Through this request for proposals being issued by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) seeks to (1) accelerate development of hydrogen fueling technologies for medium- and heavy-duty fuel cell vehicles, and (2) address priority R&D barriers to enabling hydrogen blending in natural gas pipelines at scale, in support of DOE’s H2@Scale Initiative. This request for proposals also seeks to increase industrial and stakeholder engagement in H2@Scale through investment and active participation in the associated projects. DOE is seeking qualified partners to participate in cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) projects with DOE’s national laboratories.

All questions and comments should be sent to [email protected] no later than 5 p.m. August 14, 2020. NREL will post at least one Question & Answer (Q&A) Document (Amendment) to this posting, publicly providing responses to all questions and comments received, not later than July 22, 2020. Proposals are due by 5 p.m. August 14, 2020.

Questions received after July 15 may receive a response if time permits and if the questions are unique from questions that have already been addressed in the Q&A. Responses to the new questions will be posted on beta.SAM.gov and NREL's website periodically.