The Department of Energy Thursday rolled out a final solicitation for a potential five-year, $100-million technical assistance contract at the Carlsbad Field Office in New Mexico.
Bids are due by 4 p.m. Eastern Time on Dec. 14 for the indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to replace the one held by North Wind Portage under a roughly five-year deal valued at more than $45 million that is currently set to expire Dec. 3.
While it proceeds with the final request for proposals (RFP), however, the DOE Office of Environmental Management plans to issue the incumbent an extension of up to six months, the cleanup office said in a press release.
The winning contractor will provide technical assistance to the Carlsbad office as it oversees operations of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and its transuranic waste disposal program. This includes jobs such as quality assurance, project management, engineering and technical reviews and nuclear safety.
The agreement is a small-business set-aside contract. While the maximum value of the task order-based contract is $100 million, the minimum value is $1 million, according to the RFP documents.
The Office of Environmental Management kicked off its market research on the next technical assistance contract in August 2019. Then in April, the DOE office said it expected to release a final RFP within 60 days, electing to skip the draft proposal stage.
The department plans to hold an online pre-proposal conference for prospective bidders at least three weeks before submissions are due. Details on the online industry briefings should be posted next week, DOE said.Questions and comments on the RFP should be emailed by Nov. 23 to [email protected].
