SOLICITATION NOTICE
M -- New NNSA Model Announcement
- Notice Date
- 2/5/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- P.O. Box 5400 Albuquerque, NM 87185-5400
- ZIP Code
- 87185-5400
- Solicitation Number
- DE-RP04-02ALNNSA_MODEL
- Response Due
- 2/26/2002
- Archive Date
- 3/28/2002
- Point of Contact
- Michael Frietze, Contracting Officer, 505-845-6158, mfrietze@doeal.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Announcement The purpose of this Announcement is to request organizations that manage industrial and/or research and development facilities to provide information that can be used by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in the development of the NNSA ?Model for Improving Management and Performance.? NNSA has prepared a strategy paper that identifies the issue, strategy, goals and desired outcomes. The NNSA Model effort addressed herein is a separate and distinct activity from the extend/compete decision discussed below for the Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) management and operating (M&O) contract, but the NNSA Model will be used either for the competition or for the negotiation of an extension to the present SNL contract. This Announcement is not a procurement or a request for a proposal; therefore, no ?contractor bid or proposal information? (see Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 3.104-3) is requested or desired. THE DOE/NNSA HAS NOT DECIDED WHETHER TO NEGOTIATE AN EXTENSION OF THE CONTRACT WITH SANDIA CORPORATION, A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, OR TO COMPETE THE CONTRACT FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE SNL. In line with the President?s Federal government reform initiatives, the NNSA Administrator plans to develop an efficient and agile nuclear security enterprise recognized for world-class technical leadership and program management. Key to improving NNSA effectiveness and efficiency is redesigning the Federal-contractor relationship and creating a simpler more cooperative contracting model that capitalizes on the private-sector expertise and experience of the management and operating contractors, while simultaneously increasing contractor accountability for high performance and responsiveness to NNSA program and stewardship requirements. The NNSA Administrator has requested the NNSA Albuquerque Operations Office (AL) to pilot a new NNSA Model for improving management and performance at SNL. During the pilot, AL will develop, implement and assess the outcome of the Model. Following the pilot, NNSA will consider implementing the Model at other NNSA laboratories and facilities. Federal oversight for nuclear operations safety, safeguards & security, and bio-surety will remain the same. The contract mechanism that NNSA utilizes in carrying out its responsibilities for its laboratories and facilities is the use of a management and operating contract, as provided in Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR) Part 970. Absent implementation of the new NNSA Model, many FAR and DEAR Clauses are required to be included in NNSA?s Management and Operating (M&O) Contract. Those clauses are in the current SNL contract and others would be added or modified by the latest Federal Acquisition Circulars and DOE Acquisition Letters, including the DEAR 970 Rewrite of Regulations Governing Management and Operating Contracts (65 Federal Register 80994, 12/22/2000). AL has summarized the clauses in a table entitled ?SNL M&O CONTRACT - FAR & DEAR AND OTHER CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS CLAUSE SUMMARY? (SNL Clause Summary). NNSA is specifically interested in receiving from organizations that manage industrial and/or research and development facilities, including non-profit and educational institutions, written comments which address the following: (1) identify broad ranging ideas: (a) which have demonstrated proven results in improving the management, cost, or performance of comparable scientific/technical organizations (public or private), together with examples where the suggested approach has been implemented and assessed or (b) which hold promise of such improvements, even if not demonstrated in similar organizational settings (these ideas should focus on improvements in management and performance of the NNSA and its M&O contractors, particularly with respect to the business arrangement (e.g., contract, cooperative agreement, etc.) defining the relationships of the parties and approaches to oversight and accountability); (2) identify the SNL contract requirements (DOE Directives/Orders, etc.) that are more stringent than those requirements utilized at government-owned-contractor-operated (GOCO) type facilities by other Federal agencies (for example, are there other GOCO type contracts or industrial-type facility contracts that contain terms or conditions that more effectively meet the agencies? needs); and (3) identify which clauses in the SNL Clause Summary columns 1 and 2 should be changed or removed to bring industrial or commercial approaches to NNSA and address how those changes or removal would lead to the desired outcomes identified in the strategy paper. Please forward written comments, by February 26, 2002, to the following e-mail address: nnsamodel@doeal.gov Based upon the comments received, AL may invite responding organizations to meet with AL representatives for further clarification. In your response, please identify an organizational point of contact. AL plans to make the final model available at the web site identified below. NNSA may utilize expertise of NNSA?s M&O contractors to assist AL in the development of the model. The strategy paper, the SNL M&O Contract, the SNL Clause Summary, and related information pertaining to this initiative can be accessed at http://www.doeal.gov/new-nnsa-model/. Interested parties are asked to periodically check this web site for any updates. Questions regarding this initiative should be sent to the e-mail address: nnsamodel@doeal.gov or contact Mike Frietze at (505) 845-6158 or Michael Loera at (505) 845-5747.
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