The Department of Energy on Friday confirmed the potential $21-billion integrated mission contract for the Savannah River Site in South Carolina will last up to 15 years.
“Task orders may be placed any time during the 10 year ordering period and the execution of the actual work may extend up to 5 years” afterward, a DOE spokesperson said by email.
This is similar to the approach DOE is taking in its draft request for proposals for the $6.4 billion Idaho Cleanup Project Contract. Both procurements were announced last week.
The Energy Department is skipping the draft RFP phase for Savannah River. But before issuing the final procurement notice for the SRS integrated mission contract, the agency will consider industry feedback to the draft RFP for remediation at the Idaho National Laboratory. Portions of the procurement not connected to work scope, such as contract administration, are much the same in both, the DOE spokesperson said. Applicable changes to the Idaho RFP could be applied to the SRS document.
Prospective bidders have until March 6 to file comments on the draft RFP for Idaho cleanup by emailing [email protected]. The contract at INL will replace two existing five-year agreements – the $1.86-billion remediation business held by Fluor Idaho and Spectra Tech’s $45-million spent fuel management job.
The SRS integrated mission procurement would largely replace the $6 billion liquid waste management business held since July 2009 by Savannah River Remediation, the joint venture led by Amentum, the former AECOM Management Services division now owned by New York-based investment firms. The award would also cover certain nuclear material management tasks.
The Energy Department has issued a 68-page document on the planned scope of work, ranging from tank closures to eventually taking over the operation of the Salt Waste Processing Facility built by Parsons. Comments on the Savannah River Site performance work statement should be sent by March 6 to [email protected].
