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Opportunity Summary:

The Department of Energy (DOE), through its Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and the Golden Field Office, issued Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0000635 to select an administrator for the Superior Energy Performance (SEP) program. SEP is described as a new American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-accredited certification program intended to help industrial plants and commercial buildings follow a structured roadmap for continual improvement in energy efficiency. A central goal is to establish a transparent, globally accepted way to validate both measured energy intensity performance improvements and the underlying energy management practices that drive those improvements. The FOA anticipated a national launch of SEP in 2012 and positioned this award as a key step in getting the program established and operational.

This posting is an amendment to the original FOA, and the changes are limited in scope. Specifically, the amendment revises Section I.C (the Project Scope for the SEP Program Administrator) and adds language to Section VI.B (Administrative and National Policy Requirements). Aside from those updates, the announcement states that all other sections of the FOA remain unchanged. Applicants are directed to the full FOA text on the EERE Exchange website, since the detailed requirements, updated scope language, and the added policy/administrative conditions are contained there rather than in the summary notice.

DOE’s intent under this FOA was to make a single cooperative agreement award, with an expected number of awards listed as one and an estimated total funding amount of $3,000,000. The FOA notes that DOE intends to fund one awardee to serve as the SEP Program Administrator for both the industrial and commercial sectors. However, DOE also leaves open the possibility that, if the application review indicates it would be more appropriate, DOE could choose to fund separate program administrators for the two sectors. The funding is framed as early-stage support designed to help stand up SEP, promote it, and implement it, with the longer-term objective of creating an independent entity that becomes financially self-sustaining rather than relying on continued federal support.

The SEP Program Administrator role is described as the organization responsible for launching and overseeing the program. The FOA highlights four core responsibility areas: developing a self-sustaining business model for the program; conducting promotion, education, and marketing to drive awareness and participation; handling ongoing program management and administration; and carrying out reporting and program evaluation to document progress and outcomes. In practice, this implies building the operational backbone of the certification program, expanding market adoption across eligible facilities, and putting in place credible processes that support the integrity and acceptance of SEP certification.

From an eligibility and administrative standpoint, the opportunity is listed as “unrestricted,” meaning it is open to any type of entity, subject to any additional clarifications in the FOA’s eligibility language. The award instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial DOE involvement during performance compared with a standard grant. The notice also indicates no cost sharing or matching requirement. Award floor and ceiling values are shown as $0, which generally means applicants must rely on the FOA narrative for any practical budget constraints rather than expecting firm bounds in those fields.

Key dates in the listing include a posted date of February 2, 2012, with a closing date of March 21, 2012, and an archive date of April 20, 2012. Applications had to be submitted electronically through the EERE Exchange portal, and applicants were required to register and create an account before submitting. The announcement points applicants to the Exchange user guide for submission instructions and indicates that the full FOA includes directions on where to send questions about the content of the announcement as well as questions about the mechanics of submitting an application. For access issues with the full announcement, the contact provided is Scott Schmitz at scott.schmitz@go.doe.gov.

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