IT Hardware e-Procurement Catalog

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is a national laboratory owned by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). NREL is the only federal laboratory dedicated to research, development, commercialization, and deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. NREL is managed and operated for DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by The Alliance for Sustainable Energy (Alliance), the “M&O Contractor”.

NREL currently employs 2,685 workers globally. Each NREL employee is provided a company-issued laptop, monitor, keyboard, mouse, and docking station. Historically, NREL has procured employee-issued IT Hardware using Purchase Orders and Subcontracts, which requires a considerable degree of administration and lead time to execute. NREL is pursuing a more streamlined purchasing mechanism to handle the high demand we experience for these items.

Specifically, the lab would like to evaluate proposals for a business-to-business e-procurement solution. This tool will look similar to an “Amazon-style” punch-out catalog that allows NREL to make purchases as-needed for Dell IT hardware products. The e-procurement solution will require an integration with our Oracle financial reporting system to trigger the auto-generation of Purchase Orders (punch-out functionality).