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Losing Bidders Protest Award of Decade-Long DoE Nuke-Site Management Contract

Wednesday, December 15th, 2021

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Losing Bidders Protest Award of Decade-Long DoE Nuke-Site Management Contract

Groups led by BWX Technologies [BWXT] and Bechtel National have protested the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) decision to award management and operations of the agency’s two main nuclear-weapons production sites to the Fluor [FLR]-led Nuclear Production One. The Government Accountability Office filed notices online Monday that Strategic Nuclear Operators — which web searches show shares an address in Lynchburg, Va., with other BWX Technologies-affiliated groups — and Integrated Mission Delivery, had lodged protests. Strategic Nuclear Operators also includes Huntington Ingalls Industries…

Congress

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Budget

Defense Bill Tries To Block Foreign Shipbuilding, Adds $1 Billion For Second DDG

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Congress

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