RICHLAND, Wash. - EM awarded the Office of River Protection (ORP) tank operations contractor for the fiscal year from Oct. 1, 2017 through Sept. 30, 2018, according to a recently released scorecard.
EM evaluated the performance of Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) against 11 subjective criteria and 14 performance-based incentives. For the 11 subjective criteria, WRPS received two “excellent" ratings, seven “very good" ratings, and two “good" ratings.
“I saw very good commitment from the WRPS team toward accomplishing its goals this year," ORP Manager Brian Vance said. “The entire ORP team, including our contractors, is focused on the culture shift toward treatment of low-activity waste, and WRPS’ actions will lay the foundations for accomplishing that mission."
EM gave the contractor the “excellent" ratings for its focus on safety program implementation and nuclear safety. WRPS employees worked nearly 8.5 million hours, or 600 days, without a lost-time injury, due to the contractor’s continued emphasis on safety, safety culture, and worker engagement. WRPS also demonstrated two new robotic technologies to inspect the primary tank bottom of double-shell tanks during the performance evaluation period.
Other criteria for the award fee included management of single-shell and double-shell tank systems; performance of tank farm project conduct of operations; cost and management performance; the quality assurance program; environmental regulatory management; contractor assurance system; support for direct-feed low-activity waste and Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant commissioning; integration and implementation of comprehensive vapor actions; and management of the low-activity waste pretreatment system.
WRPS’s highest awards for performance-based incentives included improvements to tank farms infrastructure, C Tank Farm retrievals; A/AX Tank Farm retrievals; work done by the contractor’s chief technology office; and the development of a comprehensive vapor action plan.
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Source: U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Environmental Management
