The Department Energy’s Office of Environmental Management retained a firm to audit proposals for the potential 10-year, $13 billion Tank Closure Contract at the Hanford Site in Washington state.
A contract valued at about $415,000 was awarded to Maryland-based CohnReznick, which has done fee-reasonableness audits for DOE in the past.
The contract for the proposal audit was announced by DOE late Friday on a federal procurement website. Bid proposals on the tank contract, a successor agreement to work now handled by the AECOM-led Washington River Protection Solutions, were due March 18.
DOE issued a solicitation for the Tank Closure Contract on Feb. 14. The winner of the competition will manage risks connected with 56 million gallons of radioactive and chemical waste held in 177 underground tanks at Hanford’s Office of River Protection. The new contractor will increasingly focus on tank closure, and build at-tank cesium removal facilities to prepare low-activity tank waste for delivery to the Waste Treatment Plant being built by Bechtel.
The legacy cleanup contractor for the Energy Department’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico has scheduled an industry day for prospective subcontractors April 10-11 in Santa Fe.
Current and future subcontracting opportunities will be the focus of the event planned by Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos (N3B). On the slate are mandatory pre-bid meetings for solicitations for remediation and decontamination and demolition subcontracts for Chaquehui/South Ancho/Lower Water Canyon Aggregate Areas.
Representatives from N3B will be presenting program updates at the event set for the Hilton Santa Fe Buffalo Thunder, according to the announcement posted online Friday.
Firms planning to attend should RSVP to [email protected]. More information is available from NEB Subcontract Manager Heather Evans, [email protected].
In April 2018 Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos started work on the 10-year, $1.38-billion legacy cleanup contract for Los Alamos.
The Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management has awarded a potential five-year, $4.5 million contract to a firm to assist with its Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program.
The Environmental Management office on Monday announced the award to Technical Resources Group to help prepare a response to a transportation accident involving radioactive materials being shipped to or from an agency site. The contract calls for the vendor to support federal, state, tribal, and local authorities.
The time and materials contract has a three-year base period, followed by two one-year options. An Internet search indicated Technical Resources Group is a woman-owned company based out of Idaho Falls, Idaho, that provides hazardous materials training and various other services. Technical Resources Group won a similar three-year contract from DOE in April 2016.
