**[PART III - SECTION J]{.underline}**

**[APPENDIX B]{.underline}**

[STATEMENT OF WORK]{.underline}

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[Table of Contents]{.underline}

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[1.0 General. 3](#general.)

[2.0 Laboratory Mission. 4](#laboratory-mission.)

[3.0 Science & Technology. 5](#science-technology.)

[3.1 Defense Programs. 5](#defense-programs.)

[3.1.1 Nuclear Weapons. 6](#nuclear-weapons.)

[3.1.1.1 Stockpile Certification. 6](#stockpile-certification.)

[3.1.1.2 Stockpile Stewardship. 6](#stockpile-stewardship.)

[3.1.1.3 Research and Development (R&D).
8](#research-and-development-rd.)

[3.1.1.4 Production Support to NWC.
9](#production-support-to-nuclear-weapons-complex-nwc.)

[3.1.1.5 Nuclear Materials Management and Dismantlement.
10](#nuclear-materials-management-and-dismantlement.)

[3.1.2 Criticality Safety and Analysis.
10](#criticality-safety-and-analysis.)

[3.1.3 Closure of Technical Area-18. 11](#closure-of-technical-area-18.)

[3.1.4 Long-Range Planning and Systems Integration.
11](#long-range-planning-and-systems-integration.)

[3.1.5 Inertial Confinement Fusion. 11](#inertial-confinement-fusion.)

[3.2 Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation.
11](#defense-nuclear-nonproliferation.)

[3.2.1 Global Threat Reduction Programs.
12](#global-threat-reduction-programs.)

[3.2.2 Nonproliferation Research and Engineering.
12](#nonproliferation-research-and-engineering.)

[3.2.3 Nuclear Risk Reduction. 12](#nuclear-risk-reduction.)

[3.2.4 Nonproliferation and International Security.
12](#nonproliferation-and-international-security.)

[3.2.5 International Material Protection and Cooperation.
13](#international-material-protection-and-cooperation.)

[3.2.6 Fissile Materials Disposition.
13](#fissile-materials-disposition.)

[3.2.7 Nonproliferation, National Security and Verification Technology.
13](#nonproliferation-national-security-and-verification-technology.)

[3.3 Science Programs. 14](#science-programs.)

[3.3.1 Basic Science Programs. 14](#basic-science-programs.)

[3.3.2 Biological and Environmental Research.
14](#biological-and-environmental-research.)

[3.3.3 High Energy and Nuclear Physics.
14](#high-energy-and-nuclear-physics.)

[3.3.4 Fusion Energy Sciences. 14](#fusion-energy-sciences.)

[3.3.5 Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR).
14](#advanced-scientific-computing-research-ascr.)

[3.4 Energy Technology Programs. 15](#energy-technology-programs.)

[3.4.1 High-Temperature Superconductivity.
15](#high-temperature-superconductivity.)

[3.4.2 Radioisotope Power System Program.
15](#radioisotope-power-system-program.)

[3.4.3 Energy Supply. 15](#energy-supply.)

[3.4.4 Yucca Mountain Project. 15](#yucca-mountain-project.)

[3.4.5 Transportation and Infrastructure.
16](#transportation-and-infrastructure.)

[3.5 Environmental Technologies Development.
16](#environmental-technologies-development.)

[3.6 U.S. Department of Homeland Security Programs.
16](#u.s.-department-of-homeland-security-programs.)

[3.7 Work for Others. 16](#work-for-others.)

[3.8 Laboratory-Directed Research and Development.
16](#laboratory-directed-research-and-development.)

[3.9 Industrial Partnerships and Technology Transfer Programs.
17](#industrial-partnerships-and-technology-transfer-programs.)

[4.0 Laboratory Operations. 17](#laboratory-operations.)

[4.1 Safeguards and Security. 17](#safeguards-and-security.)

[4.2 Environment, Safety and Health. 18](#__RefHeading___Toc102442411)

[4.3 Counterintelligence and Counter Terrorism.
19](#counterintelligence-and-counter-terrorism.)

[4.4 Emergency Operations. 19](#emergency-operations.)

[4.5 Environmental Management. 20](#environmental-management.)

[4.6 Facility Operations, Infrastructure, Design and Project Management.
20](#facility-operations-infrastructure-design-and-project-management.)

[4.6.1 Facility Operations and Infrastructure.
20](#facility-operations-and-infrastructure.)

[4.6.2 Facility Design and Project Management.
20](#facility-design-and-project-management.)

[4.7 User Facilities. 21](#user-facilities.)

[5.0 Business Operations. 21](#business-operations.)

[5.1 Human Resources Management. 22](#human-resources-management.)

[5.2 Financial Management. 22](#financial-management.)

[5.3 Purchasing Management. 22](#purchasing-management.)

[5.4 Personal Property Management. 22](#personal-property-management.)

[5.5 Real Property Management. 22](#real-property-management.)

[5.6 Information Resources Management. 23](#__RefHeading___Toc102442426)

[5.7 Legal Affairs. 23](#legal-affairs.)

[6.0 Laboratory Management. 23](#laboratory-management.)

[6.1 Self-Assessment Program. 23](#self-assessment-program.)

[6.2 Audits and Assessments. 24](#audits-and-assessments.)

[6.3 Community Support. 24](#community-support.)

[6.4 Science and Math Education. 24](#science-and-math-education.)

[6.5 Communications and Public Affairs.
24](#communications-and-public-affairs.)

[6.6 Other Administrative Services. 24](#other-administrative-services.)

[6.7 Training. 25](#training.)

[7.0 Reports and Other Deliverables.
25](#reports-and-other-deliverables.)

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### General.

> Inasmuch as the assigned missions of the Los Alamos National
> Laboratory (Laboratory) are dynamic, this Statement of Work (SOW) is
> not intended to be all-inclusive or restrictive, but is intended to
> provide a broad framework and general scope of the work to be
> performed at the Laboratory. This SOW does not represent a commitment
> to, or imply funding for, specific projects or programs. The National
> Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Department of Energy (DOE)
> work requirements are developed through strategic planning and program
> plans. All Laboratory programs and projects will be authorized
> individually by NNSA in accordance with the Contract Section H clause
> entitled "Performance Direction" and shall be performed in accordance
> with the provisions of this Contract.
>
> The Contractor shall, in accordance with the provisions of this
> Contract, provide the intellectual leadership and management expertise
> necessary and appropriate to: (1) manage and operate the Laboratory;
> (2) accomplish the missions assigned by the National Nuclear Security
> Administration (NNSA) to the Laboratory; (3) enhance communications,
> cooperation and integration across the Nuclear Weapons Complex (NNSA
> Headquarters/Site Offices/Service Center, Weapons Laboratories,
> Production Plants and Test Site) that will result in improvements in
> performance of the Nuclear Weapons Complex; and, (4) foster and
> strengthen the Laboratory's role as a lead element in the nuclear
> weapons complex supply-chain. Particular emphasis shall be given on
> ensuring cross-site coordination with Lawrence Livermore National
> Laboratory. The Contractor shall integrate excellence in Laboratory
> operations, business operations, and laboratory management with the
> performance of world-class science and technology.
>
> Work under this Contract shall be conducted in a manner that will
> protect the environment; assure the safety and health of employees and
> the public; safeguard classified information; and, protect special
> nuclear material. In performing the Contract work, the Contractor
> shall (1) assure and maintain through its Management Systems that
> products and services meet or exceed customer expectations, including
> using an integrated and effective Quality Assurance Program; (2) use a
> certified earned-value management system for projects across the
> Laboratory to track progress and increase cost effectiveness of work
> activities; (3) use integrated, resource-loaded plans and schedules to
> achieve program objectives; incorporate input from NNSA, DOE and
> stakeholders; (4) maintain sufficient technical depth to manage
> activities and projects throughout the life of a program; (5) use
> appropriate technologies to reduce costs and improve performance; (6)
> maintain a system of management and business internal controls to
> assure the safeguarding of government funds and assets; and, (7)
> maintain Laboratory facilities to accomplish assigned missions.

### Laboratory Mission.

> The Contractor shall manage, operate, protect, sustain and enhance the
> Laboratory\'s ability to function as a NNSA Multi-Program Laboratory,
> while assuring accomplishment of the Laboratory's primary mission -
> strengthening the United States' security through development and
> application of world-class science and technology to enhance the
> nation's defense and to reduce the global threat from terrorism and
> weapons of mass destruction. The Contractor shall, with the highest
> degree of vision, quality, integrity and technical excellence,
> maintain a strong, multi-disciplinary scientific and engineering base
> responsive to scientific issues of national importance in addition to
> national security responsibilities, including broadly based programs
> in such areas as the environment, national infrastructure, health,
> energy, economic and industrial competitiveness, and science
> education. The scope of work of this Contract generally includes:

-   Providing research and development and scientific capabilities that
    enable safe nuclear explosive operations;

-   Assuring the safety, security, reliability, and performance of the
    national nuclear weapons stockpile pursuant to national security
    policy and Presidential and Congressional directives;

-   Providing scientific and engineering capabilities that support
    assessment, dismantlement, manufacturing and refurbishment of the
    enduring stockpile at a number of sites;

-   Manufacturing selected stockpile components, ranging from high
    explosive pellets to the primaries (pits), for use in the nuclear
    weapon stockpile;

-   Ensuring the secure handling and safe disposition of plutonium,
    highly enriched uranium, and tritium;

-   Helping to deter, detect, and respond to the proliferation of
    weapons of mass destruction;

-   Conducting fundamental science research, nuclear energy development,
    and nuclear waste management technology in support of other DOE
    programs.

-   Contributing to civilian, Homeland Security, and industrial needs
    and other defense activities by using the scientific and technical
    expertise that derives from carrying out the Laboratory mission;

-   Advancing of science, mathematics, and engineering education;

-   Performing technology transfer and work for others including
    programs designed to enhance national competitiveness in the global
    economy;

-   Managing and operating the Laboratory facilities and infrastructure
    in an efficient, cost effective, innovative manner;

-   Remediating and restoring the Los Alamos National Laboratory site;

-   Managing waste minimization, treatment, storage, and disposal of
    newly generated and legacy wastes; and

-   Assisting the nuclear weapons complex in waste stabilization,
    storage and disposition technologies.

> The Contractor shall engage in the strategic and institutional
> planning necessary to assure that the Laboratory maintains a posture
> aimed at anticipating the national technical and scientific needs and
> is dedicated to providing practical solutions. The Contractor shall
> carry out these plans consistent with NNSA planning guidance and
> strategic planning material to assure uniformity with DOE and NNSA
> missions and goals. The Contractor shall also study and explore
> innovative concepts to minimize or mitigate possible national security
> threats, current and future.
>
> The Contract's Scope of Work activities are in support of scientific
> and technical programs sponsored by major NNSA and DOE organizations.
> Primary NNSA and DOE sponsors include:

-   Defense Programs

-   Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation

-   Emergency Operations

-   Infrastructure and Environment

-   Nuclear Safeguards and Security

-   Environmental Management

-   Science

-   Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology

-   Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

-   Fossil Energy

> Additionally, the Contractor will pursue other DOE and non-DOE science
> and technology initiatives that derive from the Laboratory missions
> and use the Laboratory's core competencies in nuclear weapons science
> and technology, earth and environmental science, nuclear and atomic
> physics, materials, bioscience and biotechnology, nuclear science,
> plasmas and beams, complex experimentation and measurements, theory,
> modeling, high-performance computing, and analysis and assessment.
>
> This SOW covers four general Performance Group activities critical to
> the Laboratory's management of corresponding programs, projects and
> processes. These Performance Groups are: Science & Technology,
> Laboratory Operations, Business Operations and Laboratory Management.

### Science & Technology.

### Defense Programs.

> The Contractor shall support the NNSA's Office of Defense Programs
> (DP) in the development of an overall strategic plan and shall execute
> those plans as they pertain to the Laboratory. The goal of the DP
> strategic plan is to integrate programmatic work to maximize
> scientific and technical work accomplishment, while minimizing
> duplication between programs and sites and while providing for major
> investments in facilities.

### Nuclear Weapons.

### Stockpile Certification.

The Contractor shall provide elements of Stockpile Certification to
include the following:

> 1\. Laboratory Director's annual assessment of the stockpile;
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> 2\. A nuclear weapons quality assurance and stockpile evaluation
> program to detect defects and determine their effect on safety,
> security and reliability of the stockpile, support joint Department of
> Defense (DOD)/NNSA weapons system testing, perform reliability
> assessments and calculations, prepare reliability reports for all
> Laboratory assigned nuclear weapons in the stockpile; and

3.  Continue technical support, and military liaison and training
    programs for the DOD in support of Laboratory assigned nuclear
    weapons in the stockpile.

### Stockpile Stewardship.

> The Contractor shall meet the near-term scientific and technical
> demands of the Laboratory's stockpile stewardship goals while
> strengthening its longer-term, technical, capability-based deterrent
> posture. The Contractor shall support the science-based Stockpile
> Stewardship Program that underpins the scientific and technical basis
> for all nuclear warheads in the United States stockpile. Under this
> Program, the Contractor shall conduct the fundamental research, the
> development of physical models, the integration of these models into
> computer simulation codes, the experimental validation, and the
> engineering that are required to maintain the stockpile in a safe,
> secure and reliable manner. The Contractor shall provide technical
> specifications, engineering drawings and releases that direct planned
> and corrective activities both by NNSA production activities and by
> the DOD depots that support warhead and bomb component weapon
> manufacturing, maintenance, assembly and surveillance operations. The
> Program relies on three interconnected areas of surveillance activity
> which examine and diagnose aging phenomena in stockpile weapons,
> assess physical observations by calculations and experiments to
> evaluate safety and performance, and develop responses to assessments
> to provide the basis for continued stockpile certification and
> reliability assurance.

The Contractor shall conduct elements of stockpile stewardship to
include the following:

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1.  Development of high-performance computing and computational
    simulations to validate and certify the safety, reliability, and
    performance of the nuclear package in the absence of nuclear
    testing;

2.  Conduct stockpile assessment of nuclear weapons components and the
    analysis of surveillance findings through the use of nuclear weapon
    simulation codes, computational resources, full-scale flight tests,
    and experiments;

3.  Core stockpile computing and participation in the Advanced
    Simulation and Computing initiative to enable model-and
    simulation-based life-cycle engineering that meets the NNSA vision
    for responsiveness; and

4.  Archiving of previously recorded nuclear weapons data for assessment
    of stockpile weapons systems and improving models and codes.

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1.  Participation in the Enhanced Surveillance Campaign to develop a
    capability to predict age-related phenomena in stockpile warheads
    and provide enhanced diagnostic tools;

2.  Conduct core stockpile surveillance to evaluate safety, security,
    and reliability of the stockpile and develop design changes to
    correct findings; and

3.  Surety efforts to address the safety, security, and control of
    nuclear warheads that extend over the entire weapons life cycle.

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1.  Improving the scientific basis for stockpile assessment through a
    balanced experimental and theoretical approach. This includes
    developing new scientific tools and capabilities that address
    fundamental questions relating to the stockpile.

2.  Above ground experiments including hydrodynamic tests at the Nevada
    Test Site that provide non nuclear testing capability to address the
    functionality and safety of the nuclear weapon primary and
    capability to study and understand high-energy density physics of
    nuclear devices;

3.  Experiments at the Nevada Test Site, consistent with U.S. policy, to
    improve knowledge of the dynamic properties of nuclear materials;
    and,

4.  Preparations necessary to maintain nuclear underground test
    readiness according to defined National timelines.

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1.  Maintain manufacturing capability for plutonium-based pits of
    various designs for the primary of nuclear weapons. This activity
    implements specialized manufacturing and testing techniques for this
    warhead component. The Contractor shall manufacture pits for the
    stockpile in quantities specified by NNSA. Further, the Contractor
    shall provide engineering testing and production process development
    guidance for plutonium-based pits to other contractors as directed
    by the Contracting Officer.

2.  Maintain and enhance Laboratory facilities to perform small quantity
    production of selected non-nuclear components and the manufacture of
    selected components and related items used in the Nuclear Weapons
    program, including associated product and process engineering.

3.  Develop specialized techniques and processes for manufacturing and
    testing warhead components including plutonium pits, detonators and
    high explosives, and other special materials that influence nuclear
    performance.

4.  Support the Advanced Design and Production Technologies (ADAPT)
    initiative for development and deployment of advanced design and
    manufacturing processes for weapon components.

5.  Design, develop, and certify to support assigned activities for Life
    Extension Programs.

6.  Support production to ensure the safety, security, reliability and
    maintenance of the enduring stockpile.

7.  Perform all life cycle management responsibilities in design,
    engineering development, component acceptance and stockpile
    certification to support weapon alterations, modifications,
    refurbishments and replacements.

### Research and Development (R&D).

> The Contractor shall develop program plans, in conjunction with NNSA,
> for nuclear weapons R&D activities, and perform nuclear weapons R&D in
> accordance with program plans approved by the NNSA. The Contractor
> shall explore and document nuclear weapons technology and systems
> concepts and perform and document feasibility studies and engineering
> development of nuclear weapons to meet NNSA and DOD requirements. The
> Contractor shall formulate and document nuclear weapon concepts that
> will meet DOD mission requirements. The Contractor shall perform and
> document R&D to support the NNSA technology base and engineering that
> will assure nuclear competency and effectively support the varied
> demands of nuclear weapon activities and minimize the possibility of
> failing to anticipate significant scientific or technological advances
> that impact national security. The Contractor shall provide R&D and
> engineering support related to international mutual defense
> agreements.
>
> The Contractor shall maintain state-of the art technologies and
> capabilities to support high-performance computing, modeling, and
> simulation; communications; and information management. The Contractor
> shall participate in the Advanced Simulation and Computing Campaign
> and other associated research on complex and large-scale national
> problems in computational science.

### Production Support to Nuclear Weapons Complex (NWC).

> The Contractor shall provide technical production support to the NNSA
> at nuclear weapon production plants, and modify and enhance the
> non-nuclear component production hardware qualification program
> consistent with production assignments and production rates. The
> Contractor shall support the NWC production plants by:

1.  providing expertise in specialized technologies necessary for
    nuclear and non-nuclear component manufacturing;

2.  providing safe storage, transportation of nuclear weapons and
    special materials, weapon design and performance information, and
    establishment of technical requirements for production processes;

3.  participating in the development of the Documented Safety Analyses
    to support safe operations at the Pantex Plant;

4.  providing development of specialized facility criteria; recommending
    and managing R&D and testing for emerging technologies;

5.  providing technical support and independent technical oversight for
    needed physical rearrangements;

6.  establishing testing and acceptance criteria; participating in
    approval of test procedures and results;

7.  contributing to the development of training requirements;

8.  evaluating weapon response to hazard analysis scenarios in support
    of the Seamless Safety for the 21st Century (SS-21) activity;

9.  providing technical support in developing and implementing necessary
    tooling and procedures to perform production that meets SS-21
    standards;

10. supporting the implementation of steps that support the NNSA
    responsive infrastructure vision that supports the complex of the
    future; and

11. providing the necessary documentation for the items listed above to
    support nuclear weapons production.

### Nuclear Materials Management and Dismantlement. 

> The Contractor shall conduct a Nuclear Materials and Stockpile
> Management Program that has four strategic thrusts: nuclear materials;
> manufacturing and surveillance; materials and process technologies;
> and stabilization technologies. The Program includes: ensuring,
> through a nuclear-materials-based approach, stockpile evaluation;
> weapons dismantlement and component disassembly; nuclear materials
> storage, processing, and disposition; residue elimination, waste
> minimization, and environmental and mixed-waste management;
> test-component remanufacture; materials characterization; site cleanup
> and materials stabilization; contamination control; health and safety
> issues; managing and operating highly specialized facilities that are
> key to Laboratory efforts in this program; and, providing support to
> DOE/NNSA for stabilizing nuclear materials and overseeing a core
> technology program that will improve the understanding of underlying
> material interactions.
>
> The Contractor shall support dismantlement program activities,
> including weapon component material characterization, material
> disposition processes, technical assistance in material disposition
> analysis of the functionality of safety of disassembly techniques and
> tools, and prescriptions for material recovery and reuse.

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### Criticality Safety and Analysis.

> The Contractor shall conduct experiments, training and analysis on
> criticality safety, materials detection and improvised nuclear devices
> in support of a broad range of national programs. The Contractor shall
> lead, unless otherwise directed by the Contracting Officer,
> construction of the Criticality Experiments Facility at the Device
> Assembly Facility located at the Nevada Test Site.

### Closure of Technical Area-18.

> The Contractor shall support the closure of Technical Area (TA)-18 and
> transition all remaining missions out of TA-18 in accordance with NNSA
> Program Plans.

### Long-Range Planning and Systems Integration.

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> The Contractor shall support the defense systems integration function
> coordinated by Sandia National Laboratories in long-range planning and
> systems integration activities for the Nuclear Weapons Complex. This
> will include independent research, trade-off studies, cost analyses,
> systems analyses.

### Inertial Confinement Fusion.

> The Contractor shall conduct an inertial confinement fusion program
> that maintains United States leadership in high energy density
> physics. This includes achieving ignition and using ignition
> facilities to gather information relevant to stockpile stewardship.
> The program of ignition is a national effort that depends on
> cooperation and collaboration with multiple NNSA contractors and
> includes major experimental activities at the National Ignition
> Facility and other NNSA sites. As part of this effort, the contractor
> will participate as a member of a national team that supports all
> aspects of the national program; including target physics, target
> fabrication, diagnostics, experimental planning, and any other
> activities necessary to achieve the ignition program goals.

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### Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation.

> The Contractor shall develop and apply the science and technology, and
> perform appropriate related analytical tasks required to detect,
> deter, prevent and respond to proliferation of weapons of mass
> destruction worldwide.

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### Global Threat Reduction Programs.

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> The Contractor shall develop and apply the science and technology, and
> perform appropriate related analytical tasks required to reduce
> inventories of weapons-useable nuclear materials and dangerous
> radiological materials, including (1) converting U.S. and foreign
> research reactors to the use of low enriched uranium fuel or other
> proliferation-resistant technologies, (2) repatriating Highly Enriched
> Uranium and Low Enriched Uranium to countries of origin for secure
> storage, disposition or blend-down, and (3) securing, transporting,
> storing or dispositioning radiological materials.

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### Nonproliferation Research and Engineering.

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> The Contractor shall develop and apply the science and technology, and
> perform appropriate related analytical tasks required to develop
> advanced remote sensing, monitoring and assessment technologies to
> address the most challenging problems related to detection, location,
> and analysis of global proliferation of nuclear weapon technology, and
> the diversion of special nuclear materials. This includes detecting
> and identifying emanations, effluents, and other distinctive
> signatures of potential nuclear weapons research and development
> efforts.

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### Nuclear Risk Reduction.

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> The Contractor shall develop and apply the science and technology, and
> perform appropriate related analytical tasks required to eliminate
> surplus inventories of weapons-useable materials, including materials
> from dismantled weapons and production reactors and facilities, to
> support verification of international agreements, and to strengthen
> foreign and international efforts to respond effectively to nuclear
> emergencies.

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### Nonproliferation and International Security.

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> The Contractor shall develop and apply the science and technology, and
> perform appropriate related analytical tasks required to support the
> application and strengthening of international nuclear safeguards,
> support United States (U.S.) Government negotiations and policy
> analysis, strengthen U.S. and allied export control diplomacy and
> policy development, improve workforce transition and scientist
> engagement efforts around the world, improve regional and
> international security, permit intelligence monitoring and arms
> control treaty verification, strengthen global controls on nuclear
> materials and weapons, protect nuclear materials from theft or
> diversion, assess foreign Weapons of Mass Destruction programs, and
> develop tools and techniques to encourage proliferation-resistant fuel
> cycle technologies.

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### International Material Protection and Cooperation.

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> The Contractor shall develop and apply the science and technology, and
> perform appropriate related analytical tasks required to secure
> nuclear weapons and materials in Russia and other weapons states,
> including both military and civilian facilities, support the blenddown
> of excess weapons-useable Highly Enriched Uranium to Low Enriched
> Uranium, deploy radiation detection monitors at strategic border
> crossings and transit points, and to expand the capacity of other
> countries to properly secure their nuclear weapons and materials.

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### Fissile Materials Disposition.

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> The Contractor shall develop and apply the science and technology, and
> perform appropriate related analytical tasks required to eliminate
> surplus plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium.

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### Nonproliferation, National Security and Verification Technology.

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> The Contractor shall conduct a nonproliferation, national security,
> treaty verification technology program, and dismantlement verification
> program; including the development of methods for
> detection/verification of underground nuclear testing and of
> undeclared enrichment and reprocessing activities. The Contractor
> shall perform R&D for nuclear security, nonproliferation of weapons of
> mass destruction (nuclear, chemical and biological, and of missile
> delivery systems), and treaty verification technologies; including
> application of remote sensing technology to the detection of nuclear
> explosions and other national security applications. Also perform and
> assist with the application of security technology to international
> nuclear materials and weapons protection.

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### Science Programs.

### Basic Science Programs.

> The Contractor shall conduct research in the areas of materials
> sciences, chemistry, and geosciences, providing knowledge essential to
> defense, energy efficiency, industrial competitiveness, engineering
> sciences, atomic physics, computational sciences, biological sciences,
> nanoscience, and other areas of national interest, including
> scientifically tailored materials and mathematics, and advancing the
> state of science for the benefit of DOE/NNSA.

### Biological and Environmental Research.

> The Contractor shall conduct research in structural biology, genomics,
> cellular response to low doses of radiation, climate change research,
> environmental remediation, advanced medical imaging, and other health
> and environmental sciences.

### High Energy and Nuclear Physics.

> The Contractor shall conduct high energy and nuclear physics research
> involving experimental and theoretical programs in nuclear and
> particle physics.

### Fusion Energy Sciences.

> The Contractor shall conduct fusion energy efforts aimed at modest
> scale experimental, theoretical, and technological studies to advance
> plasma science, fusion science, and fusion technology.

### Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR).

> The Contractor shall conduct the ASCR program by supporting research
> in applied mathematics, computer science and high-performance networks
> and providing high-performance computational and networking resources.

### Energy Technology Programs.

> The Contractor shall conduct research and studies to address national
> energy needs in fundamental areas including integrated chemical and
> materials processing, energy supply and the environment, and
> transportation and infrastructure.

### High-Temperature Superconductivity.

> The Contractor shall develop practical high-temperature,
> high-current-density superconductors and form partnerships with U.S.
> industry to expedite the development of commercially feasible
> high-temperature superconductor technology.

### Radioisotope Power System Program.

> The Contractor shall sustain the technical capabilities to process and
> encapsulate the isotope plutonium-238 into fuel forms that will be
> provided for use in the development and fabrication of radioisotope
> power systems that are delivered to other agencies for space
> exploration and national security missions.

### Energy Supply.

The Contractor shall conduct research that addresses energy supply
issues by applying capabilities in the areas of exploration, reservoir
modeling, integrated assessments, and environmental transport. The
Contractor shall support DOE/NNSA's efforts in the broad areas of energy
efficiency, renewable energy, fossil energy, and nuclear energy.

### Yucca Mountain Project.

The Contractor shall support the Yucca Mountain Project by conducting
studies to characterize the site, particularly in the areas of
radionuclide migration, volcanic risk assessment, and exploratory
studies relating to facility test coordination.

### Transportation and Infrastructure.

> The Contractor shall conduct research, development, and demonstration
> of fuel cell and hydrogen production, delivery, and storage
> technologies to accelerate the introduction of hydrogen-powered fuel
> cell vehicles into the transportation sector.

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### Environmental Technologies Development.

> The Contractor shall apply scientific and engineering capabilities to
> facilitate the development of new technologies for timely,
> cost-effective, and comprehensive solutions for local, regional, and
> global environmental problems. This includes waste management,
> environmental stewardship, and environmental resource problems. This
> also includes new approaches to treatment, disposal, storage, and
> reduced generation of waste and the safety, security, reliability and
> sustainability of environmental resources, technologies, engineered
> systems, and public policies to produce, deliver and use the resources
> where needed. The Contractor shall apply, with Contracting Officer
> approval, capabilities to waste management, environmental restoration,
> and facility stabilization problems at the Laboratory, within the NNSA
> Nuclear Weapons Complex and other locations.

### U.S. Department of Homeland Security Programs.

> The Contractor shall make Laboratory resources available and perform
> work for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

### Work for Others.

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> The Contractor shall conduct a Work for Others (WFO) Program, as
> approved by the Contracting Officer. Some of the major WFO sponsors
> include DOD, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National
> Institutes of Health, and the Department of State and non- federal
> entities.

### Laboratory-Directed Research and Development.

> The Contractor shall conduct an NNSA approved Laboratory Directed
> Research and Development program that encourages multidisciplinary and
> multidivisional research on complex scientific and engineering
> problems and on individual basic and applied research projects to
> enhance the core capabilities and competencies required to fulfill the
> Laboratory's missions.

### Industrial Partnerships and Technology Transfer Programs.

> The Contractor shall, as approved by the Contracting Officer,
> establish industrial partnerships that transfer new technologies from
> the Laboratory to private industry and make available to private
> industry the unique capabilities of the Laboratory in order to enhance
> the Laboratory\'s ability to meet mission requirements and improve the
> industrial competitiveness and national security of the U.S.

### Laboratory Operations.

> The Contractor shall manage, operate, protect, maintain and enhance
> the Laboratory's ability to function as a DOE multi-program
> laboratory, provide the infrastructure and support activities, support
> the accomplishment of the Laboratory's missions, and assure the
> accountability to the NNSA under the results-oriented,
> performance-based provisions of this Contract.

### Safeguards and Security.

> The Contractor shall conduct a safeguards and security program that
> fosters an institutionalized security conscious culture that performs
> work securely and assigns unambiguous roles, responsibilities,
> authorities, and accountability while integrating excellence in
> safeguards and security into all Laboratory activities. The safeguards
> and security program includes Integrated Safeguards and Security
> Management (ISSM); physical security; protection of Government
> property; classification, declassification and protection of
> information; cyber security; nuclear materials protection, control and
> accountability; and, personnel security including access control for
> Laboratory staff and visitors. The Contractor shall support NNSA and
> DOE overarching security initiatives including safeguards and security
> technology deployment efforts.

### Environment, Safety and Health.

> The Contractor shall conduct an Environment, Safety and Health (ES&H)
> program, including environmental protection and compliance, and safety
> and health management that (1) achieves an institutionalized ES&H
> conscious culture that embraces Conduct of Operations and allows work
> to be performed safely, (2) assigns unambiguous roles,
> responsibilities, authorities, develops appropriate work controls and
> ensures accountability for the performance of work in a manner that
> ensures protection of workers, the public and the environment, and (3)
> integrates excellence in ES&H into all Laboratory activities. The
> Contractor shall implement an environmental management system (waste
> minimization, pollution prevention, etc.) within the Integrated Safety
> Management system. The Contractor shall conduct cultural resource
> compliance and protection programs including monitoring, surveillance,
> and reporting with respect to all natural and cultural resources;
> obtaining and maintaining required permits and licenses from
> regulatory agencies; and, certification and training programs. Through
> an Integrated Safety Management System, ES&H management processes,
> formal work control and work performance processes, the Contractor
> shall ensure the safe performance of all Laboratory work. The
> Integrated Safety Management System shall be applied to all
> Contractor, including subcontractors or other entities, activities
> conducted at the Laboratory.
>
> The safety management program shall be comprehensive in nature
> covering all work performed under this Contract. The Contractor shall
> ensure implementation of a safety management system addressing nuclear
> safety requirements including (1) a robust safety authorization basis
> process, (2) system engineering and configuration management of
> structures, systems and components important to safety, (3) quality
> assurance, (4) stabilization and disposition of nuclear materials, and
> (5) startup and restart of nuclear facilities.
>
> The Contractor shall also conduct activities in accordance with those
> DOE commitments to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB)
> contained in Secretary of Energy's implementation plans and other DOE
> correspondence to the DNFSB. The Contractor shall support, as directed
> by the Contracting Officer, preparation of DOE responses to DNFSB
> issues and recommendations accepted by the Secretary of Energy which
> affect Contract work. The Contractor shall fully cooperate with the
> DNFSB and provide access to facilities, information and Contractor
> personnel. The Contractor shall maintain a document process consistent
> with the DOE Manual on interfacing with the DNFSB. The Contractor
> shall ensure that subcontractors adhere to these requirements.
>
> The Contractor shall implement a hazard categorization and analysis
> process, a startup and restart process, as well as a safety
> authorization basis process for non-nuclear facilities that
> includes approval by the Contracting Officer for moderate hazard
> facilities/operations and high hazard facilities/operations. The
> Contractor shall ensure implementation of a formal ES&H performance
> based self-assessment process addressing both ES&H program and line
> management implementation that is (1) risk based and has the requisite
> depth, breadth, rigor and defensibility, (2) conducted with the
> appropriate subject matter expertise, (3) performance and behavior
> based, and (4) tied to an institutional issues management program that
> ensures closure of findings and opportunities for improvement.
>
> The Contractor shall ensure implementation of an ES&H performance
> measurement program that ensures comprehensive gathering of
> operational data, adequate causal analysis, risk analysis, trending,
> comparison to metrics, includes leading and lagging indicators,
> dissemination of operational data, and measures both worker and
> subcontractor performance. The Contractor shall perform ES&H
> occurrence/event investigation ensuring that root cause analysis is
> performed, corrective actions address the systemic problems identified
> at the Laboratory, and use a Lessons Learned program to implement
> improvements to the Laboratory operations. The Contractor shall
> provide oversight of contractual ES&H standards and requirements
> appropriate to subcontractors and other entities performing work at
> the Laboratory.
>
> The Contractor shall cooperate with worker health studies conducted by
> other Federal agencies and contract researchers under NNSA/DOE
> sponsorship.

### Counterintelligence and Counter Terrorism.

> The Contractor shall conduct an ongoing and comprehensive
> counterintelligence and counter terrorism program to assess, detect
> and deter foreign intelligence and terrorist threats to the personnel,
> facilities, and technologies within the Contractor's purview.

### Emergency Operations.

> The Contractor shall conduct an emergency operations program to
> include emergency preparedness plans and procedures, an occurrence
> notification and reporting system, operation of an Emergency
> Operations Center (which includes a Joint Emergency Operations Center
> with the County of Los Alamos), and emergency response capabilities
> for local, regional, and national missions to include a Radiological
> Assistance Program, and support to the NNSA Nuclear Emergency Support
> Team and Accident Response Group in the areas of nuclear weapons
> expertise, nuclear weapon surety, environment, safety and health,
> waste management, transportation and other areas requiring specialized
> planning, training, and responses to nuclear weapon accidents or
> incidents.

### Environmental Management.

> For all Laboratory sites, the Contractor shall: (1) conduct compliant
> environmental restoration activities including characterization and
> remediation in accordance with regulatory and enforceable agreements
> requirements and milestones; (2) complete legacy waste disposition
> including cooperation and coordination with the Carlsbad Field Office
> for transuranic waste activities; (3) manage newly generated waste to
> support Laboratory missions including treatment, storage, and disposal
> of solid, hazardous, mixed, and radioactive wastes; (4) decontaminate
> and decommission facilities and infrastructure; (5) coordinate and
> implement waste minimization and pollution prevention initiatives; (6)
> implement an Environmental Management System under Integrated Safety
> Management; (7) commission and manage the necessary waste management
> facilities and equipment to ensure uninterrupted waste management
> operations; and, (8) facilitate the remediation and conveyance of Land
> Transfer parcels pursuant to applicable law.

### Facility Operations, Infrastructure, Design and Project Management.

### Facility Operations and Infrastructure.

> The Contractor shall manage Government-owned facilities and
> infrastructure, both provided and acquired, to further national
> interests and to perform NNSA/DOE statutory missions. The Contractor
> shall use a performance-based approach to real property life-cycle
> asset management to perform overall integrated planning, acquisition,
> upgrades, and management of Government-owned, leased or controlled
> facilities and real property accountable to the Laboratory. The
> Contractor shall employ facilities management practices that are
> best-in-class and integrated with mission assignments and business
> operations. The Contractor's maintenance management program shall be
> based on best practices to maintain Government property in a manner
> which: (1) promotes and continuously improves operational safety,
> environmental protection and compliance, property preservation and
> cost effectiveness, (2) ensures continuity and reliability of
> operations, fulfillment of program requirements and protection of life
> and property from potential hazards, and (3) ensures the condition of
> all assets will continuously improve over the period of performance.

### Facility Design and Project Management.

> The Contractor shall effectively use an Earned-Value/resource loaded
> Project Management System across the Laboratory to deliver projects on
> schedule, within budget, and to meet mission performance. The
> Contractor shall provide design and risk analysis, value engineering,
> configuration management, conceptual designs, preliminary designs,
> material testing, and surveying in support of engineering designs
> (Title I); final designs and construction drawings (Title II); and
> as-built drawings pursuant to construction inspections, surveying, and
> material testing (Title III) services for activities supporting NNSA
> and its programmatic customers. The Contractor shall provide the
> skills necessary to accomplish this work to the safety and quality
> levels required for all facilities up to and including nuclear
> facilities, as applicable, while meeting demanding customer time
> constraints and milestones.

### User Facilities.

> The Contractor shall manage all Laboratory User Facilities. With
> approval of the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall make
> available for use by the private sector the Laboratory research
> facilities that are designated by NNSA as Technology Deployment
> Centers or User Facilities. These consist of physical facilities,
> equipment, instrumentation, scientific expertise and necessary
> operational personnel. These facilities are available to U.S.
> industry, universities, academia, other laboratories, state and local
> governments, and the scientific community in general. User Facilities
> are a unique set of scientific research capabilities and resources
> whose primary function is to satisfy DOE/NNSA programmatic needs,
> while being accessible to outside users.

### Business Operations.

> The Contractor shall manage and administer a system of internal
> controls for all business and administrative operations. Management of
> the Laboratory business and administrative operations shall include
> (1) integrating common systems of internal controls across the
> Laboratory and implementing business processes that are risk-based,
> cross-functional, cost effective, optimize and streamline operations,
> increase efficiency and enhance productivity; and, (2) supporting NNSA
> in the identification and application of enterprise-wide electronic
> processes throughout the Nuclear Weapons Complex to streamline
> business practices.

### Human Resources Management.

> The Contractor shall maintain a human resources management system to
> attract and retain a world class workforce and promote workforce
> diversity. The Contractor shall conduct comprehensive pre-employment
> screening as part of its human resources management system.

### Financial Management.

> The Contractor shall maintain a financial management system that
> provides sound financial stewardship and public accountability. The
> overall system shall be suitable to collect, record, and report all
> financial activities; include a budgeting system for the formulation
> and execution of all resource requirements; include a disbursements
> system for employee payroll and supplier payments; and contain an
> effective internal control system for all expenditures.

### Purchasing Management.

> The Contractor shall maintain a NNSA-approved purchasing system to
> provide purchasing support and subcontract administration. The
> Contractor shall, when directed by NNSA and may, but only when
> authorized by NNSA, enter into subcontracts for the performance of any
> part of the work under this Contract.

### Personal Property Management.

> The Contractor shall have a NNSA-approved management system for
> overall integrated planning, acquisition, maintenance, operation,
> control, accountability, utilization, and disposal of Government owned
> personal property.

### Real Property Management.

> The Contractor shall manage Government-owned and Contractor-leased
> real property, to further national interests and to perform NNSA
> statutory missions. The Contractor shall perform overall integrated
> planning, acquisition, maintenance, operation, management and
> disposition of Government-owned real property and Contractor-leased
> facilities and infrastructure used by the Laboratory. Real property
> may also be made available to private and public sector entities,
> including universities, industry, and local, state, and other
> government agencies, subject to the Contracting Officer's approval.
> Real property management shall include providing appropriate office
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### Information Resources Management.

> The Contractor shall maintain the inter-site and intra-site classified
> and unclassified information system for technical programs,
> organizational, business and operations functions and for activities
> including general purpose programming, data collection, data
> processing, report generation, software, electronic and telephone
> communications. The Contractor shall provide computer resource
> capacity and capability sufficient to support (1) Laboratory-wide
> information management requirements and (2) Laboratory wide classified
> computing infrastructure. The Contractor shall also maintain a records
> management program. The Contractor shall, with Contracting Officer
> approval, standardize non-scientific software and hardware
> programs/platforms within the Laboratory for generating and storing
> electronic information.

### Legal Affairs.

> The Contractor shall maintain a legal program to support contract
> activities including those related to patents, licenses, and other
> intellectual property rights; subcontracts; technology transfer;
> environmental compliance and protection; labor relations; and
> litigation and claims.

### Laboratory Management.

### Self-Assessment Program. 

> The Contractor shall conduct a self-assessment program that will be
> used, in part, to assess: (1) the overall performance in Laboratory
> operations and administration, (2) delivery of scheduled nuclear
> weapons components and capabilities, and (3) science and technology
> programs performance. The Contractor's self-assessment program shall
> be a key element of the Contractor's Assurance System and supports the
> self assessment report required by the Contract Section H clause
> entitled "Performance Based Management."

### Audits and Assessments.

> The Contractor shall conduct an audit program which provides
> capabilities for both internal and subcontractor audits and supports
> external audits, reviews, and appraisals.

### Community Support.

> The Contractor shall, with Contracting Officer approval, provide
> community support to facilitate Laboratory operations, including
> coordination with the County of Los Alamos. The Contractor shall
> perform a periodic needs assessment to determine what support to the
> community is necessary to facilitate Laboratory operations.

### Science and Math Education.

> The Contractor shall conduct a science and mathematics education
> program at the K-12 (precollege) and university levels to increase the
> nation's competitiveness in the global market, to contribute to
> developing a diverse, well-educated, and scientifically literate
> workforce, and to help maintain the nation's world technical
> leadership. This support may include, with the Contracting Officer's
> approval, technical assistance; loans of scientific equipment;
> programs of \"hands on\" research experience for students, teachers
> and faculty members; a program of encouraging volunteerism and
> community service; and cooperative programs.

### Communications and Public Affairs.

> In coordination with and approval of the Contracting Officer, the
> Contractor shall conduct communications, information, public
> participation, and public affairs programs including internal and
> external communications; community involvement and outreach;
> interactions with the media, businesses, and the scientific and
> technical community; and liaison and consultation with local, state,
> Native American, federal agencies and Congressional offices.

### Other Administrative Services.

> The Contractor shall provide other administrative services to include
> operating communications systems; operating transportation and traffic
> management services, managing and operating a records management
> system; and operating a systems of records for individuals including
> those related to personnel radiation exposure information, medical,
> safety and health; logistics support to the NNSA Los Alamos Site
> Office, when approved by the Contracting Officer; and, support other
> NNSA Nuclear Weapons Complex initiatives, when approved by the
> Contracting Officer.
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### Training.

> The Contractor shall implement a training and qualification program
> including general training, orientation, and indoctrination; employee
> development; educational and professional advancement, and
> facilities-specific training and qualification. All Laboratory
> training and qualification programs shall emphasize the environment,
> safety and health (ES&H), and safeguards and security aspects of job
> and position responsibilities. The Contractor's training and
> qualification program shall be an element of the laboratory integrated
> safety management process. The Contractor shall provide other training
> programs and opportunities as approved by the Contracting Officer. The
> Contractor shall ensure the continuing involvement by senior
> laboratory line management in directing and evaluating the training
> and qualification program.

### Reports and Other Deliverables.

> The Contractor shall prepare, submit, disseminate, or otherwise
> publish financial, schedule, scientific, and technical performance
> plans and reports; and other information and deliverables consistent
> with the needs of the various programmatic sponsors and other
> customers or as required elsewhere in this Contract or as specifically
> required by the Contracting Officer.