Hanford Site Services Provider Receives 94 Percent of Available Annual Fee

RICHLAND, Wash. – EM’s Richland Operations Office site services contractor Mission Support Alliance (MSA) earned $20.4 million, or 94 percent, of the available award fee for EM work performed from Oct. 1, 2016 through Sept. 30, 2017, according to a recently released scorecard.  

   “Overall, I am pleased with the progress attained this past fiscal year,” said Richland Operations Office Manager Doug Shoop in a letter to MSA that accompanied the scorecard. “I look forward to working with MSA in continuing to right-size the Hanford Site infrastructure, improving site-wide safety, and driving for safe and cost-effective cleanup.”   

   Each year EM releases information relating to contractor fee payments, earned by completing the work called for in the contracts, to further demonstrate transparency in its cleanup program.

   The scorecard said MSA met or exceeded the majority of performance goals and objectives for the performance period. The scorecard also detailed some of MSA’s significant accomplishments, like the Hanford Fire Department doing an exceptional job during an extreme fire season, the roads program operating beyond expectations in an unusually severe winter, and MSA’s strong leadership in the ongoing administration of the Contractor Interface Board in resolving issues between contractors.

   Although there were no significant deficiencies, the scorecard noted areas where MSA could improve, including the need for MSA to develop a software quality assurance program that meets DOE requirements and to increase its focus on vehicle safety. 

   A copy of the scorecard is available here.