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Area leaders examine the State of the County
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Third-party candidate Baldwin campaigns in Aiken
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Concert will support scholarships, bring relief to USC Aiken students
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Scouts looking for new members
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Troopers reach out past state borders
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City man charged with gun violations
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Bridgestone celebrates first decade
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South Aiken, Aiken seniors exceed national SAT averages
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Schools roll out red carpet awards
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Irish gospel star Robin Mark to perform free concert here
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ACP sets auditions
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Reunions for Aug. 27
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Police watch for vandalism as rivals' game approaches
8/26/2008 9:02 PM
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Two weeks after his acquittal, man again arrested
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County considers shelter expansion
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Loaned executives help bring professional clout to United Way
8/25/2008 8:46 PM
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Local news in brief for Aug. 26
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Officer cleared after fatal pursuit
8/25/2008 8:33 PM
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Vote on GVW today
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Woman discovers, cares for conjoined baby turtles
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GAO says SRNS was better
5/23/2008 1:45 AM
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By MIKE GELLATLY
Staff writer
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions' superior executives and their cohesiveness during interviews seems to have been the key in winning the management and operations contract for Savannah River Site.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office released its decision to uphold the award of the contract to SRNS after a Washington Group appeal.
The decision states that some "of SRNS's key personnel had more 'extensive experience,' which (Source Evaluation Board) found important to meet the performance expectations in the contract."
"This is a management and operation contract; it's natural that people would be a key part of the decision," said Chuck Munns, CEO of SRNS. "I am very proud of the team we put together. We intensely worked for a breadth of experience."
In addition to these key personnel, SEB concluded that "the SRNS team performed better during the oral presentation."
"(Savannah River Alliance) did not function as an integrated team and overall was less interactive than the SRNS team," the report states. "The SRNS team performed more effectively, efficiently and seamlessly together with all personnel engaged in some aspect of problem solving, response development."
Though their bid for the contract was almost $50 million higher, the GAO believed SRNS' top staff to be worth the extra funding.
"I believe the advantages in leadership, innovation, efficiency and productivity improvements possible through the superior SRNS key personnel team as compared to the SRA team more than outweighs the evaluated price differential of $48.3 million over 10 years or $4.8 million a year," the evaluation board.
Selection criteria for the contract was heavily weighted in favor of superior "key personnel" for which SRNS was given an "excellent" rating while SRA received a "good" rating. All other indicators were rated equally in the GAO document.
"When one puts a team together and engages in a bid, you always have confidence in where you are heading," Munns added. "We've worked hard for more than a year to build this team. I am delighted that we were able to display that and that the Department of Energy and GAO both valued that."
5/23/2008 1:45 AM
0 comment(s) on this story E-mail this story to a friendBy MIKE GELLATLY
Staff writer
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions' superior executives and their cohesiveness during interviews seems to have been the key in winning the management and operations contract for Savannah River Site.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office released its decision to uphold the award of the contract to SRNS after a Washington Group appeal.
The decision states that some "of SRNS's key personnel had more 'extensive experience,' which (Source Evaluation Board) found important to meet the performance expectations in the contract."
"This is a management and operation contract; it's natural that people would be a key part of the decision," said Chuck Munns, CEO of SRNS. "I am very proud of the team we put together. We intensely worked for a breadth of experience."
In addition to these key personnel, SEB concluded that "the SRNS team performed better during the oral presentation."
"(Savannah River Alliance) did not function as an integrated team and overall was less interactive than the SRNS team," the report states. "The SRNS team performed more effectively, efficiently and seamlessly together with all personnel engaged in some aspect of problem solving, response development."
Though their bid for the contract was almost $50 million higher, the GAO believed SRNS' top staff to be worth the extra funding.
"I believe the advantages in leadership, innovation, efficiency and productivity improvements possible through the superior SRNS key personnel team as compared to the SRA team more than outweighs the evaluated price differential of $48.3 million over 10 years or $4.8 million a year," the evaluation board.
Selection criteria for the contract was heavily weighted in favor of superior "key personnel" for which SRNS was given an "excellent" rating while SRA received a "good" rating. All other indicators were rated equally in the GAO document.
"When one puts a team together and engages in a bid, you always have confidence in where you are heading," Munns added. "We've worked hard for more than a year to build this team. I am delighted that we were able to display that and that the Department of Energy and GAO both valued that."
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