Judge Affirms DOE’s $45 Billion Award, Notes Registration Split

A $45 billion maximum value radioactive waste cleanup contract will stand despite a claim that a judge of the US Court of Federal Claims improperly interpreted a contract registration rule.

Hanford Tank Disposition Alliance LLC protested March 21 after Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure LLC received the US Department of Energy contract for services at the Hanford Site in Washington state.

The protester failed to show that the contract award should be thrown out because the awardee wasn’t properly registered in the System for Award Management, as required by the Federal Acquisition Regulation, Judge Marian Blank Horn, of the ...