The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) recently awarded $9.8 million, or about 98% of the available fee, to Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth, the prime contractor for the Portsmouth Site’s decontamination and decommissioning project in Ohio, for its performance during the evaluation period of the first four months of fiscal year 2024.
Office of Environmental Management
June 25, 2024
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Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth workers decontaminate equipment at the Portsmouth Site.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) recently awarded $9.8 million, or about 98% of the available fee, to Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth, the prime contractor for the Portsmouth Site’s decontamination and decommissioning project in Ohio, for its performance during the evaluation period of the first four months of fiscal year 2024.
PPPO also awarded $1.6 million, or about 79% of the available fee, to Mid-America Conversion Services, the prime contractor for depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) operations in Ohio and Kentucky, for its performance during the first four months of fiscal year 2024, which was from October last year through January this year.
“The contractors and their collective workforce continue to execute a multifaceted cleanup scope for the Department of Energy,” PPPO Manager Joel Bradburne said. “We appreciate efforts that continue to safely deliver for the environment, the taxpayer and our communities.”
Mid-America Conversion Services Mechanical Maintenance Technicians Jay Shelton, left, and Eric Kent perform a cylinder valve change on a depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) feed cylinder at the Portsmouth Site.
The cleanup program releases information relating to contractor fee payments — earned by completing work called for in the contracts — to further transparency in its cleanup program.
EM’s cost-plus-award-fee contracts are designed to provide incentive for excellence. In determining the awards, EM considers overall performance along with completion of specific mission objectives. The results are summarized on scorecards, and metrics are set in accordance with specified performance evaluation measurement plans.
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