Kansas City National Security Campus Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies was the top performer in the weapons complex during Fiscal Year 2014, earning 96 percent of its at risk fee ($28.8 million out of $30 million available). Honeywell also earned an additional $14.4 million in fixed Work For Others fee, bringing its total FY 2014 fee to $43.1 million. The NNSA last week
released the FY 2014 Fee Determination Letters, providing top-level information about the fee earned by its contractors, but has not released the full Performance Evaluation Reviews.
While Los Alamos National Laboratory contractor Los Alamos National Security earned only 9 percent of its fee and didn’t earn an award-term extension, as previously reported, Lawrence Livermore contractor Lawrence Livermore National Security earned 87 percent of its at-risk fee ($23.9 million out of $27.6 million available) and a one-year extension to its contract, pushing its contract expiration to Fiscal Year 2018. Overall, It earned $42.3 million, including $11.8 million in fixed fee and $6.5 million in fixed Work For Others fee. Lockheed Martin’s Sandia Corporation earned 81.2 percent of its at-risk fee ($7.9 million out of $9.8 million available), penalized most significantly for Operations and Infrastructure, where it earned 65 percent of the available fee in that category ($1.3 million out of $1.9 million).
Overall, Sandia earned $26.3 million, including $10.9 million in fixed fee and $7.3 million in fixed Work For Others fee. NNSA Principal Deputy Administrator Madelyn Creedon also noted in the Fee Determination Letter that the lab had challenges during FY 2014 in transparency and maintaining communication with the NNSA. “I expect to see positive changes with the new Sandia leadership to address the challenges presented in 2014 that strained the relationship with the NNSA,” Creedon said, adding: “Sandia’s commitment to the positive and cooperative relationship has been modest and falls short of what is expected of a FFRDC. We look forward to an improved relationship in 2015.”
Nevada National Security Site contractor National Security Technologies was awarded 83.4 percent of its at-risk fee ($21.3 million out of $25.6 million), taking a significant hit in Operations and Infrastructure (68 percent) for several high-profile slipups, including a June chemical explosion. B&W Y-12 and B&W Pantex also received their grades for Oct. 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014, when Consolidated Nuclear Security took over management of the sites. B&W Pantex earned 90 percent of its at-risk fee ($26.1 million out of $28.9 million available, while B&W Y-12 earned 78 percent of its at-risk fee ($44.7 million out of $57.6 million available). It was B&W Y-12’s best performance since before the July 2012 security breach at the site.
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions received 75 percent of its at-risk fee for the NNSA portion of its work at the Savannah River Site ($16 million out of $21.2 million available), taking its most significant hit in Operations and Infrastructure (60 percent) and Broader National Security Mission (60 percent), though it scored well in Nuclear Weapons Mission (92 percent).
