Notice of Intent to Sole Source

Notice of Intent to Sole Source

The Department of Energy, Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), Systems

& Projects Office intends to acquire a Cybersecurity Assessment on a

sole source basis under authority FAR 13.5: from Emerson, 1100 W.

Louis Henna Boulevard Building 1, Round Rock, TX 78681 to review

the current cybersecurity status of the SPR Distributed Control

System(DCS) environment and provide a report identifying any gaps in

current Emerson DeltaV system architecture, remote access

implementation, workstation and server hardening, Windows security

patch status, and DeltaV patching status, and providing

recommendations for further cybersecurity mitigation.

located in New Orleans, LA and West Hackberry, Louisiana

Emerson is the sole manufacturer of the software and hardware

equipment that is used to control and monitor oil movements, storage

and associated parameters at DOE SPR oil storage facilities: Cyber

Security Assessment of the SPR Distributed Control System (DCS)

environments located in New Orleans, LA and West Hackberry,

Louisiana.

The resulting procurement will be conducted in accordance with FAR

Parts 12 and 13. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE

PROPOSALS/QUOTES. Responsible sources may submit a capability

statement in response to this requirement which shall be considered by the

Agency. Capability statements must be received NO LATER THAN 2:00

p.m. Central Time on Thursday, September 11, 2025, and shall include

documentation on ability to satisfy the Government’s requirements. A

determination by the Government not to compete based upon responses

to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government. Questions

concerning this notice should be directed to Bennetta Hamilton via email

only: bennetta.hamilton@spr.doe.gov.