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Transition to new contractor under way at Y-12, Pantex

Posted at 12:10 am March 4, 2014
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Y-12 National Security Complex Aerial View

The transition to a new contractor at the Y-12 National Security Complex, pictured above, and Pantex Plant in Texas is already under way and could be completed in four months.

Note: This story was last updated at 10:22 a.m. March 4.

The transition to a new contractor at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge and Pantex Plant in Texas is already under way and could be completed in four months, federal officials said Monday.

The transition to Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC of Reston, Va., had originally been scheduled to be complete by May 2013, but it was delayed by three rounds of protests. The U.S. Government Accountability Office denied the third and possibly final protest by Nuclear Production Partners LLC, or NP2, of Lynchburg, Va., on Thursday.

On Monday, the National Nuclear Security Administration said CNS will start managing and operating the weapons production plants at Y-12 and Pantex at the end of the four-month transition period. [Read more…]

Filed Under: National Nuclear Security Administration, Slider, Top Stories, Y-12, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: B&W, B&W Y-12, Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Pantex LLC, Babcock and Wilcox Co., Bechtel Corp., Bechtel National Inc., CNS, Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC, Integrated Nuclear Production Solutions LLC, National Nuclear Security Administration, NNSA, NP2, Nuclear Production Partners LLC, Pantex Plant, Savannah River Tritium Operations, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Government Accountability Office, uranium processing facility, weapons productions plants, Y-12 National Security Complex

GAO denies third protest of $22 billion contract to manage Y-12, Pantex

Posted at 3:40 pm February 27, 2014
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Y-12 National Security Complex Aerial View

Federal officials have denied the third protest by one of the two teams that unsuccessfully bid on a $22 billion contract to manage the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, pictured above, and Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas.

Note: This story was updated at 6:45 p.m.

Federal officials have denied the third protest by one of the two teams that unsuccessfully bid on a $22 billion contract to manage the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge and Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas.

In the protest, Nuclear Production Partners LLC of Lynchburg, Va., had challenged a November decision by the National Nuclear Security Administration to reaffirm its earlier decision, announced in January 2013, to award the consolidated contract to Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC of Reston, Va.

On Thursday, the U.S. Government Accountability Office announced that it had denied the third protest. It’s the final GAO protest, but the case could be appealed to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C.

Statistically, that’s not likely; the GAO hears 2,500 protests per year, and the court has about 84. But there is a large amount of money at stake with this contract.

The GAO had upheld one part of an earlier NP2 protest and denied or dismissed three elements of a second. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal, Government, National Nuclear Security Administration, Slider, Top Stories, Y-12, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: B&W, B&W Y-12, Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Pantex LLC, Babcock and Wilcox Co., Babcock and Wilcox Technical Services Group Inc., Bechtel Corp., Bechtel National Inc., CNS, consolidated contract, Consolidated Nuclear Security, Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC, contract, cost savings, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, GAO, George Dudich, Integrated Nuclear Production Solutions LLC, National Nuclear Security Administration, NNSA, NPP, Nuclear Production Partners LLC, Pantex Plant, protest, Ralph White, Savannah River Tritium Operations, U.S. Government Accountability Office, uranium processing facility, Y-12 National Security Complex

Officials say little about Monday hearing on Y-12, Pantex contract

Posted at 7:44 pm February 3, 2014
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Y-12 National Security Complex

The Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge is pictured above.

Officials said little about the federal hearing held Monday to discuss the consolidated but contested contract to manage the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge and Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas.

The hearing is related to the protest filed by Nuclear Production Partners LLC, or NP2, which has contested the decision to award the contract to Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC of Reston, Va. Originally announced in January 2013, the contract could be worth up to $22.8 billion over a decade.

The hearing had originally been scheduled for Jan. 29, but it was rescheduled. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Federal, Government, National Nuclear Security Administration, Oak Ridge, Slider, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: B&W, Babcock and Wilcox Co., Bechtel Corp., Bechtel National, CNS, consolidated contract, Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC, GAO, Integrated Nuclear Production Solutions LLC, National Nuclear Security Administration, NP2, Nuclear Production Partners LLC, Pantex Plant, U.S. Government Accountability Office, uranium processing facility, Y-12 National Security Complex

B&W-led team files new protest on Y-12, Pantex contract

Posted at 11:16 pm November 20, 2013
By John Huotari 2 Comments

Y-12 National Security Complex Aerial View

The bidding team led by the Babcock and Wilcox Co. has filed a third protest over the contract to manage and operate the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, pictured above, and the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas. (Photo courtesy B&W Y-12)

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—The bidding team led by the Babcock and Wilcox Co. has filed a third protest over the contract to manage and operate the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge and the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas.

B&W announced the protest by the bidding team, Nuclear Production Partners LLC, or NP2, on Wednesday night. It was filed with the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

“This protest encompasses concerns identified in NP2’s June 17, 2013, protest of the revised Request for Proposals,” a B&W press release said. “The protest also reflects information received during the National Nuclear Security Administration’s debriefing session held on November 15.”

The June protest was the second filed by NP2, of Lynchburg, Va. The company had also filed one after the National Nuclear Security Administration announced in January that it had selected Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC of Reston, Va., to manage the two nuclear weapons plants. [Read more…]

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