Bids are due today for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Kansas City National Security Campus, and industry officials expect only one company to submit a proposal: incumbent contractor Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies. Honeywell was the only company to send representatives to a preproposal conference and site tour last month, fueling speculation that the NNSA might not get more than one bid for the Kansas City contract. A strong emphasis on past performance, a lack of technical approach required in the Request for Proposals, and a focus on nuclear manufacturing in the RFP has appeared to dissuade companies from bidding for the contract, though industry officials didn’t discount the possibility that a company could engineer a “stealth” bid. That possibility, however, was called “remote” by one industry official following the procurement.
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