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Sandia Contract Expires September 2012

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By scooby
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Time Running Out On Sandia Management Contract
Contract Expires September 2012

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Officials said the clock is winding down for the federal government to decide whether to renew Lockheed Martin's contract to manage Sandia National Laboratories or hold a bidding competition to pick a corporate manager.
The Albuquerque Journal reported that the contract for the nuclear weapons lab expires at the end of September 2012.

Records suggested that the federal government has run out of options to easily grant the company a one-year extension.

A joint venture of Boeing and Fluor had already gone public with its desire to bid on a Sandia contract. Other possible contenders are believed to be waiting in the wings. Sandia National Laboratories is one of the nation's three nuclear weapons design and maintenance laboratories

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Anonymous said…
Bechtel will take the Sandia contract after an "honest and open" NNSA competition... ha, ha, ha, ha, haa!
7/18/2011 10:21 PM
Anonymous said…
Great article. Quite a few of us predicted the outcome of the ill-fated outsourcing debacle. It shall come to pass without much fanfare from the politicos.
7/19/2011 3:49 PM
Anonymous said…
Mr. Adam Rowen (manager of the Materials Chemistry department) from Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore does not have a Ph.D.
5/10/2013 4:45 PM
Anonymous said…
Sandia and their incompetent management is an embarrassment to this country and the NNSA.
7/02/2013 2:53 AM
Anonymous said…
A couple of people in the Materials Chemistry department (including Adam Rowen, the manager) at Sandia booked a trip using Sandia funds to Hawaii to attend the 2012 ECS meeting. That is definitely a waste!


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