Notice of Intent to Sole Source for a Fuel Cell Power Generator System

In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) intends to award a purchase order on a sole source basis to Aris Energy Solutions.  The NETL Research and Innovation Center (RIC) has been selected to receive an award as part of the recent DOE Fossil Energy (FE) Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Program Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-00023000).  NETL is engaged with Aris Energy Solutions as a subrecipient of the award, under DOE award DE-FE0031978.  The scope of work requires NETL RIC to evaluate the long-term operation and durability of the specified Aris Energy Solutions BG-0 6-kW SOFC system, which is specifically referred to in the award documentation. The BG-0 SOFC system to be sole sourced will be installed and commissioned by the vendor. The period of performance for this award is the date of award through September 30, 2023. 

This notice of intent is not a request for quote/proposal. Any interested party that believes it is capable of meeting the NETL requirement described herein may identify themselves and must provide evidence of their capability to fulfill the requirement being requested by 4:00PM ET on March 20, 2021. Responses must be submitted in writing to David.Lahey@netl.doe.gov no later than the time and date noted above. Telephone responses and requests will not be received.

A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.