Lawrence Livermore National Security, the management and operations contractor for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, is seeking a contractor to provide fire suppression and rescue services, according to a solicitation posted last week.
The services will involve “fire prevention, [personnel] training, and site familiarization activities necessary to prepare for emergency operations,” the notice says. This will include pre-incident planning, emergency medical services, hazardous materials emergency response, and fire department equipment maintenance and testing, it said.
Work will be conducted at the California sites of the Lawrence Livermore and the Sandia national laboratories, which border one another. Interested bidders with experience in similar fire and emergency services should submit qualifications and capabilities information by Sept. 9 to Thomas Hussey at [email protected].
Groundbreaking last week on a key facility for the Uranium Processing Facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee demonstrates the importance of oversight of such projects from Capitol Hill, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said on Aug. 27.
“For several years, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy & Water Development, which I now chair, has worked with the Department of Energy to develop a plan they can execute to keep this project on time and on budget,” Alexander said in prepared comments. “That plan included three things: that construction of the Uranium Processing Facility’s uranium buildings wouldn’t begin until the buildings were at 90 percent design, the cost wouldn’t exceed $6.5 billion, and the project would be completed by 2025. Last week’s groundbreaking is an important first step.”
The lawmaker added: “This Uranium Processing Facility at Y-12 National Security Complex will bring good-paying jobs to East Tennessee. I intend to continue to monitor this project to ensure we maintain accountability throughout the design, construction and operation of this new facility.”
The three-story, 64,800-square-foot UPF Construction Support Building will provide office space, a warehouse, and craft break areas for facility personnel, according to the National Nuclear Security Administration. It is expected to cost $19.5 million and will be the project’s first permanent structure.
The Uranium Processing Facility will provide enriched uranium operations for the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal, replacing some activities currently conducted in aging facilities at Y-12.
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Kansas City, Mo., National Security Campus as of this week has exceeded 3 million work hours without a lost-time injury, contract operator Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies said in a press release.
“The average for a general manufacturing facility in the U.S. with 2,000 full-time employees is 24 injury cases with days away from work per year,” the release says. “According to the Bureau of Labor’s safety statistics, the KCNSC outperforms typical private industry by a factor of four in worker safety statistics.”
The Kansas City facility produces non-nuclear parts for the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
