Savannah River Mission Completion again exceeds commitment to small businesses

The Savannah River Site liquid waste contractor continued its commitment to giving big business to small business in fiscal year 2024. Savannah River Mission Completion awarded nearly $180 million of its goods and services acquisitions to small businesses in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, surpassing the U.

S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management’s goal for subcontracting to small businesses. SRMC is the EM contractor responsible for treating and safely disposing millions of gallons of radioactive waste remaining in underground tanks at SRS.



SRMC awards subcontracts and procurements to other businesses needed to help complete the mission. Those businesses provide items such as pumps for the Defense Waste Processing Facility, chemicals for the Salt Waste Processing Facility, and rental equipment used in construction. They also support Saltstone Disposal Unit construction, as well as project controls support and system modeling for process improvements.

Spending at this level shows SRMC is serious about supporting our socioeconomic community through small business efforts, according to Chief Administrative Officer Mark Barth. “Savannah River Mission Completion has such a specialized and technically challenging scope that requires unique support,” Barth said. “We know the value that regional and small businesses bring, so we make sure to use our dollars in a way that helps advance our mission while also having a positive impact on the surrounding communities.

” SRMC also met all other socioeconomic small business category goals with subcontracts to women-owned small businesses; small, disadvantaged business; historically underutilized business zone businesses; veteran-owned small business; and service-disabled, veteran-owned small business. Ashley Hannah, SRMC’s Small Business Program manager, said it’s rewarding to see meaningful work be awarded to small businesses. “SRMC has a tremendous track record in working alongside small businesses, and we will keep it up as we continue to work toward completing our mission,” Hannah said.

Also in FY24, SRMC welcomed another small business, InfoTech NorthStar, to participate in the company’s mentor-protégé program..