The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is issuing the following Request for Quote (RFQ) to small business vendors for the requirement to supply and deliver hydrogen gas to NETL site location in Morgantown, WV per the attached Statement of Work (SOW). This requirement is a total small business set-aside. Only quotes submitted by small business concerns will be accepted by the Government. Any quote that is submitted by a vendor that is not a small business will not be considered for award.

SITE VISIT:

An organized site visit has been scheduled for Monday, December 14, 2020 at 11:00 AM ET at the NETL Morgantown, WV site location to allow vendors to survey the planned equipment locations in order to assist interested vendors in determining the equipment, supplies, labor, etc. being quoted under this requirement.

Participants must pre-register for the site visit no later than 11:00 AM ET on Thursday, December 10, 2020. Registration requests received after the due date and time may not be accepted. Refer to solicitation clause FAR 52.237-1 -- SITE VISIT for more information and the instructions to register.

SUBMISSION:

Interested vendors are strongly encouraged to submit their quotation using the “Specs-Pricing Worksheet” template attachment and provide all supporting documents, as necessary, via the FedConnect portal at www.fedconnect.net, by the due date and time indicated in Block 10 of the RFQ SF-18.  The vendor's quotation may also be accepted via email to the Purchasing Agent assigned to this requirement, Lora Stumpf, at [email protected]. If submitting a quote via FedConnect, please do not also submit via email. Questions relating to this solicitation must be submitted in writing to [email protected] by 2:00 PM ET on Tuesday, December 15, 2020. At NETL’s discretion, NETL may provide written responses to the questions as appropriate. Any such responses will be posted by NETL via an amendment to the solicitation.

EVALUATION:

Selection will be based on the small business vendor’s quotation that is considered technically acceptable with the lowest firm-fixed price quote. To be considered for evaluation, vendors must quote on all items/services listed in the solicitation per the attached SOW requirements.

The Government anticipates issuing a single award from this RFQ. As applicable, shipping terms are FOB Destination. Vendors shall submit descriptive literature detailing features, technical capabilities, and warranty data, as necessary. Technical acceptability shall be determined solely on the content and merit of the information submitted in response to this solicitation.

Solicitation Attachments:

• A-001: Statement of Work.
• A-002: Specs-Hydrogen Pricing Worksheet.
• A-003: Drawing No. D-9864 Underground Utilities.
•  A-004: Drawing No. E890241 NETL Facilities Layout-Morgantown.
• A-005: Drawing No. D920039 Nitrogen Storage Area Concrete Slab View-Morgantown.
• A-006: NETL Procedure 414.1-3.
• A-007: Engineering Design Codes and Standards.
• A-008: NETL Bulk Gas Storage Area with Current Hydrogen Supply.