WC Monitor
12/19/2014
IN CONGRESS
Congress wrapped up work on the final version of the Fiscal Year 2015 defense authorization bill late last week, with the Senate approving the measure and sending it to President Obama for signature. Among the bill’s provisions is language that would create a national park comprised of sites tied to the Manhattan Project. The park will encompass facilities at Hanford, Oak Ridge and the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
IN DOE
A site tour is scheduled for Jan. 7 for those companies interested in bidding on the new Portsmouth infrastructure contract. Additional tours may be held on Jan. 8 if necessary, according to the Department of Energy. Attendance for the tour is limited to no more than three individuals from each prime contractor or teaming arrangement interested in submitting a proposal. Requests for participation must be provided to [email protected] by 5:00 PM Eastern Time on Dec. 31.
Jeffrey Burgan has been named assistant manager for procurement and contracts at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office. According to the announcement, Burgan will lead a staff of 30 federal employees and be “responsible for overseeing, administering and support of procurement and financial assistance awards servicing site management offices for the Department’s Office of Science national laboratories across the United States.” He’ll also oversee the contractual management of the Nuclear Energy Site Office in Oak Ridge and the Small Business Program at the Oak Ridge Office.
IN THE INDUSTRY
The S.M. Stoller Corporation is being renamed and rebranded as Stoller Newport News Nuclear, or SN3 for short, Stoller president Nick Lombardo announced in a Dec. 15 message to employees. Stoller has operated as a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries under its Newport News Shipbuilding division since an acquisition that was wrapped up last January to help HII expand its role in the Department of Energy marketplace. The rebrand comes after Newport News members joined Stoller recently. “Formation of SN3 is a logical next step in the post-acquisition process of fully integrating our people and capabilities to achieve our business goals. Through renaming and rebranding Stoller we will accomplish several important objectives while preserving the proud heritage of both the Stoller and Newport News Nuclear companies,” Lombardo said in the message.
