Program Performance Management Support for NETL

Added: Jun 06, 2008 2:25 pm The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy TechnologyLaboratory

(NETL), is conducting a Market Survey to identify small businesses, small

disadvantaged businesses and 8(a) certified businesses capable of providing



on-site Program Performance Management Support for NETL.



THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS for information and planning purposes and

is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. This is not a

solicitation announcement for proposals and NO CONTRACT will be awarded

from this announcement. No reimbursement will be made for any costs

associated

with providing information in response to this announcement or any

follow-up

information requests. The information gathered from this sources sought

notice

will be utilized in the Government's determination on contract and business



type utilized in the solicitation.



The magnitude of this effort is expected to be $18,000,000 or more per

year.



The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this

effort is 541614 with a size standard of $6.5 million. The NAICS is

provided

for use by businesses in determining their appropriate business size in

response to this sources sought notice. For further information on

business

size definitions please refer to the Small Business Administration's web

site

at

http://www.sba.gov/services/contractingopportunities/sizestandardstopics/indexgu



ide/index.html



The National Energy Technology Laboratory is owned and operated by the U.S.



Department of Energy (DOE). As the only DOE national laboratory dedicated

specifically to fossil energy research, NETLs efforts are focused on

resolving

the environmental, supply, and reliability constraints of producing and

using

Americas fossil fuel resources. NETL is a single organization supported

by

facilities in Albany, OR; Fairbanks, AK; Morgantown, WV; Pittsburgh, PA;

and

Tulsa, OK. The laboratorys activities are primarily funded through DOEs

Office of Fossil Energy, but NETL also conducts work for other DOE offices

and

federal agencies. Significant work is sponsored by the DOE Office of Energy



Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and the Office of Electricity

Delivery

and Energy Reliability (OE).



To accomplish the laboratorys mission, NETL draws on 1,200 federal and

support-contractor employees to implement and manage a broad spectrum of

research programs; approximately half are Federal employees and half are

site

support contractors. NETL conducts more than 1,800 onsite and contracted

activities in the United States and in more than 40 foreign countries.

Additional information about NETL can be attained at our website

www.netl.doe.gov.



Anticipated work assignments for this service contract would support

activities

primarily at the Morgantown and Pittsburgh sites, requiring on-site

presence at

both sites and potential travel to other locations. This work would

focus on

planning and execution of program initiatives under the direction of the

NETL

office that supports the sponsoring organization. Program initiatives are

national in scope and emphasize partnerships with private industry,

academia,

state governments, and other governmental stakeholders to create

commercially-viable technological solutions to national energy and

environmental problems.



The work requires the application of a mix of technical expertise in

scientific

and engineering disciplines appropriate for the range of programs, program

and

portfolio management expertise to effectively execute program-related

activities, and expertise to effectively manage program information and

performance, including interfaces with DOE headquarters and other

sponsoring

organizations. The following table delineates the current range of program



areas supported by the NETL offices, which include subprogram portfolios

totaling more than 1,500 individual projects.



NETL Technology Development Program Areas



Program Area

Technology Development Subprogram



Systems Analysis and Planning

NETL Office providing expertise across all program areas



Coal and Power Systems

Clean Coal Power Initiative (Major Demonstrations)

Carbon Sequestration

Environmental and Water Resources

Distributed Generation (Fuel Cells)

Advanced Turbines

Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle

Advanced Combustion Systems

Advanced Research (Crosscutting)

Coal Fuels and Hydrogen

FutureGen



Natural Gas Supply, Oil Supply and Environmental Solutions

Oil Exploration and Production

Effective Environmental Protections

Reservoir Life Extension/Management

Natural Gas Exploration and Production

Methane Hydrates



Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Buildings Technology

Federal Energy Management Program

Industrial Technologies

Vehicle Technologies

Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program



Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability

Transmission and Distribution R&D

Planning, Siting and Analysis

Infrastructure, Security and Energy Restoration





Work performed under the subsequent acquisition would support program and

portfolio management activities through the responsible NETL offices to

effectively execute responsibilities assigned by each sponsoring

organization.

Anticipated work is in support of: 1. Annual and multi-year program and

budget

planning documentation, 2. Portfolio analysis and technology

transfer/deployment, 3. Program outreach, communications and documentation,



including workshops, conferences, topical colloquia and related

information/knowledge management, 4. Program reviews and performance

assessments, measurement and defense, 5. Program analysis, e.g. technology

state-of-the-art, market trends, legislative and regulatory assessments,

and

techno economic analyses, and 6. Program processes, practices and

procedures -

interface with HQ requirements.



With specific emphasis placed on the six functional areas delineated above,



interested small business concerns should provide a brief description of

the

following information:



1. Capabilities and demonstrated past experiences in support of

organizations

responsible for the planning, execution and management of research,

development, demonstration, and deployment programs that are characteristic

of

the DOE FE, EERE and OE programs.



2. Organizations management practices and knowledge base as may be applied

to

activities that are characteristic of the strategic management systems

employed

by the DOE FE, EERE and OE programs.



3. Describe the basis for your organization's ability to assume the

financial

responsibilities associated with receiving a contract of this projected

dollar

amount. Specifically discuss the assurance that resources are available to



meet payroll, subcontracting, and material obligations at this magnitude.

As

indicated by the NAICS code and the projected magnitude listed above, a

small

business awarded this contract would likely graduate from the small

business

program and as such NETL desires to ensure that this transition is

successful.

Please do not provide financial statements as part of your response; it

should

be limited to a discussion of the rationale.



4. Evidence of corporate commitment to provide and manage resources to

effectively meet diverse customer needs for an effort of similar scope and

size

of this notice. (technical, business, economic, and energy market).



5. If subcontracting is anticipated, demonstrated experience in

successfully

managing subcontracts and a detailed description of how the Contractor

guarantees the performance and participation of the potential

subcontractor,

including the documentation for proposed subcontractors.



6. Include your business size as it relates to the above stated NAICS code

and size standard information listed (specify the small business

classification: small business, small disadvantaged business, woman owned,



veteran owned, disabled veteran owned, 8(a) or HUB Zone) (Note: if a

teaming

arrangement is proposed your business size should be considered large

unless

you have obtained written SBA approval for your team to be considered in

another size category).



It is recommended that submittals be limited to less than fifteen pages.

All

interested parties responding to this market survey must submit their

responses

via the Department of Energy Industry Interactive Procurement System (IIPS)

no

later than 4:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time on July 10, 2008. Questions

relating

to this sources sought notice are required to be submitted electronically

through the question submittal option of the IIPS program. All responses

to

solicitation questions will be released on the IIPS Internet page. The

IIPS

page is located at http://e-center.doe.gov. At this Internet site you will

be able to register with IIPS, enabling you to submit your response. Your

response should be submitted using the Create Proposal function in IIPS

under opportunity number DE-SO26-08000663. The respondent must then

complete

the required fields and attach their response to the link identified as

Volume

I/Offer or Other Documents (This is pre-set title in IIPS, for the purposes

of

this announcement your response is considered Other Documents). For

consistency, the respondent is instructed to submit their response in

either MS

Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format (version 2003 or earlier).



If you need technical assistance in registering or for any other IIPS

function, call the IIPS Help Desk at (800) 683-0751 or email the Help Desk

personnel

at IIPS_HelpDesk@e-center.doe.gov.



As indicated previously, this is NOT a solicitation therefore no cost or

pricing information should be provided. This is a market survey to

identify potential sources capable of performing the effort required.

Responses

should be limited to the Contractors expression of interest, identification

of

business size, and demonstration of capabilities/experience based on the

list provided.



A WORD version of this notice is included for download.