Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for a technical assistance contract acquisition at the Carlsbad Field Office in New Mexico. A hybrid contract that includes fixed-price and Requirements Contract Line Items (CLINS), reimbursed on a time and materials and fixed-price basis, will be awarded once the final RFP is issued. The total estimated value of the resulting contract is $30-35 million, with a one-year period of performance and four one-year option periods. The contract will be a 100 percent set-aside for small businesses.

Services to be provided under this requirement include: quality assurance (QA) audit and surveillance, technical oversight, business operations, and executive management support services to the Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO) in all program areas.

The technical assistance contract functions support the following:

• Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) site operations
• WIPP recovery
• safety and security
• environmental and regulatory compliance
• scientific and international programs
• Transuranic (TRU) waste characterization and certification
• TRU waste transportation and packaging
• General business operations
• Information technology
• Executive management support

Interested firms are encouraged to review the Draft RFP and provide suggestions, comments, and proposed changes by January 16, 2015.

The DRFP is not a formal request for proposal. Proposals are not being requested and will not be evaluated. DOE anticipates releasing the Final RFP in the second quarter of fiscal year 2015. Additional information on the Draft RFP is available at: www.emcbc.doe.gov/SEB/CTAC