At least six teams are believed to have submitted bids for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s technical services blanket purchase agreement. Bids for the contract were due by 1 p.m. yesterday, and NW&M Monitor has learned that teams led by TechSource, Longenecker & Associates, Navarro Research, Systematic Management Services, and Vector Resources are believed to have submitted bids, as well as a team including MELE Associates. MELE was the top earning incumbent for the contract and is almost certain to be involved in the current procurement, but it’s unclear if MELE is leading a team because of questions about whether MELE qualifies as a small business under the contract’s size standard. The NNSA has said it will conduct oral presentations June 18-27, and will notify bidders of their oral presentation time slots today.
The contract, which has a ceiling of $300 million over five years, is not a small business-set aside, but the procurement gives preference to teams with small businesses as their team lead. Industry officials say that most teams that have formed have a significant number of teaming partners and subcontractors because of the broad scope of the contract’s requirements. Teams are expected to hold three different General Services Administration schedules (MOBIS, Professional Engineering Services, and Environmental Services) as well as numerous sub-schedules, and the contract is expected to include tasks for nuclear engineering subject matter expertise and analytical support, training support, security management support, weapons data access system programmatic support, aviation operations support, nuclear nonproliferation, emergency operations support, and environmental management.