WC Monitor
10/24/2014
IN DOE
The Department of Energy plans to issue in the next 15-30 days a draft Request for Proposals for the new Carlsbad technical and administrative support services contract, according to a notice released Oct. 22. The new contract is anticipated to be set aside for small businesses that meet a size standard of 500 employees, and is set to run for up to five years, consisting of a one-year base period and four one-year option periods. The contract is intended to provide quality assurance (QA), audit, surveillance, technical oversight, and executive management support services to the DOE Carlsbad Field Office, which oversees the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. According to the notice, DOE “tentatively anticipates” issuing a final RFP for the contract “in or around” the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2015, with an award to be made “in or around” the third quarter of FY 2015.
The Department of Energy plans to hold Oct. 28-29 a pre-solicitation conference, site tour and industry one-on-one sessions for the new contract to manage Nuclear Regulatory Commission-licensed facilities at the Idaho site. The events are scheduled to be held at the Fort Saint Vrain Visitor’s Center in Platteville, Colo. The new contract, which is being set aside for small businesses, would cover the Fort St. Vrain facility; the Three Mile Island-2 (TMI-2) ISFSI facility at the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (INTEC) in Idaho; and the Idaho Spent Fuel Facility (ISFF) license. The new contract is set to be a firm-fixed-price contract that includes a cost reimbursable contract line item (CLIN), and it is expected to run for up to five years, consisting of a four-year base period and a one-year option period.
IN THE DNFSB
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board is scheduled to hold on Oct. 30 a public meeting on the Board’s work plans for Fiscal Year 2015. The meeting will involve presentations on draft work plans in several areas, including nuclear weapons programs, nuclear materials processing and stabilization, nuclear facility design and infrastructure and nuclear programs and analysis, among others. The meeting will be held at the Board’s headquarters in Washington.
IN THE INDUSTRY
AREVA CEO Luc Oursel will step down from his position because of health reasons, the company announced this week. Oursel will pursue treatment for an undisclosed illness, but he told the French government he would remain available to help the transition to a new CEO. “Under these very difficult personal circumstances, and despite my very strong commitment to AREVA, I have had no choice but to hand over my responsibilities at the head of the company and have chosen to take a leave of absence in order to pursue treatment,” Oursel said in a statement. “I must now fight a personal battle against the illness, but all of my thoughts remain with the teams at AREVA. I have been happy and proud to mobilize them in the difficult context for the turnaround of the company, for the benefit of the country, and I am convinced that they will succeed.”
B&W Technical Services last week hired David Swale as director of business development. Most recently Swale was vice president of business development for EnergySolutions, and he has also worked at Idaho’s Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project, waste management at Savannah River and at the U.K.’s Sellafield and Drigg sites. “I am pleased to welcome Dave to our Business Development team,” B&W Government & Nuclear Operations Vice President & Chief Business Development Officer Ken Camplin said in a statement. “He brings considerable experience, with more than 35 years in the nuclear industry, which will be invaluable in leading our current and future energy and environmental management procurement activities.”
