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This notice provides the Request for Proposal (RFP) No. DE-SOL-0005388. This RFP contains modifications as compared to the draft RFP; therefore, please review the RFP in its entirety. Release of the RFP in no way commits the Government to procure this requirement. Potential Offerors assume all liabilities and risks associated with any actions taken or expenses incurred based on information presented in the RFP. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), is issuing competitive RFP DE-SOL-0005388 as a 100% small business set-aside for Mission Execution and Strategic Analysis (MESA) support services. Anticipated work assignments for this service contract would support activities across all NETL sites, with primary on-site presence in Morgantown, WV and Pittsburgh, PA, and include travel to other DOE locations. The resulting contract will be a cost-plus-award-fee contract with a base performance period of three years and an option period of two years, for a potential five year period of performance. This is a follow-on contract to DE-FE0004001, DE-FE0004002, and DE-FE0004003, which currently have expiration dates of November 14, 2014. It is anticipated that the award date for the resulting contract will be prior to the expiration of the current contracts and will have an effective date of November 2014.
The contract objective is to support NETL with skilled personnel in the service areas of (1) Program and Project Implementation; (2) Systems and Databases; (3) Assessments, Reviews, and Evaluations; (4) Technical Information; (5) Process and Cost Engineering; (6) Financial Analysis; (7) Life Cycle Analysis; (8) Economic, Market, and Regulatory Analysis; (9) Technology Deployment and Program Benefit Analysis; (10) Energy Infrastructure Analysis; and (11) Subsurface Analysis.
The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this effort is 541330 with a small business size standard of $35.5 million. Responsible small business sources may submit a proposal, which shall be considered by the agency.
All questions regarding the RFP are required to be submitted electronically through FedConnect. All questions must be submitted no later than June 24, 2014. To find the RFP in FedConnect (www.FedConnect.net), click on “Search Public Opportunities” and search by the RFP Number, DE-SOL-0005388.
Proposals must be received by July 15, 2014, no later than 4:00 p.m. Local Time. Offerors are encouraged to submit proposals well before the deadline in order to prevent any submission difficulties.
NETL has initiated an electronic reading room as part of the strategy to provide information that may benefit potential Offerors in preparing their proposals for the RFP. The information is provided to assist the reader in gaining an enhanced understanding of the requirement. The reading room may be accessed at http://www.netl.doe.gov/business/site-support. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) released versions of the current NETL support contracts are also posted in the electronic reading room. Offerors requesting a FOIA version of a current contract will be directed to the reading room to download it from that location. Interested parties should monitor the Federal Business Opportunities website (www.FedBizOpps.gov), DOE’s Fedconnect website (https://www.fedconnect.net), and/or NETL’s electronic reading room (http://www.netl.doe.gov/business/site-support) for future announcements regarding this requirement.
Information regarding how to submit information via FedConnect can be found at https://www.fedconnect.net. Please note – FedConnect is owned and operated by Compusearch Software Systems Inc., not by the Department of Energy, and DOE does not provide help desk assistance for FedConnect. For assistance with FedConnect, please contact FedConnect directly:
By e-mail: support@FedConnect.net
By Phone: 1-800-899-6665 (8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, except Federal holidays).
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