SSN - ESIF OCL Battery Fire Protection Upgrade

NATIONAL LABORATORY OF THE ROCKIES

ACQUISITION SERVICES

Number

OCFO-AS-4110

Title
Sources Sought Notice

Revision

Date
11/21/2025

Sources Sought Notice

No. SSN-2027-32995

“ESIF OCL Battery Fire Protection Upgrade”
A&E Design Services
November 11, 2026
Background:
The National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) is a national laboratory owned by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). NLR is the only federal laboratory dedicated to research, development, commercialization, and deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. NLR is managed and operated for DOE’s Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation by The Alliance for Energy Innovation (Alliance), the “M&O Contractor”.
NLR is seeking an A&E firm to provide Title I, II, and III design services for modifications to the existing Optimization & Controls Lab (OCL) inside NLR’s Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) at our South Table Mountain Campus located in Golden, CO. The resulting IFC design package will have two (2) primary components:
(1) Automate a roof ventilation system and the existing laboratory roll-up doors to open during a fire. (2) Provide a manual extraction system capable of removing a burning Electric Vehicle (EV) from the OCL bay through the roll-up doors to the adjacent outdoor lot. Objective:
The project’s objective, at a high level, is to design a system to quickly and safely extract a burning electric vehicle from the building, in the event a fire occurs during research and/or testing activities. The design package will need to meet 2021 International Fire Code Section 910 and requirements from the local West Metro Fire Protection District.
Project Details:
In the event a solicitation is released, NLR is seeking information from sources that may be capable of providing a solution that meets or exceeds the following minimum capabilities: (1) Design a manual system for extracting an EV during a fire, including the conveying equipment, operating layout, pull path, load capacity, bollards, and all supporting components. (2) Design a direct roof-ventilation system and configure the existing roll-up doors for automatic operations upon smoke detection and tied to the emergency power supply.

OCFO-AS-4110

Sources Sought Notice

11/21/2025

(3) Design scope includes operational testing and acceptance of extraction system with NLR’s Fire AHJ and the local West Metro Fire Protection District.
Key Questions:
The information received in response to this SSN will be used to help determine the technical scope of work.