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LLNS contract expiration

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By scooby

 The “Prime Contract” DE-AC52-07NA27344 with LLNS, began on October 1, 2007, and is scheduled to end on September 30, 2026 (~3 years from now).


Who are the material contenders to manage LLNL when LLNS is out? What actions have been taken thus far to make the transition to the next federal contractor to manage LLNL, occur with minimum delay due to failure to prepare?

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Anonymous said…
Do you remember the British officer in Dr. Strangelove? Why don't we have the British run the lab?
9/11/2023 10:55 AM
Anonymous said…
Hopefully the NNSA doesn’t repeat what happened at LANL when LANS was rewarded with contract extensions after numerous failures.

“Los Alamos contract extended for another year”

from commenter:

“UC ran these labs for decades at a tenth of the overhead cost. Without the conspicuous accidents and loss of talent. Go back to them.”

https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/online/9534/Los-Alamos-contract-extended-for-another-year
9/11/2023 11:22 AM
Anonymous said…
FYI: For those fairly new to LLNL or LANL, LLNS and LANS, were appropriately termed LANSLLNS on this blog since their LLC members were almost identical.
9/11/2023 6:21 PM
Anonymous said…
“FYI: For those fairly new to LLNL or LANL, LLNS and LANS, were appropriately termed LANSLLNS on this blog since their LLC members were almost identical.”

Yes, former LANS and still surviving LLNS are same same. Time to finish the removal of any smell of LANSLLNS from these NNSA Laboratories for good.
9/14/2023 5:50 PM
Anonymous said…
The current contractor LLNS and the next contractor to manage LLNL, will only offer a 401k plan for new employees, just like most other companies do across the USA.

The NNSA wants to attract and retain credentialed and experienced employees that have real career choices beyond the National Labs. To do so, the NNSA could create a TCP1 like pension system, but they won’t. However, it should be self evident to the NNSA by now, that:

1. A for-profit contractor is significantly more expensive than a non-profit contractor
2. A for-profit contractor brings NO value added for their additional expense (history confirms this)
3. In hindsight, many past DOE officials prefer a non-profit project and workforce oriented contractor model

Easy peasy
9/16/2023 10:16 AM
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