ARPA-E Support Services Solicitation

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The purpose of Amendment 0003 is to revise the RFP at Sections B, H, I, J, L, M and Attachments 1, 2, 3 and 4. Additions to the text are colored red. Deletions to the text are struck through and colored red. It is the responsibility of offerors to review the entire RFP for awareness of all changes/revisions. Changes to the page numbers in the Table of Contents may have occurred as a result of adding text.

The Government responses to questions as appropriate are also attached. The Government intends this to be the last round of responses to questions prior to solicitation closing.

Please note the NAICS code for this requirement is 561990 with a business size standard of $14.5M; STRIPES, our contract writing system, is incorrectly reflecting a size standard of $12M.

List of Amendments:
Amendment 0003: Revise the RFP and Attachments 1, 2, 3 and 4; provide responses to questions.
Amendment 0002: Revise the RFP.
Amendment 0001: Remove "DRAFT" from the title of the RFP.


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The purpose of Amendment 0002 is to revise the RFP at Sections H, I, and L. Additions to the text are colored red. Deletions to the text are struck through and colored red. It is the responsibility of offerors to review the entire RFP for awareness of all changes/revisions. Changes to the page numbers in the Table of Contents may have occurred as a result of adding text.



List of Amendments:
Amendment 0002: Revise the RFP.
Amendment 0001: Remove "DRAFT" from the title of the RFP.


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Your company is invited to submit a proposal in response to this Request for Proposal (RFP) for "Technical, Professional, and Administrative Support Services" for the Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).

This RFP will result in a single award of an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract (IDIQ) and an immediate Task Order for technical, professional, and administrative support services in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW).

The Government will not respond to questions submitted by telephone, email, or in person at any time. Interested parties are encouraged to periodically check FedConnect to ascertain the status of any answers to questions, as hard copies will not be distributed.

In the event of Due Date/Time discrepancies between the SF1449 in Block 8 "Offer Due Date/Local Time", the Due Date/Time shown in FedConnect, and the RFP clause found at Section L entitled, "DOE-L-2001 Proposal Preparation Instructions-General (OCT 2015)", RFP clause DOE-L-2001 shall control.

Anticipated Period of Performance:

BASE PERIOD: DD/MMM/2022 - DD/MMM/2023 (12 MONTHS)
OPTION PERIOD 1: DD/MMM/2023 - DD/MMM/2024 (12 MONTHS)
OPTION PERIOD 2: DD/MMM/2024 - DD/MMM/2025 (12 MONTHS)
OPTION PERIOD 3: DD/MMM/2025 - DD/MMM/2026 (12 MONTHS)
OPTION PERIOD 4: DD/MMM/2026 - DD/MMM/2027 (12 MONTHS)
OPTION PERIOD 5: DD/MMM/2027 - DD/MMM/2028 (12 MONTHS)
OPTION PERIOD 6: DD/MMM/2028 - DD/MMM/2029 (12 MONTHS)
OPTION PERIOD 7: DD/MMM/2029 - DD/MMM/2030 (12 MONTHS)
OPTION PERIOD 8: DD/MMM/2030 - DD/MMM/2031 (12 MONTHS)
OPTION PERIOD 9: DD/MMM/2031 - DD/MMM/2032 (12 MONTHS)


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