Bechtel Jacobs
American environmental-management contractor that performed U.S. Department of Energy waste-management and remediation work at federal sites in Oak Ridge and elsewhere.
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History
Bechtel Jacobs was formed in 1997 as a limited liability company jointly owned by Bechtel and Jacobs Engineering Group. Its creation was connected to the U.S. Department of Energy’s environmental-management program for federal nuclear and industrial properties. The company became the primary contractor for waste-management and environmental-remediation activities associated with DOE operations in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, with responsibilities also extending to the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Kentucky and the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant near Piketon, Ohio. The 1997 management-and-integration contract was estimated at $2.5 billion. Through this work, Bechtel Jacobs operated as a government-services contractor rather than as a consumer product company. Its responsibilities centered on organizing and performing cleanup and waste-management programs at facilities affected by decades of nuclear research, production, and related industrial activity. The reference material identifies nuclear-waste treatment and environmental remediation as central areas of work, but does not provide enough detail to attribute particular proprietary technologies or branded product lines to the company. In 2003, DOE awarded Bechtel Jacobs a new five-year cost-plus-incentive-fee contract estimated at $1.8 billion. The award continued the company’s substantial role in the DOE environmental-management portfolio. Its site responsibilities subsequently changed through separate federal contract awards. In 2005, DOE selected LATA/Parallax Portsmouth LLC, a joint venture of Los Alamos Technical Associates and Parallax, for the Portsmouth site, replacing Bechtel Jacobs there. In 2006, Paducah Remediation Services LLC, a partnership of Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure and Portage Environmental, received the Paducah environmental-management work, ending Bechtel Jacobs’ involvement at that facility. The company continued to be associated with Oak Ridge until 2011. DOE then awarded the environmental-management contract for its Oak Ridge properties to UCOR, a partnership of URS Corporation and CH2M Hill. This ended Bechtel Jacobs’ documented primary role in the Oak Ridge cleanup program. The supplied sources do not state whether the LLC was dissolved, retained for other contracts, or reorganized after the Oak Ridge transition. Accordingly, the company’s present legal and operational status remains uncertain. Bechtel Jacobs’ historical significance lies in its participation in the privatized and competitively awarded management of U.S. nuclear-site cleanup. Its work covered large, technically complex federal facilities and involved the handling of waste and remediation obligations rather than the sale of conventional commercial products. The company’s progression—from receiving a major DOE contract in 1997, through a renewed award in 2003, to the transfer of individual site responsibilities between 2005 and 2011—reflects the changing contractor structure of the DOE environmental-management program.
- 2011
Oak Ridge contract concludes
[1]UCOR replaces Bechtel Jacobs as the environmental-management contractor for DOE properties in Oak Ridge.
- 2006
Paducah responsibilities transferred
[1]DOE awards Paducah environmental-management work to Paducah Remediation Services LLC, ending Bechtel Jacobs’ role at that site.
- 2005
Portsmouth responsibilities transferred
[1]DOE replaces Bechtel Jacobs at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant with LATA/Parallax Portsmouth LLC.
- 2003
New five-year DOE contract awarded
[1]DOE awards Bechtel Jacobs a new cost-plus-incentive-fee environmental-management contract estimated at $1.8 billion.
- 1997
Bechtel Jacobs is established as a DOE environmental-management contractor
[1]The joint venture begins work under an estimated $2.5 billion management-and-integration contract covering DOE environmental activities in Oak Ridge and additional sites in Paducah and Portsmouth.
Products and positioning
Specialized environmental-management and remediation contractor serving U.S. government nuclear and industrial cleanup programs.
Environmental management · 1997
Environmental remediation services
Cleanup and remediation services for DOE-managed federal properties affected by nuclear, industrial, and hazardous-material legacies. The work was delivered through government contracts and site programs rather than through a separately branded commercial product portfolio.
Waste management · 1997
Nuclear and hazardous-waste management
Management of waste-related activities within the DOE environmental-management system, including work associated with nuclear and hazardous materials at Oak Ridge and other federal facilities. The available source does not specify individual treatment technologies or facilities in sufficient detail.
Brand decisions
2011
Transfer of Oak Ridge environmental-management contractStrategyBackground
DOE recompeted the environmental-management contract for its Oak Ridge properties after Bechtel Jacobs had served as the primary contractor.
Action taken
DOE awarded the Oak Ridge contract to UCOR, a partnership of URS Corporation and CH2M Hill.
Aftermath
Bechtel Jacobs’ documented role in the Oak Ridge environmental-management program ended.
2003
Continue DOE environmental-management work through a renewed contractStrategyBackground
The company’s original DOE environmental-management arrangement was followed by a new five-year contract covering its continuing federal cleanup responsibilities.
Action taken
Bechtel Jacobs accepted a new cost-plus-incentive-fee contract estimated at $1.8 billion.
Aftermath
The company continued its major DOE role, although individual site responsibilities were later transferred to other contractors.
Estimated contract value. $1.8 billion (2003 five-year contract award)
Recent events
- 2011
UCOR replaces Bechtel Jacobs at Oak Ridge[1]
Other
The company’s environmental-management role at DOE properties in Oak Ridge ended after DOE awarded the contract to UCOR.
- 2006
Bechtel Jacobs role ends at Paducah site[1]
Other
DOE moved environmental-management work at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant to Paducah Remediation Services LLC, ending Bechtel Jacobs’ involvement there.
- 2005
DOE transfers Portsmouth remediation contract from Bechtel Jacobs[1]
Other
Bechtel Jacobs ceased to be the environmental-remediation contractor at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant after DOE selected LATA/Parallax Portsmouth LLC.
- 2003
Bechtel Jacobs receives new DOE environmental-management contract[1]
Other
The company was awarded a new five-year cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for DOE environmental-management work, with an estimated value of $1.8 billion.
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