Perma-Fix Selected as Part of $240 Million 5-Year U.S. Navy Contract
ATLANTA, GA -- (Marketwired) -- 01/20/16 -- Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: PESI) (the "Company") today announced it was part of a winning team led by CH2M Hill, Inc. that was selected by the U.S. Navy for a $240 million, 5-year Comprehensive Long-Term Environmental Action Navy (CLEAN) contract for environmental remediation services at various installations principally in the Mid-Atlantic (Hampton Roads and Marine Corps IPTs), Washington, Northwest, Southwest, and EURAFSWA AORs; and Puerto Rico regions.
Dr. Louis F. Centofanti, Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We are pleased to be a part of the winning team selected for this contract and appreciate the opportunity to continue our close collaboration with CH2M Hill. Perma-Fix is uniquely qualified for this project with over 20 years of experience characterizing, remediating and surveying radioactive material impacted sites. With our vast waste characterization and treatment knowledge and experience, we are able to provide a comprehensive solution for site and environmental remediation projects, including turn-key radiological services, from characterization through facility decommissioning and decontamination and final status surveys. This contract is another example of the growing opportunities in our Services Segment."
The contract award is for a maximum amount $240 million cost-plus-award-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect-engineering contractor comprehensive, long-term environmental action services on Navy and Marine Corps installations at various Department of Defense (DOD) sites in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Atlantic area of responsibility (AOR). The work to be performed provides for architectural and engineering services to provide program management and technical environmental services in support of the Department of the Navy's Environmental Restoration Program, Munitions Response Program, and other similar programs at any Navy and Marine Corps activity in the AOR covered by NAVFAC Atlantic.
About Perma-Fix Environmental Services
Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. is a nuclear services company and leading provider of nuclear and mixed waste management services. The Company's nuclear waste services include management and treatment of radioactive and mixed waste for hospitals, research labs and institutions, federal agencies, including the Department of Energy (DOE), the Department of Defense (DOD), and the commercial nuclear industry. The Company's nuclear services group provides project management, waste management, environmental restoration, decontamination and decommissioning, new build construction, and radiological protection, safety and industrial hygiene capability to our clients. The Company operates four nuclear waste treatment facilities and provides nuclear services at DOE, DOD, and commercial facilities, nationwide.
Through Perma-Fix Medical S.A., our majority-owned Polish subsidiary, we have also developed a new process to produce Tc-99m, a widely used medical isotope in the world. The new process is expected to solve worldwide shortages of Tc-99m as it is less expensive, does not require the use of government-subsidized, weapons-grade materials and can be easily deployed around the world.
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Source: Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc.
Released January 20, 2016