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Draft Solicitation for New Pantex-Y-12 Contract Coming This Month, NNSA Says

Monday, August 3rd, 2020

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Draft Solicitation for New Pantex-Y-12 Contract Coming This Month, NNSA Says

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The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will continue to bundle management of the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee and the Pantex Plant in Texas in the post Consolidated Nuclear Security era, according to a pre-procurement note posted online Friday. The single contract would be worth up to $28 billion over 10 years, including a five-year base “with options for up to five additional years,” the semiautonomous Department of Energy weapons agency said. The NNSA plans to post a draft…

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