The federal contract IDV award is for an Indefinite Delivery Contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) to Northbound Solutions LLC, a small, minority-owned business. The contract provides a ceiling value of $70 million for Business Administration Support Services (BASS) across various EERE offices and initiatives, including the Bioenergy, Solar, Building, Vehicle, and Wind Technologies Offices, as well as the Federal Energy Management Program, Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program Office, and others. The contract has no socioeconomic set-aside and the primary place of performance is Leesburg, Virginia. Specific task orders issued to date cover a range of services such as conference logistics, workshop support, program management, IT and cybersecurity, and general administrative assistance, with a mixture of firm fixed price and time and materials pricing structures. The contract has an ultimate completion date of December 1, 2022.
The purpose of this IDV contract is to provide a broad range of professional services and business administration support to help EERE carry out its mission of advancing energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies. Northbound Solutions' prior experience providing similar services to EERE under this and other IDIQ vehicles has enabled them to secure multiple delivery orders to date in support of various EERE offices and initiatives. The contract's flexible structure allows EERE to efficiently obtain needed services as requirements evolve over the life of the agreement.