SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Energy Sector Planning & Analysis Services for NETL
- Notice Date
- 6/6/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Federal Locations, All DOE Federal Contracting Offices, 3610 Collins Ferry Road (MS-I07) P.O. Box 880 Morgantown, WV
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- DE-SO26-08000664
- Response Due
- 7/10/2008
- Archive Date
- 1/10/2009
- Point of Contact
- Raymond Jarr, Contracting Officer, 304-285-1361,donald.hafer@netl.doe.gov;Donald Hafer, Contract Specialist, 304-285-1361,
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy TechnologyLaboratory (NETL), is conducting a Market Survey to identify businesses capable of providing on-site Energy Sector Planning & Analysis Services 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 541712 with a size standard of 500 employees. 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 support planning and analysis efforts of the sponsoring offices responsible for energy policy formulation, strategic planning, and analysis studies for energy-sector issues of national scope. Work products must be of high quality and demand a high degree of credibility due to the national and international attention received. The work requires world class expertise in the application of technical, business, economic, and energy market-related disciplines that result in highly credible study results. Technical expertise encompasses high level scientific and engineering disciplines appropriate to address the changing U.S. energy outlook, as well as technology- and system-specific expertise required for expert analysis of alternatives. Table 1 delineates the current range of NETL program areas to be supported by this work requirement, which include subprogram portfolios totaling more than 1,500 individual projects. Credible expertise must be capable of assessing issues across and among these diverse areas of national interest and of factoring in broader energy-related initiatives across DOE programs, the private sector, and other government programs, such as the Department of Defense. The nature of the national energy-sector problems to be addressed requires an interdisciplinary approach. The complex systems of industrial and ecological processes that satisfy the needs of society are influenced by an array of social, economic, political, regulatory, technological, design, and management considerations, each of which requires application of appropriate disciplines to credibly address national energy interests. Informing program decisions, defending program decisions and calculating (or projecting) benefits in future decades are extremely complex tasks requiring the most experienced and capable talent available. Table 1: Current NETL Technology Development Program Areas Program Area Technology Development Subprogram Systems Analysis and Planning NETL Office provides 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 is to support the advancement of current and the development of future program initiatives. This includes support of the following six functional areas: 1. Strategic planning, 2. Expert scientific and engineering analysis of technology options/developmental pathways, energy scenarios and technical advancements, 3. Programmatic and socio-economic impact analysis and benefits appraisals, 4. Quick-response technical/economic/policy analysis, 5. Expert simulation and modeling, using state-of-the-art systems, and 6. Analysis of energy systems infrastructure interdependencies including policy implications. NETL anticipates that the contractor would provide core competencies led by key personnel having world class expertise in the appropriate technical, policy, business, economic, and market-related disciplines. World class expertise is widely recognized as best-in-class caliber and highest degree of competency among peers in the energy sector; it is typically characterized by directly relevant advanced education, work experience of at least 15 to 20 years, and notable accomplishments that may include inventions, service on national panels and advisory boards, primary contributor to nationally recognized reports and publications, and expert testimony. Key personnel, generally recognized as experts in specific areas, would be complimented by a labor mix of qualified, experienced individuals (3 years minimum) for performing typical activities delineated but not limited to those outlined within Table 2. Table 2: Typical Activities and Labor Mix Activity Technical Analysis and Reviews Cost-benefit, scale-up, techno-economic, technology performance validation, environmental analysis, literature reviews, cost escalation, feasibility studies, market studies, etc. Policy Analysis Regulatory, environmental, energy issues, legislative impact analysis, EPACT supporting analysis, power market trends, and data collection, life-cycle analysis. Simulation/Modeling Support Develop cost methodologies and models, apply cost estimation software, apply steady-state process simulation software, develop spreadsheet models, document models, catalog models, test and evaluate new models/software applications. Emerging Issues Analysis & Evaluation Evaluation of complex legislative issues, technical and economic evaluations of new initiatives including but not limited to biomass processes, agricultural issues, energy and water issues, nuclear energy technology and policy. Qualifications/labor skill mix Engineers & Scientists: B.S., M.S. and PhD education levels including, but not limited to mechanical, chemical, environmental, petroleum, energy specialists in fossil, nuclear, biomass/renewable. Expertise in costing actual utility/energy projects with access to cost data bases and cost engineers is required as well (both costing in regulated and deregulated environments and knowledge of the TAG methodology for utility costs) System Analysts/Modelers: Engineers or scientists proficient in the use of computer-based tools such as ASPEN Plus, MARKAL, NEMS, etc. In addition to developing models and performing analysis, high-level writing capabilities will be needed for documenting the models and analysis results. Economists: M.S. and PhD levels that have expertise in life cycle assessment, cost benefit analysis, net benefits determination, development of supply curves, and experience using EIAs annual analyses and in-depth understanding of EIA methodologies, assumptions, and results. Legislative and Regulatory Analysts: Legal expertise (including attorneys) that have specialized experience in interpreting complex issues in the areas of environmental law, utility regulation, tax credit, cap and trade, infrastructure issues, etc. Policy Analysts: Engineers, scientists and political scientists/public policy experts with advanced degrees or more than 5 years of relevant experience in assessing energy market trends, energy issues, energy legislation, in-depth understanding of EPACT, etc. With specific emphasis placed on the six functional areas delineated above, interested concerns should provide a concise description of the following information: 1. Demonstrated understanding of national and international current and future energy needs as evidenced by experience and capability in working with, or for, energy sector organizations, which may include private, public, domestic and international clients. 2. Organizations knowledge (specifications for energy technologies and systems associated with Table 1 subprograms), credentials of key experts (with all applicable certifications, licenses, degrees and relevant publications titles), and listing of current analysis systems, tools and corporate data bases that provide evidence of highly credible, widely accepted study results. 3. Evidence of corporate commitment to provide access to world class resources to meet a flexible revolving workforce. Demonstrated ability to manage and provide resources to effectively meet diverse customer needs for an effort of similar scope and size of this notice including the ability to provide quick response technical expertise for both long and short term assignments. (technical, business, economic, and energy market). 4. If subcontracting or teaming is anticipated, past history and specific reference to effective development and implementation is required. 5. Include your business size as it relates to the above stated NAICS code and size standard information listed (specify the business classification: large business, educational, non-profit, not-for-profit, 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 between ten and twenty 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-SO26-08000664. 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. 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