Safety Footwear contract with Base plus 4 year options.

The Department of Energy, through its contractor UT-Battelle, LLC, is soliciting offers under a Firm Fixed Price Basic Ordering Agreement for the supply and delivery of workplace safety footwear to support operations at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The contract, identified by solicitation number PR434402, has a base year plus four option years, creating a potential five-year performance period with services to be performed in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The scope centers on providing ASTM F2413-compliant safety shoes and boots through a climate-controlled mobile shoe store that will operate on-site at least twice monthly, with direct employee fitting, ordering, and voucher-based distribution. All items must conform to specified brand and equal standards, with a standardized discount applied across all manufacturers listed in the sample basket, and full compliance with the Buy American Act required for offers exceeding the micro-purchase threshold. Proposals must include unit pricing that covers packing and shipping, and the award will be made on a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable basis, with compliance with the Statement of Work being a mandatory pass/fail criterion. Offerors must be registered in SAM.gov, provide a Unique Entity ID, and meet socioeconomic status representation requirements under the NAICS code 316210 with a 1,000-employee size standard. Payment terms are net 15 days for small businesses and net 30 days for large businesses upon final acceptance, with invoicing requiring ORNL-standard electronic formats, approved shoe vouchers, and detailed subtotals by charge number. Strict delivery requirements mandate that all on-site deliveries be made by U.S. citizens only, with international shipments preferred under DAP terms and no insurance permitted. The contract incorporates a comprehensive suite of FAR and DOE-specific clauses, including employment eligibility verification, veterans’ reporting, trafficking in persons compliance, environmental and safety integration, and workplace substance abuse programs, alongside mandatory flowdown obligations from Prime Contract DE-AC05-00OR22725. Contractors must maintain Commercial General Liability, Professional Liability/E&O, and Cyber Liability insurance of at least $2 million annual aggregate, issued by carriers rated A-/VIII or higher by A.M. Best, with insurance coverage extending one year beyond contract expiration. The contract also enforces a Supplier Code of Conduct, NIST cybersecurity standards for IT systems, and requires full disclosure of any exceptions or non-compliance to be explicitly documented. All submissions must be in English, signed, and submitted by the deadline of June 10,