Intent to Sole Source
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Agency
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Headquarters
Department of Energy
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Place of performance
- District of Columbia 20585, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Energy's Office of Enterprise Assessments has published a Notice of Intent to award a sole source contract to Unwin Company for facility physical and cyber assessments. This Special Notice, posted on November 18, 2025, indicates the agency's intention to pursue procurement outside of full and open competition based on the determination that Unwin Company is the only responsible source capable of performing the required work. The contract would cover a one-year initial period from March 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, with four optional one-year renewal periods. The civilian agency has determined that competing vendors cannot satisfy the government's requirements for this critical national security function.
The primary objective of this sole source award is to maintain continuity of statutorily mandated facility assessments while the agency conducts a separate competitive procurement process to identify a long-term contractor. DOE contends that transitioning to alternative vendors during the competitive procurement period would create operational disruption and pose potential national security risks. Interested parties who believe DOE should not proceed with this sole source procurement may submit a capability statement to Kelley Vandecoevering at kelley.vandecoevering@hq.doe.gov no later than December 3, 2025—15 days from the posting date. The written response must include a general statement about the proposed work and information regarding qualified staff with appropriate security clearances available for immediate deployment. The contract falls under the Special Studies and Analysis-Security (Physical/Personal) classification and represents services in support of critical facility assessment activities.
Notice text
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA) plans to issue a contract to Unwin Company as the only responsible source to prevent a break in service while a competitive action is awarded for statutorily mandated facility physical and cyber assessments.
The Government intends to award a sole source contract to Unwin Company. The period of performance for this award will be one year from March 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, with four (4) subsequent one-year (1) option periods. The Government intends to utilize this time period to competitively procure the services with no intention of exercising options unless the competitive procurement is still underway. It is not realistic to consider transition to another vender for the period during which DOE is conducting the competitive procurement and then a potential second transition period after award of the competitive procurement. Such a situation would not only create considerable disruption to the individuals utilizing the services, but it would also result in a critical impact with ongoing assessments and could create a potential catastrophic national security issue. Further, the number of assessors with no conflicts of interest, the skills and certifications required, and ability to start work immediately precludes all other known vendors.
The award will be issued via other than full and open competition, only one responsible source and no other supplies and services will satisfy agency requirements. This is a NOTICE OF INTENT; no solicitation is available for this requirement. If a firm believes DOE should not pursue this sole source procurement with Unwin Company, then interested parties may submit a capability statement, which shall be considered by the agency NO LATER THAN 15 days from posting date via e-mail to Kelley Vandecoevering, kelley.vandecoevering@hq.doe.gov. The written response must include a general statement about this work, the number of Q cleared staff ready on Day 1 who also have no conflicts of interest which require mitigation, and past performance client information for a similar product.
A determination by the Government to compete this proposed purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct this requirement competitively in the future. No solicitation is available for this requirement. No telephone calls will be accepted.
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