LEXINGTON, Ky. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that it is extending its contract for Infrastructure Support Services at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant for a period of three months. The contract period for the current contractor, Swift & Staley, Inc. (SSI), had been scheduled to expire on March 30, 2015.

This contract extension, valued at approximately $14.5 million, is intended to accommodate DOE’s current competitive procurement process for a new infrastructure contract. This action is intended to allow selection, contract award and transition to the new contract to occur without interruptions of ongoing services.

Ongoing services currently performed by SSI that will continue during the contract extension include:

• Surveillance, maintenance and repair of facilities
• Janitorial services
• Grounds maintenance
• Roadway/parking lot maintenance
• Pest control
• Computing, telecommunication, and cyber security
• Fleet management
• Real and personal property management
• Records management and document control
• Safeguards and security
• Environment, safety, health, and quality (ESH&Q) program; and
• Training services

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.