on the Portsmouth cleanup contract should be sent to all three of the following — the procurement mailbox ([email protected]); the contract specialist ([email protected]); and the contracting officer ([email protected]).Because of the technical problem, the agency is giving interested parties until 4 p.m. Eastern Time today (Jan. 14) to sign up for virtual one-on-one meetings slated for Jan. 19 and 20. The original sign-up deadline was Tuesday.
The winner of the Portsmouth cleanup contract should use small business for at least 20% of the cumulative value of task orders, aside from transition, according to the briefing document. The PPPO contract, which includes operation of DOE’s depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) plants, uses a 15% standard.
For both contracts DOE is expected to make its selection based on key personnel, past performance and management approach.
Fluor–BWXT Portsmouth is the incumbent remediation contractor, with a $4.4-billion deal that started in March 2011 and was scheduled to run through March 2023.
Mid-America Conversion Services, consisting of Atkins, Westinghouse and Fluor, is the incumbent DUF6 contractor. Its contract, which began in February 2017, is now worth $703-million and will be extended until March 28, 2023, according to a major contract chart updated by DOE within the past week.
The next DUF6 contractor will also be responsible for producing depleted uranium tetrafluoride for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s nuclear weapons programs.
Potential bidders have until Jan. 28 to submit questions and comments to DOE on the draft PPPO solicitation and until Feb. 3 to file such input on the Portsmouth cleanup contract.
The DOE has said not to expect final RFPs before March.
