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Protests of Big NNSA Production Sites Contract Dismissed as Agency Plans ‘Corrective Action’

Tuesday, January 18th, 2022

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Protests of Big NNSA Production Sites Contract Dismissed as Agency Plans ‘Corrective Action’

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The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) plans to address a perceived conflict of interest, raised by a Bechtel National-led team, about the agency’s November award of a potentially decade-long sites-management contract to a Fluor [FLR]-led team, according to a letter from the Government Accountability Office. On Friday, at the NNSA request, a source said, the Government Accountability Office dismissed protests filed by the Bechtel-led Integrated Mission Delivery and the BWX Technologies [BWXT]-led Strategic Nuclear Operators. Both companies bid and lost…

Congress

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Congress

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