UT to Reconsider Bid on Los Alamos

The University of Texas might rejoin the contest to manage the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, the Albuquerque Journal reported yesterday (see GSN, Feb. 11).

The University System Board of Regents voted in February against seeking the contract, but board Chairman James Huffines asked Chancellor Mark Yudof to review the management competition after defense contractor Lockheed Martin reversed its earlier decision and announced it would submit a bid (see GSN, March 30).

The new contractor also stands to earn up to $60 million annually through the potential performance-based fee. The University of California now only receives up to $8 million each year for managing the nuclear weapons laboratory.

Yudof is set to discuss the issue with the Board of Regents at the end of this month, the Journal reported. No vote is expected at that meeting, said university system spokesman Michael Warden (Adam Rankin, Albuquerque Journal, April 5).

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