Northrop Grumman to Join Los Alamos Hunt

California-based defense company Northrop Grumman will pursue the management contract for the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Associated Press reported yesterday (see GSN, April 6).

The seven-year contract is worth roughly $2.2 billion annually. With a potential 13-year extension, the contract could be valued at $44 billion over two decades, according to a Northrop Grumman press release.

The University of California’s contract to operate the New Mexico nuclear weapons research laboratory ends in September. University officials have not declared whether they will seek to retain the arrangement, which is opening to bids following security and management troubles at the facility, AP reported.

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin has announced its intention to seek the contract, and University of Texas officials are reconsidering an earlier decision to opt out of competition.

Other possible bidders include Bechtel, Computer Sciences Corp., CH2M Hill, Washington Group BWXT Operating Services, Titan Corp., Teledyne Brown Engineering and Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure, according to the Energy Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration (Associated Press/Yahoo!News, April 25).

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