Giant 10-year O&M contract combines functions of two awards originally planned—one to manage millions of gallons of radioactive waste stored underground at the former weapons site and the other to operate its multi-billion-dollar waste treatment plant awaiting startup.
After a bid protest, the megacontract to operate the giant Y-12 and Pantex waste sites will be rescoped and split, but Energy Dept. provides no rebid schedule. Bechtel will remain manager of both sites for at least two years.
Protests from losing bidders Bechtel and BWXT, which claim conflict of interest and improprieties in award of contract worth up to $28B over ten years, spur agency review and possible rebid.
