Weidlinger teamed with Navarro Research and Engineering and Rock Gap Engineering to pursue this small business opportunity.

New York, NY; Albuquerque, NM – Weidlinger Associates announced this month that its Weidlinger-Navarro Northern New Mexico Joint Venture (WNNNM JV) was awarded one of six small business Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) subcontracts to provide architectural and engineering (A&E) services to Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The subcontracts, which represent up to $200 million of work over five years and are intended to augment LANL’s in-house capabilities, “demonstrate the Laboratory’s commitment to working with small businesses in Northern New Mexico and the region,” according to Dennis Roybal, the Laboratory’s small business program manager.

Weidlinger, the WNNNM JV managing partner, opened a New Mexico office in 2004 to expand its commitment to ongoing physical security and counterterrorism work with federal agencies, national laboratories, and research and testing centers in the state. For this project, Weidlinger partnered with Navarro Research and Engineering, Inc., and Rock Gap Engineering to form the WNNNM JV. AECOM, a preselected subcontractor for the team, will host the team at its on-site Los Alamos office. AECOM is one of the most experienced A&E services contractors at LANL, having held a similar LANL contract for large businesses. Weidlinger has worked with AECOM on a number of recent LANL projects, including the planning and design of a new Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment Facility, now nearing final design. The team’s other preselected subcontractors are Hughes Associates, Q Consulting, SA Robotics, H&P Cabrera, and Wilson & Co.

“Weidlinger is pleased to be able to expand its role at LANL as manager of an A/E team,” said Dr. Ray Daddazio, Weidlinger CEO and president, “and to have the opportunity to provide structural engineering, planning, and risk assessment services coupled with the sophisticated nonlinear finite element modeling and design that Weidlinger is known for.” As program manager and a native New Mexican, Weidlinger’s Jim Weeks is “proud to be directing a team in support of the Laboratory and contributing to the economic development of northern New Mexico.”

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security. The Laboratory is responsible for ensuring the safety, security, and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile and developing technologies to reduce threats from weapons of mass destruction. Their staff of more than 12,500 scientists is also engaged in solving problems related to energy, environment, infrastructure, health, and global security. Located in Northern New Mexico about 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, LANL maintains more than 1,800 buildings over 43 square miles.

Navarro Research & Engineering, Inc., Oak Ridge, Tennessee, provides nuclear, environmental, energy, and defense services to the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), among other clients. Navarro was recently ranked the 29th fastest growing Hispanic business in the U.S. and was first of ten engineering companies listed in the 24th annual Hispanic Business 500.

Rock Gap Engineering, LLP, Albuquerque, New Mexico, is a Native-American-owned-and-operated consulting engineering firm. The firm provides mechanical and electrical engineering services to DOE, the Department of Defense, various federal, state, and local agencies, and tribal and commercial clients.