RICHLAND, Wash. - EM’s Richland Operations Office (RL) has awarded its prime cleanup contractor CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Company (CH2M) more than $14 million, or roughly 92 percent, of the available fee for fiscal year 2016.
“(CH2M) was very responsive to customer needs," according to a recently released award fee determination scorecard. “The contractor accomplished a number of the Department of Energy’s key performance goals for cleanup at the Hanford Site during 2016."
Each year EM releases information relating to contractor fee payments - earned by completing the work called for in the contracts - to further transparency in its cleanup program.
CH2M earned the fee for helping reduce risks at the Hanford Site. Crews removed hazardous waste streams and facilities, cleaned up billions of gallons of contaminated groundwater, prepared to remove highly radioactive sludge from a basin near the Columbia River, and made progress decommissioning and demolishing the Plutonium Finishing Plant.
The fee is paid for subjective and objective performance measures, each having different eligible amounts. CH2M earned about 87 percent of the eligible fee for subjective and 92 percent for objective performance measures.
The contractor met the completion criteria to merit full payment for 24 of 27 performance measures. The three performance measures not completed during the period included receipt of sludge treatment storage container production order; completion of the Reduction-Oxidation Plant roof design; and completion of the Waste Encapsulation and Storage Facility Ventilation and Stabilization Project.
RL gave CH2M credit for completing one performance measure - legacy facilities and equipment disposition - for fiscal year 2018 early.
Source: U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Environmental Management
