Abstract
Two bidders filed proposals to operate the Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) on Long Island by the Sept. 22 final deadline. Brookhaven's current operator, Associated Universities Inc. (AUI), whose contract was terminated by DOE in May, is not one of the bidders, but it is seeking $8 million in damages from DOE for lost income. The five-year contract for overseeing the lab's activities and its $400 million annual operating budget is worth about $4 million a year. As required under the accelerated and unusual contract solicitation, both Brookhaven bidders are led by nonprofit organizations, but both include team members from for-profit companies. The two bidders are IITS Research Institute (IITRI) and Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA). Chicago-based IITRI, an independent research institution affiliated with Illinois Institute of Technology, a prime contractor, is joined by Westinghouse Electric as subcontractor. BSA includes prime contractors State University of New York (SUNY), ...
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