Wednesday, September 01, 1999
Fluor Daniel must submit bid to finish Fernald cleanup
BY RACHEL MELCER
The Cincinnati Enquirer
CROSBY TOWNSHIP — Officials at Fluor Daniel Environmental Management Corp., already running the cleanup of the former Fernald uranium processing plant, said Tuesday they will compete for a contract to finish the job.
The site management company was surprised last month to learn that the Department of Energy (DOE) will offer the estimated $1 billion contract for bids.
After seven years overseeing the cleanup of radioactive and toxic waste at the 1,050-acre site, Fluor Daniel Fernald officials had thought they would get an automatic contract extension. Their current deal with the DOE expires in December 2000.
“We're confident that our performance here ... in itself is an outstanding recommendation to the department to have us continue,” said John Bradburne, Fluor Daniel Fernald president and chief executive.
“But we're not taking anything for granted on the rebid. As far as we're concerned, it's an opportunity that we will muster and use all of our corporate resources toward.”
The DOE will assemble a committee this month to begin drafting a request for proposals, and set a schedule for the bidding process, said spokesman Gary Stegner.
Officials expect the contract to be awarded in about 18 months.
Fluor Daniel Fernald has overseen good times and bad at the site where uranium was once processed for nuclear weapons. It stumbled over a failed attempt to remove and treat hazardous waste from two crumbling silos — a project now back on the drawing board.
But the company has built a relationship with community residents and workers, and has developed an expertise that other companies will be hard-pressed to match, Mr. Bradburne said.
“The Department of Energy is a very important client of ours. And we are dedicated to continuing to be a preferred supplier,” he said. “It's very important to the company.”
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