The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) recently awarded performance-based fee payments to 14 of its contractors at sites across the DOE complex, including Hanford, Savannah River, Paducah, Portsmouth, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Idaho, Nevada, Los Alamos, and Savannah River National Laboratory.
Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office
December 19, 2024
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The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) recently awarded performance-based fee payments to 14 of its contractors at sites across the DOE complex, including Hanford, Savannah River, Paducah, Portsmouth, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Idaho, Nevada, Los Alamos, and Savannah River National Laboratory.
EM releases information relating to contractor fee payments — earned by completing work called for in the contracts — to further transparency in its cleanup program.
Following are the fee payments for the contractors over varying performance evaluation periods within fiscal year 2024:
- Washington River Protection Solutions, the Hanford Field Office (HFO) tank operations contractor, was awarded nearly $32.8 million, or 69% of the available fee of $47.5 million for fiscal year 2024.
- HFO 222-S Laboratory contractor Hanford Laboratory Management and Integration received nearly $4.5 million, or 95% of the available fee of almost $4.7 million for fiscal year 2024.
- Hanford Mission Integration Solutions, HFO mission support contractor, was awarded close to $22.2 million, or 94% of the available fee of nearly $23.6 million for fiscal year 2024.
- Savannah River Site (SRS) management-and-operations (M&O) contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions received almost $33.5 million, or 95% of the available fee of nearly $35.1 million for fiscal year 2024.
- Savannah River Mission Completion, the liquid waste contractor at SRS, received $3.9 million, or nearly all of the available fee for varying periods within fiscal year 2024.
- Centerra-Savannah River Site, the protective force services contractor at SRS, was awarded over $7 million, or 96% of the available fee of more than $7.3 million for the period of July 15, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2024.
- At Savannah River National Laboratory, M&O contractor Battelle Savannah River Alliance earned more than $5.7 million, or 94% of the available fee of nearly $6.1 million for fiscal year 2024.
- Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership, the Paducah Site cleanup contractor, received close to $9.7 million, or 96% of the available fee of over $10.1 million for fiscal year 2024.
- Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth, the Portsmouth Site decontamination and decommissioning contractor, was awarded more than $16.4 million, or 96% of the available fee of $17 million for the period of April 1 to Sept. 30 this year.
- Mid-America Conversion Services earned nearly $3.5 million, or 94% of the available fee of approximately $3.7 million for the period of April 1 to Sept. 30 this year, for its operation and maintenance of the depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion facilities at the Portsmouth and Paducah sites.
- Salado Isolation Mining Contractors, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant M&O contractor, received close to $15.7 million, or 93% of the available fee of about $16.8 million for fiscal year 2024.
- Idaho Environmental Coalition, EM’s cleanup contractor at the Idaho National Laboratory Site, received nearly $22.6 million, or 99% of the available fee of almost $22.8 million for fiscal year 2024.
- Navarro Research and Engineering, EM’s cleanup contractor for the Nevada National Security Sites, was awarded close to $1.2 million, or 91% of the available fee of almost $1.3 million for fiscal year 2024.
Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos, the EM Los Alamos Field Office legacy cleanup contractor at Los Alamos National Laboratory, earned almost $13.7 million, or 79% of the available fee of nearly $17.4 million during fiscal year 2024.