Transition starts on new $6B Hanford contract. Leadership team named
The president of Mission Support Alliance will be continuing his leadership at new Hanford site-wide contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions.
Bob Wilkinson, president of outgoing contractor Mission Support Alliance with nearly 2,000 Tri-Cities employees, will also be president and general manager for the new contractor.
The 120-day transition to the new Hanford Mission Essential Services Contract started Monday. The 10-year contract is valued at up to $6 billion.
“As we begin this transition in partnership with DOE, the HMIS team looks forward to integrating itself with employees, local businesses, community and the One Hanford team to continue to build upon the excellent progress currently being made cleaning up the Hanford Site,” Wilkinson said.
Mission Integration Solutions has set up a public website at hanford.gov/page.cfm/HMIS that will be updated with information for employees, potential subcontractors and the community.
Subcontracting plans
The new contractor plans to subcontract 40% of the total contract value, with 55% of that value going to small businesses.
It will be reaching out in the greater Tri-Cities area as it looks for subcontractors, it said. It plans a small business development program.
In addition to Wilkinson, the management team for the new contractor will include Amy Basche as chief operations officer; Mike Wilson in charge of mission assurance; Diane Cato in charge of engineering, technology an projects; Brian Von Bargen in charge of interface and integration services; Todd Synoground in charge of infrastructure and site services; and David Chase in charge of safeguards and security and emergency response.
Cato and Chase are the only two not already on the Mission Support Alliance leadership team.
In total, the leaders have 160 years living in the Tri-Cities area and are committed to support the community, according to Mission Integration Solutions.
The new contractor is owned by Leidos, Centerra and Parsons, with Northwind Solutions as a preselected subcontractor. Mission Support Alliance is owned by Leidos and Centerra.
Among the work covered by the new contract is security and emergency services, land management, information technology and management of the HAMMER training center. It also covers utility and road services, including maintenance and upgrades to support the upcoming operation of the $17 billion vitrification plant in the center of the site.
Environmental cleanup of radioactive and other hazardous chemical waste and contamination is underway at Hanford in Eastern Washington. The 580-square-mile site was used during World War II and the Cold War to produce plutonium for the nation’s nuclear weapons program.
This story was originally published August 17, 2020 at 11:24 AM.