ESCO Selector

To get help drafting your NOO through this automated template, contact your Federal Project Executive (FPE) or Project Facilitator (PF).

Northeast Region: Thomas Hattery, 202-256-5986, thomas.hattery@ee.doe.gov

Western Region: Scott Wolf, 360-866-9163, wolfsc@ornl.gov

Southeast Region and Midwest: Doug Culbreth, 919-870-0051, culbrethcd@ornl.gov

This template complies with the DOE ESPC IDIQ and federal laws and regulations. This template reflects

• Federal regulations and laws governing federal ESPCs
• Federal procurement regulations,
• the requirements in the DOE ESPC IDIQ, and
• FEMP’s best practices for procurement of federal ESPC projects.

FEMP finds that agencies who establish and use a consistent approach such as this template are able to issue their NOOs quickly and are happier with their ESCO selection results. Best practices include the following.

• Use the FEMP NOO template and customize as applicable.
• Keep the NOO project scope as broad as possible to allow the ESCO to propose comprehensive and innovative solutions
• Identify 2-3 facility needs or wish-list items for the project and state them in the NOO. This should elicit information in ESCOs’ NOO responses to allow evaluating agencies to match ESCO qualifications with agency needs.
• Use the selection based on qualifications (SBQ) method of ESCO selection (discussed in Section 4).

ESCO Selector generates populated and basic hard-copy documents in fully editable MS Word format

1. A draft notice of opportunity (NOO) populated with agency/facility-specific information, objectives, and significant evaluation factors can be downloaded at any time.
2. A standard basic NOO draft with shaded text where agency-specific information is needed can be downloaded.
3. NOO-Response-Evaluation Forms for individual evaluator use and for documenting team consensus are generated automatically as the agency builds the NOO, based on information entered in the NOO.