Opportunity: Home Performance Conferences and Training

IGF::OT::IGF Home Performance Conferences and Training The Department of Energy, Golden Field Office, intends to award a sole source contract, in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, to the Home Performance Coalition (HPC). This contract is to engage the services of Home Performance Coalition (HPC), an industry nonprofit organization to support the Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Program (“HPwES”) to engage with stakeholders at regional and national conferences through structured meetings and recognition opportunities; provide business administration, marketing and sales training specific to the home performance industry to program administrator staff and participating contractors; and conduct outreach and develop infrastructure sufficient to increase the number of programs and other market actors that utilize the Building Performance Institute’s data collection and transfer standards collectively known as “HPXML”. The estimated duration of the work under this contract is for 12 months, with a program magnitude between $85,000 and $120,000. No RFQ will be issued publically for this requirement. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement, no later than close of business March 09, 2017. However, a determination by the government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. Information or questions may only be sent via email to Synthia J. Archuleta at synthia.archuleta@ee.doe.gov.