How to Do Business with the Department of Energy
Thank you for your interest in doing business with the Department of Energy (DOE).
Partnering with the federal government is much different than partnering with the private sector. In order to become a service provider, a contractor must clearly and convincingly demonstrate that it can fulfill a government requirement in an advantageous manner. To this end, we ask all businesses that are interested in contracting with DOE to complete the following introductory steps:
Step One:
Register your firm on the System for Award Management (SAM): www.sam.gov. This process is free. Please report any request for payment to https://energy.gov/gc/action-center-office-general-counsel/report-fraud-inspector-general.
Step Two:
Contact your local Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) and your local SBA Small Business Development Center. In order to find the closest to you, see https://www.sba.gov/offices/headquarters/ogc/resources/362381 and https://www.sba.gov/tools/local-assistance/sbdc
Step Three:
Visit DOE’s Acquisition Forecast: https://energy.gov/osdbu/acquisition-forecast. Here you can browse upcoming procurement opportunities. If you find an opportunity that is applicable to your firm’s capabilities, feel free to reach out to the point of contact for more detailed information.
Step Four:
Visit the SBA’s Government Contracting Classroom web page to familiarize yourself with the basics of government contracting: https://www.sba.gov/contracting/resources-small-businesses/government-contracting-classroom.
Step Five:
Reach out to your Procurement Center Representative (PCR) for information pertaining to training, outreach, and research: https://www.sba.gov/contracting/contracting-officials/procurement-center-representatives.
Step Six:
Visit the Minority Business Development Agency’s website to obtain technical assistance, information on access to capital, and more: http://www.mbda.gov/.
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Step Seven:
Visit the website for DOE’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) to familiarize yourself with our office and how we can further assist you: https://energy.gov/osdbu/office-small-and-disadvantaged-business-utilization.
Step Eight:
Consider submitting an unsolicited proposal. An unsolicited proposal is an application for support of an idea, method, or approach, which is submitted by an individual, business, or organization based solely on the proposer’s initiative rather than in response to a DOE solicitation: http://www.netl.doe.gov/business/unsolicited-proposals.
Step Nine:
Consider attending an event at which a small business liaison will be present. OSDBU’s calendar of events can be found here: https://energy.gov/osdbu/calendars/office-small-and-disadvantaged-business-utilization-events.
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Documents
In addition to the above, please take some time to go through the documents below:
- Small Business Program Manager (SBPM) Directory. SBPMs are useful points of contact who can provide information pertaining to upcoming procurement opportunities. They can also help small businesses market themselves to program elements.
- List of Administrative Services procured in DOE Headquarters (Washington, DC and Germantown, MD)
- Map of DOE Laboratories and Field Facilities
- OSDBU Tri-Fold Brochure
- Additional DOE initiatives/resources for consideration
DOE Program Offices, Sites & Laboratory Forecasts
Kansas City Plant
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory
National Energy Technology Laboratory
National Nuclear Security Administration
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program
New Brunswick Laboratory
Nevada National Security Site (NNSS)
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge Y-12 and Pantex
Office of River Protection
Office of Science Field Offices
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Richland Operations Office
Sandia National Laboratories
Savannah River National Laboratory
Savannah River Operations Office
Savannah River Remediation (SRR)
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Southeastern Power Administration
Southwestern Power Administration
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
URS CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR)
Western Area Power Administration
Opportunities and other information
Opportunities and other information is also posted to each of these Fluor operated DOE sites:
For a list of DOE/NNSA Site Facility Management Contracts with current site Prime contractors, the composition of the prime, and the DOE procurement representative and DOE contracting officer information at each site click here.
United States Congress
Other Federal Departments and Agencies
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