The National Nuclear Security Administration shortly before press time Friday released the latest performance evaluation reports and award fee letters for the managers of its eight nuclear security sites.
With one exception, the performance periods cover fiscal 2015, from Oct. 1, 2014, to Sept. 30, 2015. Each contractor was rated in six performance areas, which carry different weights and were combined to determine the award fees paid for the period.
The assessments were completed at the end of last year, according to fee determination letters sent in December to the contractors from NNSA Principal Deputy Administrator Madelyn Creedon.
Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS) received just 57 percent of its possible award fee for the period from July 2014, when it assumed management of the Pantex Plant in Texas and the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee, to September 2015. Its award fee was $11.4 million, out of a total available amount of just under $20 million.
The PER says that in “most cases NNSA did not agree with the [company’s] overall assessment of Very Good.” CNS received a satisfactory rating for the manage the nuclear weapons mission; very good for the reduce global nuclear security threats mission; very good for Department of Energy (DOE) and Strategic Partnership Project (SPP) Mission Objectives; very good for science, technology, and engineering; good for operations and infrastructure; and satisfactory for leadership.
Sandia Corp. received 85 percent of its possible award fee for management of the Sandia National Laboratories in fiscal 2015 – nearly $2.4 million against a total available amount of $2.8 million.
The contractor a very good rating for managing the nuclear weapons mission; excellent for the reduce global nuclear security threats mission; excellent for the Department of Energy and Strategic Partnership Project Mission; excellent for science, technology, and engineering; very good for operations and infrastructure; and satisfactory for leadership.
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions received 74 percent of its fiscal 2015 award fee for management of the Savannah River Site in South Carolina — $13.7 million against a total available amount of $18.5 million.
The company was rated as excellent in the managing the nuclear weapons mission; satisfactory for the reduce global nuclear security threats mission; not applicable for the Department of Energy and Strategic Partnership Project Mission; very good for science, technology, and engineering; good for operations and infrastructure; and very good for leadership.
Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, the M&O contractor at the National Security Campus near Kansas City, Mo., received 94 percent of its award fee for fiscal 2015, or $28.2 million of the available $30 million. The contractor received excellent ratings on management of the nuclear weapons mission, Department of Energy and Strategic Partnership Project mission objectives; science, technology, and engineering; operations and infrastructure; and leadership. It also received a rating of very good for the reduction of global nuclear security threats mission.
Lawrence Livermore National Security, the M&O contractor for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, received 89 percent of its award fee, or $20.98 million of the available $23.63 million. The contractor received an excellent rating on four of the six goals: managing the nuclear weapons mission; DOE and Strategic Partnership Project mission; science, technology, and engineering; and leadership. It received a very good rating for the reduction of global nuclear security threats mission and operations and infrastructure.
Los Alamos National Security, the M&O contractor for the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, received 74 percent of its award fee, or $29.02 million from the available $39 million. It received a very good rating for the managing nuclear weapons and reduction of global nuclear security threats missions; excellent for DOE and Strategic Partnership Project and science, technology, and engineering; satisfactory for operations and infrastructure; and good for leadership.
National Security Technologies, the M&O contractor for the Nevada National Security Site, received 88 percent of its award fee, or $21.84 million of the available $24.72 million. The contractor received a very good rating for managing the nuclear weapons mission, reducing global nuclear security threats, operations and infrastructure, and leadership; and excellent for DOE and Strategic Partnership Project objectives and science, technology and engineering.
