The National Nuclear Security Administration has issued a request for quote (RFQ) for a technical, engineering, and programmatic services blanket purchase agreement through which it expects to make multiple contract awards.
The RFQ is open to General Services Administration Professional Services Schedule holders that will support offices across the NNSA, as well as Department of Energy offices such as Environmental Management, for a period of performance from Nov. 1, 2017, through Oct. 31, 2022.
The statement of work says tasks include program management support, including for the annual Stockpile Stewardship Management Plan and nuclear testing analyses; nuclear engineering subject matter expertise and analytical support, including for the development of operational readiness review documents and analyses of nuclear material supply and demand; and support for nuclear nonproliferation, training, and the weapons data access system.
Work will also include security management support, including preparation of security incident notification reports and technical expertise in protective force program management; emergency operations support, including emergency planning and response activities and drills; and environmental management and sustainability, including nuclear materials disposition and waste management disposal operations, according to the statement of work.
Bids will be evaluated for best value based on four factors: small business status, corporate experience, recruitment approach, and price. In order to be valid under the first criterion, the bid must contain at least one service disabled veteran-owned small business team member, and all other team members must be considered small businesses. Offers are due by noon Eastern time on Feb. 6, 2017, via fedconnect.net.
The NNSA is also extending its contract with OnPoint Consulting for information technology services in support of the agency’s Information Assurance Response Center (NIARC), according to a notice posted this week. OnPoint’s task order is being modified to extend its period of performance until Jan. 31, with options to extend until May 31 – a total of up to five months.
The company supports NIARC in Las Vegas, and provides enterprise secure network and NNSA secret network operational services, the notice said. Its IT responsibilities involve the network’s centralized security logging and retention of sites participating in the classified network; establishing communications for the networks, including with classified and unclassified portals; and providing enterprise security systems to the NNSA complex.
The firm-fixed-price task order has a current ceiling value of $105.4 million. The total value of the extension is an additional $1.9 million. The extension is intended as a bridge contract to give the NNSA time to select a follow-on information technology support services contract under a IT infrastructure and cybersecurity blanket purchase agreement, the solicitation for which closed last September.
