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NTESS RETIREMENT INCOME PLAN

NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLCEIN 85-0097942Plan #006PY 2024
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P.O. BOX 5800, MAIL STOP 1302 - ALBUQUERQUE, NM 871851302505-845-6380LinkedIn10001+ employeesveterinary
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1 filing
#008Retirement-$7.25B assets
Prospect flagsHigh retiree %

Filing contacts

From the Form 5500, federal record
Plan sponsor signer
(name not on filing)
(505) 845-6380
Plan administrator signer
NANCY MULLER, CPA
Signed 10/14/2025
Plan administrator entity
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS COMMITTEE OF NTESS
EIN 850097942
PO BOX 5800, MS 1302 ยท ALBUQUERQUE, NM 871851302
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Summary metrics

Total assets (EOY)
$6200.7M
-4.9% from 2016
Total participants
12,979
+7.0% from 2016
Average account balance
$0
No prior year
Annual return
6.11%
-17.16 pp from 2016

Benchmarks

See 782 peers
Peer group
Industryany (size+type match)
Plan typeDefined benefit
Participants1,000-4,999
Cohort782 peers
Snapshot2024
Participant deferral / active EE
$0
median $197
Employer contribution / active EE
$34,115
median $9,844
Participation rate
0.0%
median 0.0%
Avg account balance
$0
Admin fee / account holder
$0
Annual return
6.11%
median 7.40%
Overall peer rank
56th percentileavg across 6 metrics

Analytics

2015 - 2024
Total assets (EOY)
Plan-year ending balance
$6.20B
Average account balance
Total assets / participants with a balance (line 6g)
$478K
Participants with account balance
Stacked by status: active / separated vested / retired or beneficiary. Total = line 6g.
9,861
Eligible Participants and Participation
Bars: eligible actives (line 6a). Line: derived rate = active employees with a balance / 6a.
0.0%
Contributions (total)
Employer and participant dollars contributed each year
$106.37M
Contributions per participant
Average employer and participant contribution per enrolled participant
$34K
Asset flow
BOY + contributions + return - distributions = EOY
Year
Annual return
Diverging bars; negative years highlighted
+6.11%
Admin fee / account holder
Total admin expenses / participants with a balance (line 6g)
$0
Asset composition
Cash / stocks / bonds / mutual funds / real estate / loans over time
  • Mutual / pooled
  • Stocks
  • Bonds
  • Cash
  • Real estate
  • Loans

Service providers

Top 10 of 11 by compensation
ProviderService typeCompensation
PACIFIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO9 years
Service code 28 ยท EIN 33-0629048
Investment Management
$1,571,580
NTESS, LLC7 years
Service code 35 ยท EIN 85-0097942
Direct payment from the plan; Employe...
$1,502,683
NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION8 years
Service code 21 ยท EIN 36-1561860
Bank Trustee
$1,212,990
BLACKROCK INSTITUTIONAL TRUST CO2 years
Service code 21 ยท EIN 94-3112180
Bank Trustee
$959,861
SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS10+ years
Service code 28 ยท EIN 45-3056700
Investment Management
$933,101
NISA INVESTMENT ADVISOR LLC2 years
Service code 28 ยท EIN 48-1140940
Investment Management
$911,551
FIDELITY INSTITUTIONAL ASSET MGT7 years
Service code 28 ยท EIN 20-2159373
Investment Management
$742,860
NUMERIC INVESTORS, LLC7 years
Service code 28 ยท EIN 04-3068821
Investment Management
$265,993
AON HEWITT INVESTMENT CONSULTING8 years
Service code 11 ยท EIN 36-2235791
Actuarial
$126,000
STATE STREET GLOBAL ADVISORS10+ years
Service code 18 ยท EIN 81-4017137
Investment management fees paid indir...
$41,475

Enrolled actuary

1 attachment
SB

BRIAN P. LEVINE

AON CONSULTING, INC.
Enrollment #2306424
MSC #17849
PO BOX 803507
DALLAS, TX 75380
(214) 989-2661
Signed 2025-09-03

Top hat statement on fileNQDC

Filed April 27, 1

This is a legacy paper filing. Plan administrator and contact details are recorded in the original filing, which has not been digitised into structured fields.

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Plan features & details

Pension benefit codes1A3F3H
Plan features
  • 1A
    Benefits are primarily pay related
    Benefits under the plan are primarily determined with reference to a participant's pay (e.g. final-average-pay formula).
  • 3F
    Leased employees
    Plan sponsor(s) received services of leased employees as defined in Code section 414(n) during the plan year.
  • 3H
    Controlled group member
    Plan sponsor(s) is (are) a member(s) of a controlled group (Code sections 414(b) (c) or (m)).

Opportunity flags

1 tripped
  • InformationalHigh retiree %

    Retirees and beneficiaries make up 25% or more of total participants - indicates an ageing workforce or a frozen plan.

Expense breakdown

Schedule H Part II
Admin total
$15.6M
$4993 / participant
  • Investment mgmt$7M42.9%
  • Actuarial$126K0.8%
  • Contract admin$182K1.2%
  • Other / not subdivided$9M55.1%
% of EOY assets
0.251%
all-in expense ratio
Categories reported
3 / 9
subdivided buckets used

Audit opinion

Schedule H Part III
Unqualified opinion

Auditor signed off without reservation - the cleanest possible opinion.

Auditor firm
MITCHELL & TITUS, LLP
Auditor EIN
132781641
Audit fees
(not subdivided)
Opinion code
Unqualified