April 02, 2015

ORISE Solicitation Expected This Summer

By ExchangeMonitor

The Department of Energy is moving forward with its plan to have a full and open competition for the management of the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, a contract historically held by Oak Ridge Associated Universities. The current contract is due to expire at the end of 2015. In late December, DOE’s Office of Science confirmed that the agency intended to put the contract up for bids and, according to a notice published yesterday on fbo.gov, the solicitation is expected to be released in the summer of 2015.

ORAU has already said it intends to submit a proposal in hopes of keeping the contract. The Oak Ridge institute performs a variety of support activities for DOE, ranging from matching tomorrow’s top scientists with research lab opportunities and conducting a range of applied research programs on its own. ORISE is involved in environmental characterization and radiation emergency training and response, performing public outreach for a number of programs and connecting the federal agency with university resources.

A draft performance work statement was posted in the FedBizOps notice, and additional information will be posted in the future at http://orisecomp.science.energy.gov. The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education was created in 1992, essentially making a formal institute out of the programs that ORAU had managed for DOE or its predecessor agencies since the 1940s.

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