NS&D Monitor
4/25/2014
IN DOE
The Department of Energy has amended the Brookhaven National Laboratory Request for Proposals, stripping language that would have required companies to establish a new entity to bid on the contract. The RFP previously required that a new legal entity be created for procurement, but in a pre-proposal conference presentation last week, DOE said that was not the intent of the RFP and amended the RFP to recognize that a separate entity may already exist. The “previous clause language may have been interpreted as requiring the formation of a new corporate or a new legal entity,” DOE said according to the presentation posted to the procurement website this week. The due date for proposals remains June 19.
The Department of Energy is gearing up for an inquiry into an allegation of a hostile work environment within the DOE Office of Acquisition and Project Management. DOE issued a solicitation this week seeking a contractor to provide “fact finder services” to look into a “recent allegation” of a hostile work environment filed by a federal employee in OAPM’s Office of Corporate Services, which is headed by Director Barry Ross. The solicitation notes that there are approximately 54 staff members in the office. According to the solicitation, work is scheduled to be performed May 5-June 5. It is unclear why DOE is looking to bring in an outside contractor to examine the allegation; the Department declined to comment on the matter this week.
IN THE INDUSTRY
As part of a reorganization of URS’ Global Management and Operation Services Group, executives Duane Schmoker and Jim Hall will be leaving the company, NS&D Monitor has learned. Schmoker, vice president of the energy and science strategic business unit, has been with URS and its legacy companies for 23 years and will be leaving in early May. Hall works in business development for GMOS. URS declined to comment this week.
