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Ascendent Receives Second U.S. Small Business Administration Award

Ascendent Engineering & Safety Solutions, LLC was once again nominated by a DOE Prime Contractor as Small Business Subcontractor of the Year. Since January 2007, Ascendent has been providing specialists in Engineering, Design, and Safety for work on the MOX Project in Aiken, SC. On May 25, 2010 in recognition of outstanding contribution and service to Shaw AREVA MOX Services in satisfying the needs of the Federal procurement system, Ascendent was recognized by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) with the “Administrators Award for Excellence”. This is the second time in two years that Ascendent has received this significant business recognition.

Hukari Press Release – LANL MTOA Award

Los Alamos National Security, LLC has selected Hukari Technical Services, Inc. (HUKARI), a Veteran-Owned business, to provide site-wide safety basis nuclear and non-nuclear support services to the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Under this $60 million, three-year plus two option years contract, HUKARI will perform safety analysis and associated safety basis activities as identified in separately awarded task orders.

HUKARI was awarded the MTOA contract under the full and open portion of Los Alamos National Security's procurement competition, and entered the competition as the lead subcontractor of a team including the following companies: Sonalysts, Inc.; Nuclear Safety Associates, Inc.; Energy Solutions, Inc.; M.H. Chew & Associates, Inc.; ABS Consulting Inc.; and Hughes Associates, Inc.

Ken Hukari, President and CEO of HUKARI, said, "I am proud to be associated with the team of companies we joined with for this scope. I am very pleased with the opportunity to support LANL and the site contractor, Los Alamos National Security, LLC, fulfilling a key role to their success. The team proposed by Hukari is comprised of companies chosen for their reputations of performance and quality. It is our intent, as a team, to bring the best resources and expertise to ensure the safety and regulatory compliance of nuclear and non-nuclear facility operations at LANL."

For more information, contact: Ceanne Mayo, Contracts Manager, at ceannem@hukari.com.

Los Alamos National Laboratory (www.lanl.gov), a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security, is operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC, a team composed of Bechtel National, the University of California, The Babcock & Wilcox Company, and URS for the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.

Los Alamos enhances national security by ensuring the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile, developing technologies to reduce threats from weapons of mass destruction, and solving problems related to energy, environment, infrastructure, health, and global security concerns.