Cincinnati – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the award of a contract to North Wind Solutions, LLC for waste processing support services at the Oak Ridge Transuranic Waste Processing Center (TWPC) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Seven (7) proposals were received in response to the solicitation.

The contractor shall safely and compliantly manage and operate the Oak Ridge TWPC Category II nuclear facility in support of processing EM legacy TRU waste; perform surveillance and maintenance activities; provide support to the Central Characterization Project for final certification and disposition of TRU soil and debris waste; process other Remote Handled /Contact Handled TRU waste originating from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory; and process Nuclear Fuel Services soils.

The contract contains Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) and Cost-Plus-Award-Fee (CPAF) Contract Line Items (CLINs), as well as an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) CLIN. The total potential period of performance is 5-years, with a 3-year base period and one, 2-year option period. The total dollar value of this award is $123.9 Million (including all options).

The mission of the Office of Environmental Management is to complete the safe cleanup of the environmental legacy brought about from five decades of nuclear weapons development and government-sponsored nuclear energy research.