The Department of Energy has chosen a Virginia-based small business for a new occupational healthcare contract, worth up to $208 million over seven years, at the Hanford Site in Washington state.
Hampton, Va.-based Inomedic Health Applications, a disadvantaged and woman-owned business, will provide round-the-clock healthcare service at the Hanford cleanup site.
Inomedic Health, chosen from three bidders, will succeed long-time incumbent HPM Corp. at Hanford, DOE’s Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center said in a Thursday press release.
HPM’s existing agreement, which started in December 2013 and runs through Dec. 31, is valued at $152 million. DOE holds an option to extend the deal through the end of 2025.
Unlike Inomedic’s new award, the HPM contract does not call for 24/7 operation to accommodate the planned operation of the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant at Hanford. Earlier this year, HPM was sold to California-based WorkCare. In March 2022, HPM’s prior ownership agreed to pay $3-million in fines and restitution for providing false information to the government in order to receive a COVID-19-related loan.
Along with a 60-day transition period, Inomedic’s contract will include a base period of three years and a pair of two-year options for a total of seven years. Cynthia Gross, who has a law degree from Georgetown and 20 years executive management experience is the Inomedic Health Applications CEO, according to the website. Dr. Leroy Gross, a former Air Force combat pilot and a retired colonel in the Air Force Medical Corps, is the company’s president.
DOE issued the final request for proposals for the contract in February after issuing the draft solicitation in December 2022.
