BLUF: The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has obligated $7,704,787,148.51 to date under contract DE-NA0003624 for management and operation of the Nevada National Security Site, held by Mission Support & Test Services LLC (MSTS), a subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc.

The contract, signed May 12, 2017, covers the full operation of DOE/NNSA's primary nuclear test-readiness and experimentation site in Nye County, Nevada. Its period of performance runs from August 1, 2017 through November 30, 2027, and its combined base value plus all exercised and unexercised options totals $11,299,035,412.84.

Why it matters: This is one of a handful of multibillion-dollar management-and-operating (M&O) contracts that anchor DOE's nuclear security enterprise, alongside the Los Alamos, Savannah River, and Nevada complex agreements. For contractors, these M&O vehicles are effectively closed ecosystems — the prime holds broad operational control of a federal site for a decade or more, and subcontracting opportunities (MSTS has issued 105 subawards worth $192,205,683.94 to date) are the primary access point for firms that aren't the prime. The award was competed under full and open competition, with 5 offers received and no set-aside used, showing DOE does periodically re-open these massive M&O roles to competition rather than sole-sourcing them indefinitely.

By the numbers:

• Total obligated to date: $7,704,787,148.51
• Base and all options (ceiling): $11,299,035,412.84
• Period of performance: August 1, 2017 – November 30, 2027
• NAICS code: 561210 (Facilities Support Services)
• Awarding office: NNSA MO Contracting, Department of Energy
• Set-aside: None (full and open competition, 5 offers received)
• Subawards issued: 105, totaling $192,205,683.94

MSTS's parent, Honeywell International Inc., is headquartered outside the contract's performance location; MSTS itself is based in Olathe, Kansas. The contract is structured as a multi-year, cost-reimbursement-type definitive contract (contract type code "R"), consistent with how DOE structures its other national-lab and nuclear-security-site M&O agreements.

Source: USAspending.gov