Los Alamos Technical Associates

What Los Alamos Technical Associates does

Los Alamos Technical Associates (LATA) is an Albuquerque, New Mexico-based, employee-owned (ESOP since 2012) engineering, scientific, and technical services company founded in December 1975. LATA delivers an integrated portfolio organized around five service lines: Nuclear Services, Environmental Services, Engineering Services, Defense/Intelligence & IT Services, and Data Validation Services. The company's work centers on complex federal projects — nuclear facility operations and maintenance, special nuclear materials handling, decontamination and decommissioning (D&D), environmental remediation, groundwater treatment system design/build/operate, instrumentation and controls (SCADA), and IT/cybersecurity — delivered to the Department of Energy (including NNSA, Sandia, Idaho, WIPP, Pantex, Y-12), Department of Defense, EPA, Army Corps of Engineers, and select state and industrial clients (Metra, CSX, DTE Energy, Navistar, Goodyear, Ashland).

LATA is notably the only small business to have served as prime contractor for two gaseous diffusion plants (Portsmouth and Paducah). Its core technology stack includes proprietary tools such as Portable Cell Treatment Cart Systems for in-situ radionuclide removal, integrated SCADA platforms with Allen-Bradley PLC and spread spectrum radio telemetry, the F-LLX modular water treatment process for acid mine drainage, and electrical resistance heating for TCE remediation. WOSB and WBENC certifications unlock federal set-aside awards across DOE, DoD, and NAVFAC.

LATA's business model is professional services contracting on the federal market. Revenue is generated through multi-year IDIQ, MATOC, M&O, and task-order contracts — typically competitively awarded on past performance and technical merit. The company pursues work via direct federal contracting and through joint ventures with Tier 1 primes (Bechtel via SIMCO for WIPP, Atkins via LATS for Y-12, Sandia Technical Partners for Sandia M&O, LSRS for K-33 demolition). Multi-billion-dollar contract vehicles (e.g., $2B DOE D&D IDIQ in 2024, $3B WIPP M&O renewal) define the addressable ceiling, though recognized revenue is a fraction of these vehicle values.

Name

Los Alamos Technical Associates

Legal name

Los Alamos Technical Associates, Inc.

Website

https://lata.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Los Alamos Technical Associates (LATA) is an employee-owned federal engineering and technical services contractor founded in 1975 and headquartered in Albuquerque, NM, providing nuclear facility operations, environmental remediation, D&D, engineering, and IT services to DOE, DoD, EPA, and other federal agencies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Federal Technical and Environmental Remediation Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Remediation Services (56291), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Hazardous Waste Management (4955), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Site Assessment & Remediation (Phase I/II, Cleanup Oversight) (BPAHAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

SCADA, Instrumentation & Controls Integration for Water/Wastewater Projects (IMAFAGAK)

Keywords

• Nuclear facility operations
• Environmental remediation services
• Decontamination and decommissioning
• Federal government contracting
• Engineering technical services

Headquarters

HQ city

Albuquerque

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Federal Government Contracting: LATA generates the majority of its revenue through contracts with federal agencies including the Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Defense (DoD), Department of State, and other federal civilian agencies. Revenue comes from environmental remediation, nuclear facility operations, deactivation and decommissioning, engineering services, and technical program management.
2. State and Local Government Services: Contracts with state governments, municipalities, and regulatory agencies for environmental services, remediation, and technical consulting.
3. Private Industrial Sector: Environmental and engineering services for private sector industrial clients including Goodyear, Navistar, CSX, Ashland Chemical, Dynegy, and others.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Los Alamos Technical Associates (LATA) is a diversified engineering, scientific, and technical services company delivering nuclear facility operations and maintenance, environmental remediation and deactivation/decommissioning (D&D), turnkey engineering solutions for process and groundwater treatment systems, and defense/IT infrastructure support. Services are primarily performed under multi-year contracts for federal agencies (DOE, DoD, NNSA, EPA, FEMA) as well as state governments and industrial clients.

Product overview

Los Alamos Technical Associates (LATA) is a technical services company offering an integrated portfolio of services organized around five core areas: Nuclear Services, Environmental Services, Engineering Services, Defense/Intelligence & IT Services, and Data Validation Services. The company specializes in complex government contracting projects including environmental remediation, decontamination and demolition, nuclear facility operations, and IT services for federal clients. Specific projects span uranium disposition, building demolition, groundwater treatment, SCADA systems, and border security programs. The portfolio is organized as a service-based delivery model rather than a software product platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Nuclear Services Operations, maintenance, process engineering, special nuclear materials handling and disposition, authorization basis support, nuclear deterrence and weapons engineering services delivered primarily to DOE and NNSA. LATA is the only small business to have served as prime contractor for two gaseous diffusion plants (Portsmouth and Paducah).
• Environmental Services Complex environmental restoration and waste management projects delivered across every U.S. regulatory region. Full lifecycle services from initial characterization through remedial action and long-term site management, including contaminated facility deactivation, decommissioning, and demolition.
• Engineering Services Turnkey process engineering, instrumentation and controls, system optimization, facility engineering, and full life-cycle services for groundwater and construction water treatment systems for federal and industrial clients.
• Defense / Intelligence & IT Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,000+ consecutive days without lost workday incident at multiple project sites
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

25 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• APTIMcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 August 2025LATA selected as WOSB partner on APTIM-led team awarded NAVFAC's RADMAC III contract for radiological and environmental investigation/remediation at Navy and Marine Corps installations.
• Kairos PowermajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 September 2024LATA selected by Kairos Power to provide environmental, professional, and technical consulting services for Hermes Low-Power Demonstration Reactor construction in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
• Kairos Power (Hermes Project)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 July 2024LATA provides environmental, professional, and technical consulting services for Hermes Low-Power Demonstration Reactor construction. Hermes is first Generation IV reactor approved by NRC for construction in US.
• PanTeXas DeterrencecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 July 2024NNSA gave notice to proceed on Pantex M&O contract to group including LATA. LATA part of consortium supporting nuclear weapons stockpile program at Pantex Plant.
• DOE National Deactivation, Decommissioning, and Removal ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 May 2024LATA secured a $2 billion IDIQ contract as part of DOE's nationwide deactivation, decommissioning, and removal procurement consortium. The contract enables LATA to compete for D&D projects across DOE sites nationwide.
• Shimizu CorporationmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 July 2023LATA and Shimizu Corporation teamed with Amarillo College to conduct PFAS treatability study.
• LATA-Atkins Technical Services Joint VenturecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 June 2019LATA-Atkins Technical Services (LATS), a joint venture with LATA as managing member, was awarded DOE Waste Management Services Contract at Y-12. LATS also awarded task for decontamination and stabilization work at LANL.
• NUCONmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 March 2019LATA provides electrical engineering and I&C support to NUCON on Hanford Tank Off-Gassing Demonstration project. LATA completed design and fabrication of data logging enclosure for demonstration unit.
• N3B (Navarro Newport Butterfield)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 March 2019N3B is the prime contractor for Los Alamos National Laboratory Environmental Remediation project. Awarded LATA a fixed price contract for the TA-21-257 Delta Prime Site Aggregate Area Delayed Sites Project.
• Applied Nuclear Services, Inc.minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 March 2019LATA engaged Applied Nuclear Services as a team subcontractor for TA-21-257 Delta Prime project at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
• Fluor Enterprises, Inc.majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 January 2019Fluor awarded LATA an IDIQ subcontract to provide support to FEMA Public Assistance Technical Assistance program under Fluor's Prime Contract with FEMA.
• TerraconmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2018Terracon, headquartered in Olathe, KS with 80+ offices, has been a subcontractor to LATA on Texas Bases performance-based remediation contract for over six years. Partner on EPA ESO contract in Regions 4, 5, 6, and 7.
• S&MEmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2018S&ME, headquartered in Raleigh, NC with 28 offices, is currently supporting LATA on EPA Region 5 projects. Teaming partner on EPA ESO contract.
• Professional Environmental EngineersmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2018PEE, headquartered in St. Louis, serves EPA Region 7 on ROC4 contract and previously on ROC3. Subcontractor to LATA on EPA ESO contract.
• AMEC FW/Wood GroupmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 January 2018LATA selected as I&C subcontractor to AMEC FW/Wood Group for groundwater treatment system at former Pease Air Force Base under fixed price contract.
• Sandia National LaboratorycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 November 2016Sandia National Laboratory awarded LATA contract for Tonopah Test Range demolition (12 buildings and 300-foot radio tower). LATA has performed multiple contracts for SNL.
• Tidewater, Inc.minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 September 2011DOE-approved Mentor-Protégé agreement where LATA provides assistance and counseling to Tidewater in management and technical areas. Preferred partner status for future teaming opportunities.
• LATA-Sharp Remediation Services (LSRS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 April 2010LSRS is a joint venture subsidiary (LATA-Sharp) that won K-33 demolition project. Teamed with Fluor Federal Services, EnergySolutions, Tetra Tech, and Claiborne Hauling.
• Fluor Federal Services, Inc.majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 April 2010Teamed with LSRS for K-33 demolition project execution at DOE Oak Ridge.
• EnergySolutionsmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 April 2010Teamed with LSRS for K-33 demolition project execution at DOE Oak Ridge.
• Tetra TechmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 April 2010Teamed with LSRS for K-33 demolition project execution at DOE Oak Ridge.
• Claiborne HaulingminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 April 2010Teamed with LSRS for K-33 demolition project execution at DOE Oak Ridge.
• SIMCO (Salado Isolation Mining Contractors)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSIMCO is a single-purpose entity comprising Bechtel National and LATA as a teaming contractor for WIPP management and operations. Awarded 10-year, $3 billion M&O contract for WIPP. LATA's work extended under contract renewal.
• Sandia Technical Partners Joint VenturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSandia Technical Partners (STP) is a joint venture of LATA, Strategic Management Solutions (SMSI), Innovative Technology Partnership (ITP), and Sigma Science (SSI). STP was selected as a subcontractor to NTESS for Sandia National Laboratories M&O contract to enhance small business participation.
• National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia (NTESS)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNTESS holds the Management and Operations Contract for Sandia National Laboratories. LATA, as managing member of Sandia Technical Partners, was selected as a teaming partner for SNL operations.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Amentum: Amentum is a major DOE/DOD contractor providing nuclear, environmental, and IT services across the federal market. Competes broadly with LATA for large M&O and D&D contracts and shares similar federal customer mix.
• Parsons Corporation: Parsons is a large federal contractor with significant environmental, nuclear, and defense IT practices. Competes with LATA in adjacent DOE/DOD scopes and represents a typical incumbent peer.
• Fluor Federal Services: Fluor is a major federal nuclear/environmental prime contractor that has teamed with LATA on the K-33 demolition project and awarded it an IDIQ under the FEMA Public Assistance program. Operates in the same DOE/DOD space.
• Bechtel National: Bechtel is LATA's joint venture partner in the SIMCO WIPP M&O contract and one of the largest federal nuclear/environmental primes. A much larger incumbent operating in the same DOE and D&D space.
• Jacobs Solutions: Jacobs is a top-tier federal environmental and nuclear services provider, holding major DOE/DOD contracts. A broader incumbent with scale advantages but serving the same end customers as LATA.

Direct peers

• APTIM: APTIM is a direct competitor in federal environmental remediation, D&D, and naval installation work, and leads the NAVFAC RADMAC III team on which LATA is a WOSB partner. Comparable in mission, customer base, and contract types.
• EnergySolutions: EnergySolutions is a direct peer in nuclear D&D, waste management, and spent fuel services. Teamed with LATA-Sharp on K-33 demolition and competes in DOE complex cleanups.
• Tetra Tech: Tetra Tech is a major federal environmental engineering and remediation contractor that teamed with LATA on K-33 demolition. Directly comparable in DOE-EM, EPA, and federal environmental services delivery.
• AtkinsRéalis (formerly Atkins/SNC-Lavalin): AtkinsRéalis is LATA's joint venture partner in LATA-Atkins Technical Services (LATS) for Y-12 waste management and competes in DOE nuclear and environmental services with overlapping capabilities.
• Navarro Research and Engineering: Navarro is the prime contractor for the LANL Environmental Remediation project (N3B) that has awarded LATA subcontract work. A comparable small-business federal contractor in DOE environmental services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

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