Los Alamos National Security (LANS), the prime contractor for Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, won 84 percent of its potential $10.1 million environmental management award fee in the latest contract scorecard from the Department of Energy.
That was good for almost $8.46 million in available fees, DOE said Tuesday. The award fee covers work done under the bridge contract for legacy nuclear cleanup at the lab in fiscal 2017.
LANS earned more than $4.62 million, of a potential $5.5 million, on the objectively measured performance-based incentives. It earned roughly $2.37 million of a potential $3.12 million in subjective award fees, plus the base fixed fee of about $1.46 million.
When it came to ratings, the lowest grade that LANS received a “good” when it came to quality. It rated “very good” on categories such as schedule, regulatory compliance, and cost control. Finally, its management was graded as “excellent” during the review period.
One of the milestones cited by DOE was completion of treatment of 60 potentially combustible containers of radioactive waste. The drums contained a mix of nitrate salts and organic kitty litter comparable to the combination that in 2014 blew open a container at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M. releasing radiation and shutting down the underground storage facility for nearly three years.
Los Alamos National Security is a consortium of Bechtel National, AECOM, BWXT Technologies, and the University of California. In September, DOE extended its environmental management contract by six months, to the end of March 2018, while the department selects a new contractor.
The LANS team also appears to be breaking up to compete for the lab management and operations contract. Bids for the contract worth about $2 billion per year for up to a decade are due on Dec. 11, with the new deal expected to be awarded in April or May.
