The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management is planning the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract II (LLCC II), solicitation 89303324REM000134.

Current status: Draft/pre-RFP capture planning, not an open request for proposals. DOE’s September 29, 2026 procurement update states “Final RFP — Procurement Delay (Date TBD).” No proposal deadline is established. Earlier release estimates are superseded.

FOCI clarification: The draft Section L links FOCI submissions to the proposal process and encourages early submission. This does not waive existing security-reporting obligations or replace final solicitation instructions.

Solicitation dates, requirements and other details may change through amendments. Verify the latest official notice and documents before taking action.

Official sources: DOE draft RFP and Section L; September 29 procurement update.

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Waste management activities at LANL resulted in the release of hazardous wastes, hazardous waste constituents, mixed waste, radiological and transuranic (TRU) wastes, groundwater contaminants, toxic pollutants, and Explosive Compounds into the soils, sediments, and groundwater. Some mixed low-level waste (MLLW) and TRU Waste generated prior to 1999, and recognized as legacy waste, have been staged to prepare for off-site disposition.

The EM mission at LANL is to safely, efficiently, and with full transparency complete the cleanup of legacy contamination and waste resulting from nuclear weapons development and government-sponsored nuclear research at LANL. Since October 1, 1988, EM has funded the work performed to characterize and remediate contaminants in the environment; decontamination, decommissioning and demolition (DD&D) of process-contaminated facilities; and manage and dispose of legacy TRU Waste.

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is the LANL property owner and landlord, and maintains site-wide infrastructure, while EM is a tenant on the LANL site. EM is responsible for cleaning up and remediating the effects from these historical operations as part of the legacy waste remediation. However, EM is not responsible for the environmental effects or impacts of current LANL operations.

One of DOE’s strategic goals is to clean up the nation’s Manhattan Project and Cold War legacies in compliance with laws and regulations. To accomplish this goal, DOE must reduce its environmental liabilities through accelerated cleanup of high-risk areas, thereby reducing risk and financial liability and returning land for its projected future use. This will be accomplished in a manner that is protective of human health and the environment.

The purpose of the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract II (LLCC II) is to achieve maximum measurable results in advancing environmental cleanup requirements on the LANL at the best value to the U.S. taxpayer. This Performance Work Statement (PWS) includes DOE’s desired outcomes and related end states to progress towards DOE EM-Los Alamos Field Office (EMLA) cleanup completion during the period of performance (POP). The purpose of the Contract is to achieve significant risk and financial liability reduction that provides the best overall optimal solution to Site accelerated completion and closure. Ultimately, the tasks, including the End States associated with the tasks, to be performed during the Contract ordering period will be defined in future Task Orders. The term “End State” is defined as the specified situation, including accomplishment of completion criteria, for an environmental cleanup activity at the end of the Task Order POP. The DOE’s goal is to efficiently optimize the scope, cost, and schedule associated with performance of all work while ensuring quality, protecting the safety of the workers, environment, and the public, to reduce EM’s environmental liabilities.

The LLCC II Contractor (herein referred to as the Contractor) is responsible for the performance of the scope under the Contract, including defining the specific methods, innovations, and graded approaches for accomplishing all work to be performed and managing, integrating, and executing work described in this PWS. DOE’s goal is to optimize scope completion, cost, and schedule associated with performance of all work in compliance with all applicable requirements. The Contractor shall, to the maximum extent practicable, implement improvements to work processes, procedures, and technologies throughout the ordering period. This would include the addition of new/non-traditional entities into teaming arrangements or subcontracting agreements. New and/or non-traditional firms would have differing processes and ideas that, via inclusion into a contractor team, would help ensure that the best of industry practices are employed, allowing for efficient advancement of the DOE cleanup mission, and reduction to DOE financial liabilities and environmental risk.

Accelerated cleanup (i.e., accomplishing cleanup faster and more efficiently than planned) is a cooperative undertaking that requires the Contractor and the Government to seek innovative approaches to achieve the end states. Streamlining processes, eliminating non-value-added requirements, and identifying efficiencies and performance improvements are critical to accomplishing accelerated cleanup. The Contractor shall, throughout the Contract POP, seek to reduce non-value-added requirements and processes that impede progress and identify efficiencies and performance improvements that reduce the actual cost and/or improve the schedule for the work.