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Texas A&M Team Files ‘Best and Final’ Offer on LANL Contract

Friday, April 20th, 2018

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The bid team that includes Texas A&M University has submitted its final offer on a contract to manage the Los Alamos National Laboratory for the next 10 years, a university spokesperson said Thursday.“Best and final have been submitted and we believe NNSA [the National Nuclear Security Administration] will announce an award in the May time frame,” a spokesperson for the College Station, Texas-based institution said by email.Texas A&M University has never confirmed whether it is leading its own bid or…

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