DOE Energy Analysis and Forecasting

The Department of Energy established the DOE Energy Analysis and Forecasting Master IDIQ on January 12, 2004, with an ordering period that closed on January 11, 2010. This vehicle is no longer active; ordering ceased more than 16 years ago and the most recent task order award occurred on April 1, 2010. New business under this vehicle is not available.

The IDIQ contracted energy analysis, forecasting, data gathering through end-use surveys, database administration, and software development and maintenance. Task orders reflect work supporting the National Energy Modeling System (NEMS), the Annual Energy Outlook, residential and commercial building energy consumption surveys, petroleum and natural gas market analysis, and EIA's integrated historical data reporting and dissemination functions. Orders are priced on a cost-plus-fixed-fee basis with some fixed-price awards.

The vehicle generated 197 delivery orders with a combined potential value of $183 million, of which $175.9 million (96 percent) has been obligated. Activity was concentrated early: the vehicle issued 64 orders in 2006, declining to 19 in 2007, 17 in 2008, 14 in 2009, and a final order in 2010.

Leidos, Inc. dominated the competitive landscape, holding 58 orders worth $48.8 million in combined potential value. Z, Inc. followed with 38 orders and $41.9 million, and Abacus Technology Corporation held 24 orders and $32.3 million. These three primes account for 83 percent of all task orders; the remaining 77 orders distributed among 11 smaller firms including National Opinion Research Center, The Information Millennium Group Inc., and Onlocation, Inc. By potential value, the top five primes captured 91 percent of the vehicle's total.

The Department of Energy Headquarters funded the vast majority of work, holding 59 orders with $108.1 million in combined potential value. The Energy Information Administration placed only 6 orders worth $17.6 million, with the remaining customer agencies contributing minimal volume.

The set-aside mix skewed heavily to unrestricted competition. Of 197 orders, 189 (96 percent) carried no set-aside designation; only 8 orders (4 percent) were small-business set-asides. Individual task orders typically ranged from under $50,000 to roughly $2 million, with notable exceptions including the 2009 Residential Energy Consumption Survey Household Survey at $11.9 million, the 2007 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey Buildings Survey at $7.9 million, and multiple petroleum and natural gas support orders in the $2 million to $4 million band.

Energy analysis, forecasting, data gathering through end use surveys, database administrative support, and software development and maintenance.