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$17,244,586,106

Department of Energy·Department of Energy

to BECHTEL NATIONAL, INC.

energyactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2000 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2000-12-15·LATEST ACTION2026-06-10·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_DEAC2701RV14136_8900_-NONE-_-NONE-
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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Ongoing management and operations of Department of Energy nuclear weapons production and stewardship facilities.

Sub-sectors
nuclear-weapons-complexm&o-contractdoe-national-lab
Why this matters

This 25-year contract underpins U.S. nuclear deterrent maintenance and stockpile stewardship—critical to strategic stability.

Supply-chain signal

Bechtel's role as prime integrator for DOE's most sensitive infrastructure shapes demand across nuclear engineering, specialized manufacturing, and security services.

U.S.–China competition angle

Sustaining U.S. nuclear weapons capability and production capacity is central to deterrence against peer competitors.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.002873.

Period of performance
Start
2000-12-15
End
2027-04-11
Status
activein 285 days
Sources

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