Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the award of a contract to Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership, LLC for the continued deactivation and remediation of Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) facilities, in Paducah, KY. The procurement is a cost-plus-award-fee and includes an indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract line item. The total estimated value of the contract is $1,489,326,983. The period of performance includes a base period of five years (including a transition period of 120 days) and two option periods (3-year and 2-year). Four proposals were received in response to the solicitation.

The services to be provided under the contract include, but are not limited to, facility characterization and stabilization (deposit/hold-up removal, removal of all fire loading, isolating systems and facility from utilities), groundwater remediation, waste operations, utility operations and Surveillance & Maintenance (S&M).

The mission of the DOE Environmental Management program is the safe cleanup of the environmental legacy resulting from five decades of nuclear weapons development and Government-sponsored nuclear energy research.