Martin Schneider
GHG Monitor
5/23/2014
The Department of Energy this week released final Request for Proposals for the Mission Execution and Strategic Analysis (MESA) contract at the National Energy Technology Laboratory, making few changes from the draft version issued last month. The contract, which combines three previously separate support contracts into a single small business set-aside, will be a three-year contract with a two-year option, with a small business size standard of $35.5 million. Proposals are due by July 3. The final RFP makes a handful of changes from the draft, including a requirement for a plan for subcontracting with disadvantaged groups and clarifying that projects cited in relevant experience should by $10 million a year or more.
The RFP divides the work into two areas—mission execution and strategic analysis. The mission execution services will include “technology, regulatory, and policy information research; energy and cost data review; technical writing; graphics development; meeting planning and facilitation; technical proposal review; peer review planning and logistical support; road mapping; project, portfolio, and program assessments; data management and process improvement; international activities support; and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) support.” The strategic analysis work will require “expertise in the application of scientific, engineering, business, economic, energy market, and policy-related disciplines that result in highly credible study results. The required 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 engineering and market expertise required for expert analysis of alternatives. Expertise to assess issues across and among diverse areas of national interest and to factor in broader energy-related initiatives across Department of Energy programs, the private sector, and other government programs is an imperative of the work.”
