SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Purchase Order
- Notice Date
- 11/24/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- P.O. Box 2001 Oak Ridge, TN 37831
- ZIP Code
- 37831
- Solicitation Number
- DE-AF05-04OR23042
- Response Due
- 12/10/2003
- Archive Date
- 1/9/2004
- Point of Contact
- Kay Brown, Contracting Officer, 865-576-0644, brownkd@oro.doe.gov;Kay Brown, Contract Specialist, 865-576-0644, brownkd@oro.doe.gov
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to Kay Brown, Contract Specialist
(brownkd@oro.doe.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U. S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Operations (DOE/ORO) intends to award a purchase order on a sole-source basis to Mellon Consulting, Inc. (formerly Buck Consultants, Inc.), under FAR Part 6.303-1 Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Sources Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. Simplified Acquisitions Procedures under FAR Part 13 will be used. The U. S. Department of Energy currently has terminated a power agreement at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) under Contract No. DE-AC05-76OR01530, ?Power Agreement?. As part of the negotiating process following termination of the contract, all post retirement benefits associated with the Power Agreement are to be payable upon termination of contract by December 31, 2003. Complex negotiations between the U. S. Department of Energy, the United States Enrichment Corporation and the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation are required prior to implementing final agreements related to the valuation of future postretirement benefits and assistance in evaluating the contractor?s actuarial estimation and methodologies. The contractor has previously provided expert actuarial consulting advice on contractor retirement and employee benefit programs and assisted in developing recommended courses of action under a separate contract. The service is highly technical and complex due to IRS and ERISA regulations and contract language which involves the gamut of benefit plan changes and methods to assure cost effective and fair treatment. This purchase order is necessary to ensure that negotiations currently underway are completed in a timely manner. Firms who want to challenge the sole-source must submit an interest letter that demonstrates your firm?s ability to provide an equivalent service and rationale why you should be considered, as described above. All interested firms must do so by 4:00 Eastern Standard Time, December 10, 2003, to Kay D. Brown, AD-424, U. S. Department of Energy, 200 Administration Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830. Fax No. (865)241-2549. No reimbursement for any costs connected with providing the capability information will be provided by DOE.
- Web Link
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Click here for further details regarding this notice.
(https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/busopor.nsf/UNID/352B7F21333EF8D585256DE8005CC976?OpenDocument)
- Record
- SN00475823-W 20031126/031124211759 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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