Sources SoughtPosted Dec 15, 2025·Responses due Jan 7, 2026

Technical Security Support Services

Energy · SC OAK RIDGE OFFICE

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541690
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
89243126RSC000172
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
Not stated
Place
Oak Ridge, TN, USA
Contact
Justin Priest (justin.priest@science.doe.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 89243126RSC000172 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Dec 15, 2025 · this notice
    Sources Sought
  • Jul 17, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
Solicitation
  • Aug 3, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 28, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Sep 15, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Sep 22, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Oct 8, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Oct 9, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Jan 5, 2026 to Mar 7, 2026, middle of the range Jan 15, 2026.
Measured from 192 past early notices at Energy, Department of that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Dec 15, 2025).
Responses are due Jan 7, 2026, so an award before then is unlikely; past cases include short solicitations.

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS Department of Energy Oak Ridge Office Office of Safeguards, Security and Emergency Management Technical Security Support Services This Sources Sought Notice is being sent for market research purposes only and will not be awarded at this time. NOTE: Quotes/proposals are not required, and will not be accepted for this sources sought, but a capability statement may be sent in. The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (SC) requires a single contractor to provide security support services for the Office of Safety and Security (OSS), the SC Consolidated Service Center… (show all)

(CSC), and the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM). The work location is in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The mission of the support service contractor is to provide an array of site-wide security support functions that support Safeguards and Security (S&S) responsibilities in a secure environment protecting critical national security assets. S&S support services must be both effective and efficient. An effective system is robust, resilient, adaptive, and consistent with the changing mission needs. An effective system also must support multiple S&S programs with responsibilities for the protection of multiple facilities and sites with operations ranging from supporting open collaborative science research to protection of classified matter and Category I- IV Special Nuclear Material (SNM). An efficient system operates at reasonable cost and imposes minimal burdens on the organizations carrying out primary missions at the facilities. Therefore, the objectives of this contract are to provide skilled and trained personnel to perform an array of support services to assist the OSS in the execution of the S&S mission. The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 541690. THIS SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the Government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred. The Government is under no obligation to award a contract as a result of this announcement. Interested organizations with the potential capability to perform these contract services are requested to provide the following information: Organization Name Address including email address Web site Telephone number Size and type of organization including any small business status Tailored capability statements addressing the requirements in Attachment 2 including supporting documentation Description of significant subcontracting or teaming arrangements Summary of the organization�s administrative and management structure The government will assess responses to ascertain an organizations capability to: Provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in Attachment 2 of this notice; Secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; and Implement a successful project management plan that includes compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. Submission Instructions: Interested parties are invited to submit a capabilities statement to this Sources Sought Notice by January 07, 2026 4:00pm ET. Responses must be emailed to jim.mcdaniel@science.doe.gov and justin.priest@science.doe.gov. The response should not exceed 8 pages (8 1/2 X 11 and no smaller than 12 point font). If you have any questions concerning this opportunity, please contact: jim.mcdaniel@science.doe.gov.

Who won similar work

13 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Energy), same NAICS 541690.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
DOW MOUNTAIN LLC3$231KSep 24, 2025
ATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES, INC.2$150KJul 31, 2026
TRANSPACIFIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC1$25.1MAug 29, 2025
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY ATTN BETSY JINKS PO BOX 641025 Pullman WA 99164 USA1$2.0MJul 14, 2025
ENTHALPION ENERGY LLC1$598KSep 17, 2026
ARROWHEAD ECONOMICS LLC1$175KAug 14, 2026
GREEN POWERED TECHNOLOGY LLC1$133KSep 4, 2026
UTILICAST LLC1$108KJan 3, 2025
WOOD MACKENZIE INC1$87KAug 26, 2026
EMP2, INC.1$13KJun 5, 2025

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Energy, Dept of since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Energy, Dept of job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 75 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.

Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.