Attach_C_-_Subcontract_Plan.pdf

12 March 2026

Attachment C

Subcontracting Plan

89503026QWA000390

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SUBCONTRACTING PLAN

DATE:

CONTRACTOR:

ADDRESS:

SOLICITATION OR CONTRACT NUMBER:

ITEM/SERVICE: AWARD AMOUNT:

TYPE OF SUBCONTRACTING PLAN (check one):

Individual: A plan that covers the entire contract period (including option periods), applies to a specific contract, and has goals that are based on the offeror’s planned subcontracting in support of the specific contract, except that indirect costs incurred for common or joint purposes may be allocated on a prorated basis to the contract.

Master: A plan that contains all the required elements of an individual contract plan, except goals, and may be incorporated into individual contract plans, provided the master plan has been approved.

Commercial Products/Services: A plan including goals that cover the offeror’s fiscal year and that applies to the entire production of commercial items sold by either the entire company or a portion thereof (e.g., division, plant, or product line).

The following, together with any attachments, is hereby submitted as a Subcontracting Plan to satisfy the applicable requirements as prescribed in FAR 19.708(b) and implemented in FAR 52.219-9, entitled, Small Business Subcontracting Plan..

The Department of Energy (DOE) subcontracting goals for the participation of small business; small disadvantaged business and small women-owned business at a minimum are as follows: Small Business Concerns (SB) – 49.0 percent; Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns (SDB) – 5.0 percent; Small Women-Owned Business Concerns (WOSB) – 5.0 percent, HUBZone Small Business Concerns (HUB) – 3.0 percent; Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern (VOSB) – 5.0 percent;

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Concern (SDVO) – 5.0 percent.

Western’s intent is to match or exceed these minimum goals in our specific project-driven subcontracting plans.

1. The total estimated dollar value of all planned subcontracting (to all types of business concerns, i.e., large and small) under this contract is $ .

SUBCONTRACTING PLAN (continued)

2. The following percentage goals (expressed in terms of a percentage of total planned subcontracting dollars) and dollars are applicable to the contract cited above or to the contract awarded under the solicitation cited:

a. Small Business Concerns: Total Dollars $ ; and percent of total planned subcontracting dollars under this contract will go to subcontractors who are small business concerns.

b. HUBZone Small Business Concerns: Total Dollars $ ; and percent of total planned subcontracting dollars under this contract will go to subcontractors who are HUBZone small business concerns. This percentage is included in the percentage under 2a above, as a subset.

c. Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns: Total Dollars $ ; and percent of total planned subcontracting dollars under this contract will go to subcontractors who are small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. This percentage is included in the percentage shown under 2a above, as a subset.

d. Women-Owned Small Business Concerns: Total Dollars $ ; and percent of total planned subcontracting dollars under this contract will go to subcontractors who are women-owned small business concerns. This percentage is included in the percentage shown under 2a above, as a subset.

e. Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns: Total Dollars $ ; and percent of total planned subcontracting dollars under this contract will go to subcontractors who are veteran-owned small business concerns. This percentage is included in the percentage shown under 2a above, as a subset.

f. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns: Total Dollars $ ; and percent of total planned subcontracting dollars under this contract will go to subcontractors who are service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns. This percentage is included in the percentage shown under 2a above, as a subset.

3. The following principal products and/or services will be subcontracted under this contract, and the distribution among SB, HUB, SDB, WOSB, ,VOSB and SDVO concerns is as follows:

Check all that apply Subcontracted Product/Service

SB HUB SDB WOSB VOSB SDVO OTHER

Please identify all certified HUB subcontractors by name, address, and Unique Entity Indentifier (UEI) number: 1)

4. The following method was used in developing subcontract goals (i.e., statement explaining how the product and service areas to be subcontracted were established, how the areas to be subcontracted to HUB, SDB, WOSB, VOSB and SDVO concerns and capabilities were determined, to include identification of source lists utilized in making those determinations) (e.g., existing company source lists, CCR, Dynamic Small Business Search, outreach events, assistance, counseling, or publicizing subcontracting opportunities on available Web sites or business journals):

5. The following method(s) will be used in identifying potential sources for solicitation purposes:

6. Indirect and overhead costs (check one below):

have been have not been included in the goals specified in 1 and 2a.

7. If you have included indirect and overhead costs in your subcontracting goals and dollars, explain the method used in determining the proportionate share of indirect and overhead cost to be allocated as subcontracts to SB, HUB, SDB, WOSB, VOSB and SDVO concerns.

8. The following individual will administer the subcontracting plan:

Name:

Title/Position:

Address:

E-Mail:

Telephone/Fax Numbers:

This individual's specific duties, as they relate to the firm's subcontracting plan, are as follows:

General overall responsibility for this company's Small Business Program, the development, preparation, and execution of individual subcontracting plans and for monitoring performance relative to contractual subcontracting requirements contained in this plan, including, but not limited to:

a. Developing and maintaining bidders’ lists of SB, HUB, SDB, WOSB, VOSB and SDVO concerns for all possible sources.

b. Ensuring that procurement packages are structured to permit SB, HUB, SDB, WOSB, VOSB and SDVO concerns to participate to the maximum extent possible.

c. Assuring inclusion of SB, HUB, SDB, WOSB, VOSB, and SDVO concerns in all solicitations for products or services that they are capable of providing.

d. Reviewing solicitations to remove statements, clauses, etc., which may tend to restrict or prohibit SB, HUB, SDB, WOSB, VOSB, and SDVO participation.

e. Ensuring periodic rotation of potential subcontractors on bidders' lists.

f. Ensuring that the bid proposal review team documents its reasons for not selecting low bids submitted by SB, HUB, SDB, WOSB, VOSB, and SDVO concerns.

g. Ensuring the establishment and maintenance of records of solicitations and subcontract award activity.

h. Attending or arranging for attendance of company counselors at Business Opportunity Workshops, Minority Business Enterprise Seminars, Trade Fairs, etc.

i. Conducting or arranging for motivational training for purchasing personnel pursuant to the intent of P.L. 95-507.

j. Monitoring attainment of proposed goals.

k. Preparing and submitting periodic subcontracting required reports.

l. Coordinating contractor's activities during the conduct of compliance reviews by Federal agencies.

m. Coordinating the conduct of contractor's activities involving its SB, HUB, SDB, WOSB, VOSB, and SDVO subcontracting program.

n. To help new suppliers, the following duties are added (or deleted) to those specified above:

9. The following efforts will be taken to assure that SB, HUB, SDB, WOSB, VOSB, and SDVO concerns will have an equitable opportunity to compete for subcontracts:

a. Outreach efforts will be made as follows:

1. Contacts with minority, WOSB and SB trade associations.

2. Contacts with business development organizations.

3. Attendance at SB, WOSB, and minority business procurement conferences and trade fairs.

4. Sources will be requested from SBA's Dynamic Small Business Search website.

b. The following internal efforts will be made to guide and encourage buyers:

1. Workshops, seminars, and training programs will be conducted.

2. Activities will be monitored to evaluate compliance with this subcontracting plan.

c. SB, HUB, SDB, WOSB, VOSB, and SDVO concerns source lists, guides, and other data identifying SB and SDB, WOSB and VOSB concerns will be maintained and utilized by buyers in soliciting subcontracts.

d. Additions to (or deletions from) the above listed efforts are as follows:

10. The contractor agrees that the clause at FAR 52.219-8, Utilization of SB Concerns, will be included in all subcontracts which offer further subcontracting opportunities, and all subcontractors except SB concerns who receive subcontracts in excess of $550,000 ($1 million for construction) will be required to adopt a plan that complies with the requirements of the clause at FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan. The acceptability of percentage goals shall be determined on a case-by-case basis depending on the supplies/services involved, the availability of potential SB, HUB, SDB, WOSB, VOSB, and SDVO subcontractors and prior experience. Once approved and implemented, plans will be monitored through the submission of periodic reports, and/or, as time and availability of funds permit, periodic visits to subcontractors' facilities to review applicable records and subcontracting program progress.

11. The contractor agrees to:

a. Cooperate in any studies or surveys that may be required.

b. Submit period reports which show compliance with the subcontracting plan.

c. Electronic submission of the Individual Subcontract Report (ISR), and the Summary Subcontract Report (SSR) using the Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS) (http://www.esrs.gov), following the instructions in the eSRS.

d. Ensure that large business subcontractors with subcontracting plans agree to submit the ISR and/or the SSR using the eSRS.

e. Provide its prime contract number, DUNS number and the e-mail address of the Government or Contractor official responsible for acknowledging or rejecting the reports, to all first-tier subcontractors with subcontracting plans so they can enter this information into the eSRS when submitting their reports.

f. Require each subcontractor with a subcontracting plan to provide the prime contract number and its own DUNS number and e-mail address of the Government or Contractor official responsible for acknowledging or rejecting the reports, to its subcontractors with subcontracting plans.

http://www.esrs.gov/

Reporting Period Report Due Due Date

October 1 – March 31 ISR/SF294** April 30

April 1 – September 30 ISR/SF294** October 30

October 1 – September 30 SSR/SF295** October 30

NOTE: The eSRS website is: www.esrs.gov.

**The CO will give specific direction for manual forms submission when nonappropriated funds projects are not reported in FPDS-NG.

The ISR is submitted electronically semi-annually and at contract completion. The report covers subcontract award data related to this contract. This report is not required for commercial plans.

The SSR encompasses all the contracts with the awarding agency. It must be submitted annually. If the reporting activity is covered by a commercial plan, the reporting activity must report annually all subcontract awards, under that plan. All reports submitted at the close of each fiscal year (both individual and commercial plans) shall include a breakout, in the Contractor’s format, of subcontract awards, in whole dollars, to small disadvantage business concerns by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For a commercial plan, the contractor may obtain from each of its subcontractors a predominant NAICS and report all awards to the subcontractor under its predominant NAICS.

12. The contractor agrees that he will maintain at least the following types of records to document compliance with this subcontracting plan:

a. SB, HUB, SDB, WOSB, VOSB, and SDVO concerns source lists, guides, and other data identifying SB/SDBA vendors.

b. Organizations contacted for SB, HUB, SDB, WOSB, VOSB, and SDVO sources.

c. On a contract-by-contract basis, records on all subcontract solicitations over $100,000, indicating on each solicitation:

1. Whether small business concerns were solicited, and if not, why not.

2. Whether HUB, SDB, WOSB, VOSB, and SDVO concerns were solicited, and if not, why not.

http://www.esrs.gov/

3. Reasons for the failure of solicited SB, HUB, SDB, WOSB, VOSB, or SDVO concerns to receive the subcontract award.

d. Records to support other outreach efforts:

1. Contacts with Minority and Small Business Trade Associations, etc.

2. Attendance at SB, WOSB, and minority business procurement conferences and trade fairs.

e. Records to support internal activities to guide and encourage buyers; workshops, seminars, training programs, etc.; monitoring activities to evaluate compliance.

f. On a contract-by-contract basis, records to support subcontract award data to include name and address of subcontractor.

g. Records to be maintained in addition to the above are as follows:

13. The Master Plan on a plant or division-wide basis that contains all the elements, except goals, may be incorporated by reference as a part of the subcontracting plan required of the offeror by the clause, provided:

a. The master plan has been approved.

b. The offeror ensures that the master plan is updated as necessary and provides copies of the approved master plan, including evidence of its approval, to the Contracting Officer.

c. Goals and any deviations from the master plan deemed necessary by the

Contracting Officer to satisfy the requirements of this contract are set forth in the individual subcontracting plan.

14. The Commercial Plan is the preferred type of subcontracting plan for contractors furnishing commercial items/services. The commercial plan shall relate to the Contractor’s planned subcontracting, generally, for both commercial and Government business, rather than solely to the Government contract. Commercial plans are also preferred for subcontractors that provide commercial items under a prime contract, whether or not the prime contractor is supplying a commercial item.

15. The failure of the Contractor or subcontractor to comply in good faith with:

a. The clause of the contract entitled, Utilization of Small Business Concerns.

b. Not having an approved plan by the CO required by this clause, shall be a material breach of the contract.

This subcontracting plan for contract Number is submitted by:

Name of Firm:

Firm’s Point of Contact and Title:

Typed Name:

Signature: _ _____________________

Date Signed: __ ___________

E-Mail:

Telephone/Fax Numbers:

This subcontracting plan for contract number was reviewed and approved by:

Name of Agency: Western Area Power Administration (Western)

Title: Contracting Officer

Name of Western’s Contracting Officer:

Signature of Western’s Contracting Officer: _ ________________

Date Approved: _ _____________

E-Mail:

Telephone/Fax Numbers: