Thursday was the first day of SOC’s security contract at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Nevada National Security Site, where the Chantilly, Va.-based company will work for up to five years under a deal worth about $200 million, including options.
SOC won the contract in 2017 but did not start work until recently after competitor Centerra, the prior incumbent, protested the award. Ultimately, the Government Accountability Office sided with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), ruling the agency’s procurement was fair and that Centerra’s argument, that it deserved higher ratings because of its incumbency, was without merit.
The 1,360-square-mile Nevada National Security Site conducts nonexplosive plutonium experiments that help determine and maintain the potency of the U.S. nuclear arsenal. The site formerly conducted above-ground and underground explosive nuclear tests. SOC’s contract covers security at the Nevada site; the Remote Sensing Laboratory at Nellis Air Force Base; and the North Las Vegas Complex.
Under the contract, SOC’s services include providing special uniformed police officers to patrol the DOE weapons site, and guarding nuclear materials used for stockpile-stewardship experiments there.
SOC’s industry partners on the Nevada National Security Site security contract encompass: Protection Strategies, of Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Longenecker and Associates, of Las Vegas; and MCH Corp, of Sweetwater, Tenn.
