Energy Dept.'s unbundling plan under attack.(United States. Department of Energy) From: Set-Aside Alert | Date: May 28, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 Business Research Services, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Energy Department's large facility management contractors attacked the department's plan to break up some of their huge contracts so that small businesses could compete for the work.

Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM), chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, agreed with some of the prime contractors' concerns at a May 18 hearing. Two of Energy's big national laboratories, Los Alamos and Sandia, are in his home state.

The General Accounting Office al...