BLUF: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC has obligated $26,114,643,336 to date under its Department of Energy contract to manage and operate Idaho National Laboratory (INL), after two funding-only modifications added $362,633,584 on June 29, 2026.

Battelle Energy Alliance, a subsidiary of Battelle Memorial Institute based in Idaho Falls, Idaho, holds contract DE-AC07-05ID14517 with DOE's Idaho Operations Office for the management and operations of INL. The contract was originally signed on November 9, 2004, and its current period of performance runs through September 30, 2029. Total obligations under the contract now stand at $26,114,643,335.95, against a base-and-all-options ceiling of $41,510,000,000.

Why it matters: This is one of DOE's largest management-and-operating (M&O) contracts, alongside the Sandia, Los Alamos, Y-12/Pantex, and Fermilab M&O awards this outlet has covered in recent weeks — together illustrating the scale of recurring, non-competed funding flowing to the national laboratory complex. For contractors and subcontractors in the DOE nuclear energy and national lab ecosystem, these obligation increases signal continued, steady program funding rather than one-time awards, and the modification cadence (roughly monthly funding actions) offers a template for how DOE structures long-duration M&O funding.

By the numbers:

• Total obligations to date: $26,114,643,335.95
• Base and all options ceiling: $41,510,000,000
• Latest funding actions: $274,497,400.14 (mod 637) and $88,136,184.14 (mod 636), both dated June 29, 2026
• Original award date: November 9, 2004; current period of performance end date: September 30, 2029
• NAICS code: 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services); Product/Service Code: M181
• Competition: 4 offers received; no set-aside used

The two June 29 modifications were both classified as "funding only actions" to obligate money for "the maintenance and operations of the Idaho National Laboratory," per USAspending's transaction record, with no change to contract terms. A subsequent July 29 modification (mod 638) made administrative changes only, with no additional obligation. Battelle Energy Alliance is registered as a nonprofit organization and is not designated a small business; the awarding office is DOE's Idaho Operations Office, with funding administered through DOE's Office of Nuclear Energy.

Source: USAspending.gov