National Security Technologies (NSTec) and Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technology (FM&T) have received the highest marks across the nuclear complex in newly released National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) contractor performance evaluations for fiscal 2016. Each contractor was rated in six performance areas, each carrying a different weight, which were used to determine the award fees issued for the period.
The categories are management of the nuclear weapons mission; reducing nuclear security threats; Department of Energy and Strategic Partnership Projects mission objectives; science, technology and engineering; operations and infrastructure; and leadership.
NSTec, the management and operations contractor for the Nevada National Security Site, received a rating of “excellent” and 92 percent of its possible award fee, or a total of $29.4 million of the available $31.5 million for its performance from Oct. 1, 2015, to Sept. 30, 2016. NSTec received 88 percent of its award fee in its fiscal 2015 evaluation.
Honeywell FM&T, the contractor managing the National Security Campus near Kansas City, Mo., also received 92 percent of its award fee, and a total of $41.1 million of the available $43.3 million. Honeywell received 94 percent of its award fee in its fiscal 2015 evaluation.
Sandia Corp., the contractor managing the Sandia National Laboratories headquartered in Albuquerque, N.M., received an overall “excellent” rating and 91 percent of its award fee, for a total of $27.6 million of the available $27.8 million. Sandia received 85 percent of its award fee in its fiscal 2015 evaluation.
Lawrence Livermore National Security, the contractor managing the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, received a rating of “very good” and 86 percent of its award fee, for a total of $37 million of the available $40.4 million. LLNS received 89 percent of its award fee in its fiscal 2015 evaluation.
Los Alamos National Security, the contractor managing the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, received an overall rating of “very good” and 85 percent of its award fee, for a total of $58.9 million of an available $65.2 million. LANS received 74 percent of its award fee in its fiscal 2015 evaluation.
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, the contractor that manages the Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C., received a rating of “very good” and 84 percent of its award fee, for a total of $15.3 million of the available $18.1 million. SRNS received 74 percent of its award fee in its fiscal 2015 evaluation.
Consolidated Nuclear Security, the contractor at both the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas, and the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., received an overall rating of “very good” and 77 percent of its award fee, for a total of $31.7 million of the available $41 million. This represented an increase from the 57 percent it received in its fiscal 2015 evaluation.
