Technical Security Support Services

The U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, is seeking an 8(a) competed contract for comprehensive technical security support services to be performed primarily in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, supporting the Office of Safety and Security, the Consolidated Service Center, and the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management. The contract, identified by solicitation number 89243126RSC000172, is set aside for small businesses under the NAICS code 541690, with a size standard of $19.0 million in annual revenue. The contractor will deliver integrated safeguards and security services that include personnel and industrial security, information protection, and program administration, ensuring compliance with DOE directives such as DOE O 470.4, DOE O 206.2 Change 2, and DOE O 473.3, as well as federal standards like HSPD-12 and Trusted Workforce 2.0. Core responsibilities encompass conducting on-site audits and compliance surveys, managing approximately 11,000 active access authorizations and credentialing activities, performing derivative classification and declassification reviews, handling UCNI and CUI controls, supporting OPSEC and COMSEC programs including TEMPEST and TSCM, analyzing FOCI submissions, maintaining SSIMS records, and administering administrative hearings with exhibit preparation and court reporter coordination. The contractor must also implement activity-based budgeting models and track security performance metrics, while ensuring robust program management, quality control, and seamless coordination across multiple DOE sites. All contractor personnel must possess favorable adjudications of Tier 5 background investigations and be cleared to the highest level of the systems they access, with mandatory completion of Standard Form 312 and comprehensive security briefings. Training requirements are strictly defined, including DOE National Training Center courses such as PSC 100 DE, PSC 110, PSC 200, and PSC 300 for security processors and adjudicators, along with specialized instruction for COMSEC, TACLANE, and workplace substance abuse programs under 10 CFR Part 707. Key officials must complete PER 099DE, and all employees must be thoroughly trained in national and DOE personnel vetting regulations and local procedures. The contractor is required to develop and maintain a comprehensive quality control plan approved by the Contracting Officer, subject to continuous DOE review, and submit bi-weekly activity reports to the Contracting Officer’s Representative,