A joint venture led by Fluor Federal Services and including Amentum will succeed a Bechtel National-headed consortium as manager and operator of two major US Energy Dept. nuclear weapons assembly and storage facilities in Tennessee and Texas under a performance-based multi-year contract worth up to $2.8 billion annually.
The contract, awarded by the National Nuclear Security Administration, a semi-autonomous DOE agency for work at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn. and the Pantex plant near Amarillo, Texas, has a five-year base award with five possible one-year extensions. The Fluor-Amentum contract includes a four-month transition period starting in December, with the Bechtel consortium contract ending in March 2022. The firm is teamed with contractor Leidos as Consolidated Nuclear Services LLC.