Glovebox Manufacturing Expansion Initiative

The objective of the Glovebox Manufacturing Expansion Initiative cooperative agreement is to support investments in facility expansion and equipment modernization of commercial facilities in the United States for the front- and back-end fabrication of Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA-1) or International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001 nuclear gloveboxes. To meet its mission, to protect the Nation, our allies and our partners by providing a resilient and responsive Nuclear Security Enterprise, the DOE\NNSA must rely on commercial manufacturers to help meet important mission objectives. In late 2022, the DOE\NNSA determined the need to ensure a sufficient supply of nuclear capable gloveboxes is available for necessary capital projects and equipment replacements and installations within designated facilities. After extensive market research, the DOE/NNSA is working to coordinate efforts of federal management & operating (M&O) partners across technical, fiscal, contracting, and industrial base domains to create a coherent approach that uses all levers to meet prioritized mission requirements and support the nuclear security enterprise. Funding will support investments in facility expansion and equipment modernization of commercial facilities in the United States for the front- and back-end fabrication of Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA-1) or International Organization Standardization (ISO) 9001 nuclear gloveboxes. Applications must identify achievable expansion goals to increase current nuclear glovebox manufacturing capacity no later than December 31,...

Only U.S. Commercial entities with the established capability to manufacture nuclear NQA-1 or ISO 9001 certified gloveboxes in accordance with the goals of this NOFO may submit applications. M&O contractors, Institutions of Higher Education and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC) are not eligible to apply for an award under this NOFO.

All timely applications under this NOFO that satisfactorily passed the initial compliance review are eligible for a comprehensive merit review. Prior to conducting the comprehensive merit review, an initial review will be performed to determine whether: (1) the applicant is eligible for award; (2) the information required in the NOFO has been submitted; (3) all other mandatory requirements of the NOFO satisfied; and (4) the proposed efforts are responsive to the program objectives of the NOFO. This review is a thorough, consistent, and objective examination of applications based on the criteria set forth in this NOFO. Each application will be evaluated on the strengths and weaknesses exhibited in relation to the overall merit, approach, business strategy and project management capabilities.

This program has no statutory formula. Matching is 80% Government and 20% participant.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Not Applicable.