Laboratory hosts construction forum Oct. 8 in Los Alamos

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LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Sept. 30, 2003 -- Los Alamos National Laboratory's Small Business Program Office is hosting a construction forum Oct. 8 in the Los Alamos Research Park near Technical Area 3.

The free forum begins at 8 a.m. and is designed to provide information to companies about upcoming construction projects at the Laboratory as well as rules and requirements for those companies planning to respond to requests for proposal for this work.

The forum is in Room 203 of the Los Alamos Research Park. Parking is available onsite to attendees.

"The forum is designed to provide relevant and specific information on Laboratory construction business practices in an effort to ensure that businesses have both the information they need and the opportunity to pursue business with the Laboratory," said Teresa Trujillo, Los Alamos' Small Business Program Office director. "The Laboratory has a number of short-term and longer-term building projects planned, and we want to make sure that businesses, especially local, Northern New Mexico businesses, know about these projects and hopefully, choose to take part in them."

At the forum, Laboratory staff members with expertise in various areas will make presentations to attendees on future construction and demolition projects, facility and infrastructure restoration projects, standards and specifications, Laboratory onsite safety and security plans and requirements, and regulations about the Lab procurement process.

At 10:45 a.m., there will be a small-business feedback discussion in which business owners can provide suggestions and comments and express concerns they may have about doing business with the Laboratory.

Officials from Hensel Phelps Construction, the company that built the Nicholas Metropolis Center for Modeling and Simulation and the Nonproliferation and International Security Center, both at TA-3, also will provide perspective about building facilities for Los Alamos.

Business owners who want to participate in the forum should contact the Laboratory's Protocol Office at 667-5543 by Oct. 2 to reserve space.

Trujillo noted that the construction forum is an outgrowth of a business town hall meeting the Laboratory hosted this summer in Santa Fe to hear from businesses about the Laboratory's business practices.

For more information on the construction fair, contact Carlos Chacon of the Small Business Program Office at 665-4284 or Janelle Vigil-Maestas at 665-4329, or write to sbo@lanl.gov by electronic mail.

Los Alamos National Laboratory is operated by the University of California for the National Nuclear Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy and works in partnership with NNSA's Sandia and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories to support NNSA in its mission.

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

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