In a move that some observers did not expect, the U.S. Energy Dept. on Oct. 12 declined to award a $4.7-billion follow-on contract for liquid-nuclear-waste management at its Savannah River nuclear-waste complex in South Carolina to a team led by incumbent AECOM and unit URS Corp.
The up-to-10-year cost-plus contract was won by a BWX Technologies-led team that includes Bechtel National. Both now are members of the incumbent team, but they competed separately for the rebid, along with Honeywell International.