The Regents of the University of California hold the performance-based management contract for the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) under a Department of Energy (DOE) award with total cumulative obligations of $19,743,215,928, according to USASpending.gov records. The contract (award DEAC0205CH11231) has been in effect since June 1, 2005, and runs through May 31, 2030.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, located in the hills above the University of California, Berkeley campus, is a multi-program laboratory operated under the DOE Office of Science. LBNL's mission spans scientific computing, materials science, energy efficiency research, and basic science including high-energy physics. It is one of the DOE's 17 national laboratories and was founded in 1931, making it the oldest of the department's major facilities.

The University of California has a long-standing relationship with DOE national laboratory operations, also operating or co-operating Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories under separate M&O agreements. For GovCon firms, UC-operated laboratories present opportunities across scientific services, technology development, information systems, and facilities management subcontracts.

The $19.7 billion figure represents cumulative obligations across more than two decades of performance under the current and predecessor contract vehicles — not a new annual award. LBNL's current contract runs to May 2030.

Source: USASpending.gov — DEAC0205CH11231