Los Alamos Unhappy with UC Contract
Dibya Sarkar writes in FCW.com:
Current and former employees of the Los Alamos National Laboratory are unhappy that the Energy Department selected the University of California and a group of private companies to manage and operate the lab.
DOE officials announced yesterday that they had awarded a seven-year contract worth up to $558 million to a group called Los Alamos National Security –- a limited liability corporation consisting of the university, Bechtel National, BWX Technologies and Washington Group International. The group, whose new contract will start June 1, 2006, beat out a team led by Lockheed Martin and the University of Texas.
Under the terms of the contract, an additional 13 years can be added depending on contract performance.
But the university, which has managed and operated the lab since the facility was established in 1943, has come under fire in recent years for security lapses and mismanagement.
posted by Fergie @ 12/22/2005 12:11:00 PM
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