Added: Jun 06, 2008 2:25 pm
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy TechnologyLaboratory
(NETL), is conducting a Market Survey to identify small businesses, small
disadvantaged businesses and 8(a) certified businesses capable of providing
on-site Program Performance Management Support for NETL.
THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS for information and planning purposes and
is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. This is not a
solicitation announcement for proposals and NO CONTRACT will be awarded
from this announcement. No reimbursement will be made for any costs
associated
with providing information in response to this announcement or any
follow-up
information requests. The information gathered from this sources sought
notice
will be utilized in the Government's determination on contract and business
type utilized in the solicitation.
The magnitude of this effort is expected to be $18,000,000 or more per
year.
The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this
effort is 541614 with a size standard of $6.5 million. The NAICS is
provided
for use by businesses in determining their appropriate business size in
response to this sources sought notice. For further information on
business
size definitions please refer to the Small Business Administration's web
site
at
http://www.sba.gov/services/contractingopportunities/sizestandardstopics/indexgu
ide/index.html
The National Energy Technology Laboratory is owned and operated by the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE). As the only DOE national laboratory dedicated
specifically to fossil energy research, NETLs efforts are focused on
resolving
the environmental, supply, and reliability constraints of producing and
using
Americas fossil fuel resources. NETL is a single organization supported
by
facilities in Albany, OR; Fairbanks, AK; Morgantown, WV; Pittsburgh, PA;
and
Tulsa, OK. The laboratorys activities are primarily funded through DOEs
Office of Fossil Energy, but NETL also conducts work for other DOE offices
and
federal agencies. Significant work is sponsored by the DOE Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and the Office of Electricity
Delivery
and Energy Reliability (OE).
To accomplish the laboratorys mission, NETL draws on 1,200 federal and
support-contractor employees to implement and manage a broad spectrum of
research programs; approximately half are Federal employees and half are
site
support contractors. NETL conducts more than 1,800 onsite and contracted
activities in the United States and in more than 40 foreign countries.
Additional information about NETL can be attained at our website
www.netl.doe.gov.
Anticipated work assignments for this service contract would support
activities
primarily at the Morgantown and Pittsburgh sites, requiring on-site
presence at
both sites and potential travel to other locations. This work would
focus on
planning and execution of program initiatives under the direction of the
NETL
office that supports the sponsoring organization. Program initiatives are
national in scope and emphasize partnerships with private industry,
academia,
state governments, and other governmental stakeholders to create
commercially-viable technological solutions to national energy and
environmental problems.
The work requires the application of a mix of technical expertise in
scientific
and engineering disciplines appropriate for the range of programs, program
and
portfolio management expertise to effectively execute program-related
activities, and expertise to effectively manage program information and
performance, including interfaces with DOE headquarters and other
sponsoring
organizations. The following table delineates the current range of program
areas supported by the NETL offices, which include subprogram portfolios
totaling more than 1,500 individual projects.
NETL Technology Development Program Areas
Program Area
Technology Development Subprogram
Systems Analysis and Planning
NETL Office providing expertise across all program areas
Coal and Power Systems
Clean Coal Power Initiative (Major Demonstrations)
Carbon Sequestration
Environmental and Water Resources
Distributed Generation (Fuel Cells)
Advanced Turbines
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle
Advanced Combustion Systems
Advanced Research (Crosscutting)
Coal Fuels and Hydrogen
FutureGen
Natural Gas Supply, Oil Supply and Environmental Solutions
Oil Exploration and Production
Effective Environmental Protections
Reservoir Life Extension/Management
Natural Gas Exploration and Production
Methane Hydrates
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Buildings Technology
Federal Energy Management Program
Industrial Technologies
Vehicle Technologies
Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
Transmission and Distribution R&D;
Planning, Siting and Analysis
Infrastructure, Security and Energy Restoration
Work performed under the subsequent acquisition would support program and
portfolio management activities through the responsible NETL offices to
effectively execute responsibilities assigned by each sponsoring
organization.
Anticipated work is in support of: 1. Annual and multi-year program and
budget
planning documentation, 2. Portfolio analysis and technology
transfer/deployment, 3. Program outreach, communications and documentation,
including workshops, conferences, topical colloquia and related
information/knowledge management, 4. Program reviews and performance
assessments, measurement and defense, 5. Program analysis, e.g. technology
state-of-the-art, market trends, legislative and regulatory assessments,
and
techno economic analyses, and 6. Program processes, practices and
procedures -
interface with HQ requirements.
With specific emphasis placed on the six functional areas delineated above,
interested small business concerns should provide a brief description of
the
following information:
1. Capabilities and demonstrated past experiences in support of
organizations
responsible for the planning, execution and management of research,
development, demonstration, and deployment programs that are characteristic
of
the DOE FE, EERE and OE programs.
2. Organizations management practices and knowledge base as may be applied
to
activities that are characteristic of the strategic management systems
employed
by the DOE FE, EERE and OE programs.
3. Describe the basis for your organization's ability to assume the
financial
responsibilities associated with receiving a contract of this projected
dollar
amount. Specifically discuss the assurance that resources are available to
meet payroll, subcontracting, and material obligations at this magnitude.
As
indicated by the NAICS code and the projected magnitude listed above, a
small
business awarded this contract would likely graduate from the small
business
program and as such NETL desires to ensure that this transition is
successful.
Please do not provide financial statements as part of your response; it
should
be limited to a discussion of the rationale.
4. Evidence of corporate commitment to provide and manage resources to
effectively meet diverse customer needs for an effort of similar scope and
size
of this notice. (technical, business, economic, and energy market).
5. If subcontracting is anticipated, demonstrated experience in
successfully
managing subcontracts and a detailed description of how the Contractor
guarantees the performance and participation of the potential
subcontractor,
including the documentation for proposed subcontractors.
6. Include your business size as it relates to the above stated NAICS code
and size standard information listed (specify the small business
classification: small business, small disadvantaged business, woman owned,
veteran owned, disabled veteran owned, 8(a) or HUB Zone) (Note: if a
teaming
arrangement is proposed your business size should be considered large
unless
you have obtained written SBA approval for your team to be considered in
another size category).
It is recommended that submittals be limited to less than fifteen pages.
All
interested parties responding to this market survey must submit their
responses
via the Department of Energy Industry Interactive Procurement System (IIPS)
no
later than 4:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time on July 10, 2008. Questions
relating
to this sources sought notice are required to be submitted electronically
through the question submittal option of the IIPS program. All responses
to
solicitation questions will be released on the IIPS Internet page. The
IIPS
page is located at http://e-center.doe.gov. At this Internet site you will
be able to register with IIPS, enabling you to submit your response. Your
response should be submitted using the Create Proposal function in IIPS
under opportunity number DE-SO26-08000663. The respondent must then
complete
the required fields and attach their response to the link identified as
Volume
I/Offer or Other Documents (This is pre-set title in IIPS, for the purposes
of
this announcement your response is considered Other Documents). For
consistency, the respondent is instructed to submit their response in
either MS
Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format (version 2003 or earlier).
If you need technical assistance in registering or for any other IIPS
function, call the IIPS Help Desk at (800) 683-0751 or email the Help Desk
personnel
at IIPS_HelpDesk@e-center.doe.gov.
As indicated previously, this is NOT a solicitation therefore no cost or
pricing information should be provided. This is a market survey to
identify potential sources capable of performing the effort required.
Responses
should be limited to the Contractors expression of interest, identification
of
business size, and demonstration of capabilities/experience based on the
list provided.
A WORD version of this notice is included for download.
