DoE Nixes Huge Site Management Competition Over Concerns With Nuclear Weapons Work

摘要

Before it even started, the Department of Energy this week canceled a competition for aSavannah River Site management and operations contract worth billions, citing an increase ofNational Nuclear Security Administration nuclear weapons work at the site.“The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) is indefinitely delaying the Final Request for Proposal(RFP) for the Savannah River Site Operations acquisition.” the agency’s Office of EnvironmentalManagement wrote in an online procurement note dated Tuesday. The cleanup office is thecurrent landlord agency at the site near the Georgia border.