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The contract was announced as $1.575 billion over 5 years. Given the uncertainly of federal budgets, how is such a monetary figure arrived at?

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The contract was announced as $1.575 billion over 5 years. Given the uncertainly of federal budgets, how is such a monetary figure arrived at?

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The amount quoted is simply an estimate based on taking the FY06 number of about $325M for the lab and multiplying by 5. DOE does not represent this as an actual number when it comes to a legal written document.