Honeywell Receives Notice To Proceed To Support Sandia National Laboratories

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Jan. 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia (NTESS) LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International, is pleased that the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) has issued the Notice to Proceed to begin transition activities for the management and operation of Sandia National Laboratories (SNL). NTESS subcontractors include Northrop Grumman Technical Services Inc., Universities Research Associates (URA), Longenecker & Associates, and Sandia Technical Partners.

The current contract for SNL will expire on April 30, 2017, and NTESS will immediately assume responsibility on May 1, 2017.

Dr. Stephen Younger will serve as Sandia Laboratories Director, and Mr. David Douglass will be the Deputy Director.

"We are excited about the future of the Sandia National Laboratories and are committed to a smooth transition to ensure continuity of safe and secure operations," said Younger. "We are equally excited about working with the employees at the lab and are confident that together we will continue to deliver exceptional service in the national interest."

Short biographies of Dr. Younger, Mr. Douglass, and the other leaders of NTESS are available on the NTESS website at ntess-llc.com.

Sandia is the finest engineering laboratory in the world. NTESS' goal is to bring best-in-class business and operations systems to Sandia to maximize the contribution of the laboratories to the nation and improve integration across the lab and the complex. NTESS is committed to workforce recruitment and retention; local small-business procurement; technology transfer; regional university partnerships; and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education and charitable giving.

SOURCE Honeywell