The Department of Energy’s Office of Science is adding award-term incentives to the Brookhaven NationalrnLaboratory management and operating contract but is also slightly decreasing the available fee for the contract,rnaccording to a Request for Proposals released this week. The RFP includes a five-year base contract and thernopportunity for a contractor to earn up to 15 award-term extensions for meeting certain performance goals.rnHowever, DOE is lowering the maximum available fee under the contract to $7.3 million a year for “for-profit”rncompanies and $6.9 million a year for non-profit entities. Incumbent Brookhaven Science Associates—arnpartnership between Battelle and Stony Brook University—currently can make up to $7.4 million a year at the lab.rnProposals for the contract are due June 19, and oral presentations will be conducted three weeks later. Arnpre-proposal contract will be scheduled in the next 30 days, DOE said in the RFP.
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