HOUSTON - EM officials focused on small business opportunities in the cleanup program and greater DOE at the Department's 17th-annual Small Business Forum & Expo last week.
Each year, the outreach event connects Department representatives with small businesses. At an EM-focused session, small business representatives talked with EM officials and learned the latest news on doing business with the legacy nuclear cleanup program.
Norbert Doyle, EM’s head of contracting activity and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Project Management, provided the status of every major EM procurement under way and EM’s progress in awarding those contracts. Doyle outlined opportunities for contractors to receive information about upcoming procurements and submit their capabilities statements for consideration.
"Our EM participation at the DOE Small Business Forum & Expo provided a wonderful opportunity to build upon EM's continuing outreach efforts to the small businesses," Doyle said. “Not only were we able to learn what capabilities small businesses may have, but it also allowed for small businesses to spend time with us, many in a one-on-one matchmaking session, learning what we do and how they may be able to contribute to our environmental cleanup mission."
The conference offered EM multiple ways to engage small businesses, including an exhibit booth and “matchmaking" session, where business representatives met one-on-one with EM officials.
Representatives from a range of small businesses - from those with experience working for EM to others that had never held contracts with the federal government - sought to learn about the federal procurement process and the variety of business opportunities to support EM’s work in areas such as environmental remediation, liquid waste cleanup, and deactivation and decommissioning.
Source: U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Environmental Management
