Laboratory management and operations
The US Department of Energy is the buyer on a performance-based contract for managing and operating Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, according to a USAspending record. The named supplier is Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC, and the contract identifier is DEAC5207NA27344.
The recorded work includes carrying out missions and programmes assigned by the Energy Department as well as managing and operating the laboratory. The official description identifies the facility as one of the department’s Office of Defense Programs multi-program laboratories and as a federally funded research and development institution operated under a management and operating contract. The record associates the procurement with NAICS code 541710.
How to read the $41.61bn value
USAspending reports $41,607,031,193.88 for the contract, with the value classified as cumulative obligations. That measure reflects obligations accumulated on the updated contract record; it is not presented as a payment or as a new award made during the publication week.
The record lists a contract start date of May 9, 2007. Its publication field is dated October 15, 2026, and the source update is also dated October 15, 2026. No separate award date is stated, so the publication and update date should not be treated as the date on which the contract was awarded.