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This is a Presolicitation notice.
The agency is announcing an upcoming solicitation. Watch for the actual RFP/RFQ to be posted later.
The Department of Energy needs a small business to provide technical security support services in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Key Details
- What exactly do they need?
- The contractor provides safeguards and security (S&S) technical and administrative support services.
- These services assist the Office of Safety and Security (OSS), the Consolidated Service Center (CSC), and the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
- The contractor performs the following core tasks: - Audit and Survey Support: Conducts on-site S&S compliance surveys, audits, and self-assessments. - Access Vetting and Credentials: Processes approximately 11,000 active access authorizations, evaluates public trust cases, and issues badges/credentials under HSPD-12 and Trusted Workforce 2.0 standards. - Information and Technical Protection: Reviews documents for derivative classification, declassification, and Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information (UCNI) parameters. - Supports Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), Operations Security (OPSEC), and Technical Security (COMSEC, TSCM, TEMPEST) programs. - Budgeting and Metrics Formulation: Implements activity-based costing models, reviews budget data submissions, and tracks security performance metrics. - Industrial Security Support: Analyzes Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI) submissions and updates facility clearances in the SSIMS database. - Administrative Hearings Support: Coordinates administrative reviews, compiles hearing exhibit books, and schedules court reporter services.
- What's the contract structure and timeline?
- The notice doesn't say.
- How will they pick the winner?
- The notice doesn't say.
- When and how do you bid?
- Bid deadline: 2026-08-03T20:00:00.000Z
- Submission method: Not specified.
Who can apply
- Must be 8(a) certified (a small-business program for socially or economically disadvantaged owners)
If you're interested, do this first
- Check that your 8(a) certification is still active in SAM.gov.
Primary point of contact
Name
Priest, Justin G.
Email
justin.priest@science.doe.gov