U.S.Department of Energy, Document Control Specialist, P.O. Box 2500, Washington, DC 20013

R -- TECHNICAL SERVICES PERTAINING TO THE REVIEW OF CLASSIFIED MATERIALS DUE 103196 POC Ms. Mary Wideman, Contract Specialist, (202)634-4595. This is a Sources Sought Notice to determine industry interest in a procurement for technical services for the review of classified material to identify the specific information that is classified or is sensitive unclassified. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for this procurement is 8711. The small business size standard is $20 million. The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Declassification (OD) conducts activities to develop, manage, and implement policies to identify classified information (i.e., Restricted Data (RD), Formerly Restricted Data (FRD), and National Security Information (NSI)) and certain unclassified but sensitive information (i.e., Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information (UCNI) and Official Use Only (OUO) information) within DOE's jurisdiction as required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, applicable Executive orders, DOE orders or subsequent revisions, DOE policy, and regulations. The location of work is mainly at the Germantown, Maryland, site though other work locations include the DOE Forrestal Building, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) buildings at Washington D.C., College Park, and Suitland, Maryland, and other agency sites in the National Capital Area. Work is to be conducted onsite with the Government providing the office space, desks, and computers necessary to perform the work. In addition, the Government will provide the detailed technical instructions in the form of classification and sensitive unclassified guidance required to perform the work. Offerors must provide an all or nothing package covering the services identified below. The contractor shall provide the personnel, services, equipment (excluding Government-provided items noted above), travel, and materials necessary to conduct reviews, perform analyses, prepare reports, and provide any other services ordered by OD as defined as ''Technical Work Required.'' All work shall be in accordance with DOE policy as identified in orders, regulations, or subsequent superseding documentation. DOE Order 5650.2B, ''Identification of Classified Information,'' and DOE Order 5650.3A, ''Identification of Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information,'' are applicable. Technical Work Required includes the following as determined by the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR): 1. The contractor shall provide all services as identified by OD to review documents and other material to identify classified and sensitive unclassified information within them and provide the required coordination, supporting, and transmittal documentation. These actions are the responsibility of the Technical Program Manager, senior document reviewers, document reviewers and administrative staff. Document review requirements vary from needing one or two reviewers and whether the specific classified or sensitive unclassified information needs to be bracketed. These requirements are specified by the COR. 2. The contractor shall provide document review support to various related missions such as support of development of document review procedures, review action tracking, development of classification guides, support of litigation involving classified documents, and support of automation efforts including, but not limited to, the Classification Guidance System (CGS), Computerized Action Tracking System (CATS), and the Declassification Productivity Initiative (DPI). Classification guides under development often require technical evaluation by experienced reviewers, litigation often requires reviewer support to OD in developing affidavits for the Court regarding the classification of a given set of documents. 3. The contractor shall provide all necessary analytical, secretarial and administrative support to OD as identified by OD in its document review mission. This function requires extensive typing, correspondence tracking, and classified and sensitive document handling. Deliverables may include appropriately marked and/or sanitized documents and routine transmittal correspondence or notification when reviews are completed for collections of documents. Personnel Qualifications: All personnel who will be performing work under this contract are required to possess a DOE ''Q'' level security clearance. Any person being considered for any position under this procurement must possess a current ''Q'', a DoD ''Top Secret'', or have possessed a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) clearance within the past 5 years. In accordance with DOE Order 5650.2B, the Technical Program Manager and Senior Document Reviewer positions require that the incumbent be an Authorized Derivative Classifier (ADC) as well as an Authorized Derivative Declassifier (ADD) (or demonstrate within 30 days the basis by which such authority may be granted). In accordance with DOE Order 5650.3A, these same positions require that the incumbent be an Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information (UCNI) Reviewing Official (RO) (or demonstrate within 30 days the basis by which such authority may be granted). Document Reviewers must pass a standard reading test and must be an Authorized Derivative Classifier (ADC) and an UCNI Reviewing Official (or demonstrate within 30 days the basis by which such authority may be granted). All reviewers must pass a standard reading test. In addition, the NSI reviewer must qualify as a limited ADC (requires successful completion of a 2-month, college level course). Deliverables: For systematic review of collections of documents, a weekly status of pages reviewed, pages found classified, pages declassified, and by collection is required. Deliverables may include appropriately marked and/or sanitized docuemnts and transmittal correspondence upon completion of these reviews. Other statistics summarizing work completed will be identified by OD as required. For those job requests in which the reviewers are required to perform an evaluation, that evaluation as specified by the COR is the deliverable. For special assignments, deliverables will be specified in the job request consistent with the scope of work defined above. Monthly status reports listing work assigned, work in progress, and work accomplished. Duration and Quantity: The contract will have a base of 24 months with three separate 1-year options if exercised by the Government. The estimated level of effort over the first 24 months is up to 355,000 hours of direct labor and which includes all contractor efforts identified above. Indication of Interest: Firms that have a definite interest in submitting an offer under this procurement are requested to send a letter to the point of contact (POC) at the above listed address. Such letters are requested to contain the firm's business size and minority status and a brief listing of the firm's qualifications to perform the work required. (0270)

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