DOE selects JV led by Amentum with Fluor and Cavendish for $5.87B contract

Fluor Corporation announced that the U.S. Department of Energy DOE selected Southern Ohio Cleanup Company a joint venture led by Amentum with Fluor and Cavendish Nuclear USA, to execute the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Decontamination and Decommissioning Contract in Piketon, Ohio. The single award Master Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity contract under the End State Contracting Model has an estimated value of $5.87B, over a 10-year ordering period, and performance of task orders issued up to an additional five years. Fluor will book its initial annual portion of the contract in the third quarter of 2023…”Fluor and our partners have an unsurpassed performance record of delivering on important decontamination and decommissioning work across the Department of Energy complex,” said Tom D’Agostino, president of Fluor’s Mission Solutions business. “We have worked at the Portsmouth site and have been involved in the community for the past 12 years-we know the importance of staying local. We are proud that this contract includes local small business partners who are committed to building an environmentally and economically sustainable future for southern Ohio. We look forward to maintaining our momentum and working collaboratively with the DOE, regulators, stakeholders and the community.”