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2026 Distributed Wind Turbine Competitiveness Improvement Project

Due
November 13, 2026
5 days left
Location
Colorado
Buyer
Department of Energy
Alliance For Energy Innovation Llc Doe Contractor
NAICS
54171
Notice ID
RFX-2026-10008
Posted October 26, 2026

Please quote wind turbine and power electronics development work for the 2026 Distributed Wind Turbine Competitiveness Improvement Project in Colorado, ZIP code 80007.

  • Wind turbines: Topics include prototype design, manufacture, installation and testing, component innovation, system improvement, certification and listing.
  • Power electronics: Topics include development, testing before formal evaluation, and listing.
  • Shared topics: Topics include manufacturing process improvements, bringing technology to market, and testing in actual use.

Please confirm availability and send your quote by November 13, 2026.

The original documents

Deadline: November 13, 2026

  • Attachment 1 PDF · 33 pages
  • Attachment 2 PDF · 6 pages
  • Attachment 3 XLSX · 14 pages
  • Attachment 4 PDF · 55 pages
  • Attachment 5 PDF · 13 pages
  • Attachment 6 PDF · 1 page
  • Attachment 7 PDF · 1 page
  • Attachment 8 XLSX · 15 pages
  • Attachment 9 PDF · 9 pages

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What they need

10/26/26 Amendment No. 1 posted in reponsonse to questions. The 2026 Distributed Wind Turbine Competitiveness Improvement Project (CIP) is comprised of thirteen (13) different topic areas, as specified in the Statement of Work (Attachment 1), dated September 14, 2026: Wind turbine development topic areas 1.

Prototype Design Development 2. Prototype Manufacture 3. Prototype Installation and Testing 4.

Component Innovation 5. System Optimization 6. Small Turbine Certification and/or Listing 7.

Type Certification and Listing Power electronics development topic areas 8. Power Electronics Development 9. Power Electronics Pre-Testing 10.

Power Electronics Listing Topics areas common to turbine and power electronics development 11. Manufacturing Process Innovation 12. Technology Commercialization 13.

Field Validation

  • The workPrototype Design Development, Prototype Manufacture, and Prototype Installation and Testing.Source: Attachment 1, page 2
  • Component Innovation and System Optimization.Source: Attachment 1, page 2
  • Small Turbine Certification and/or Listing, and Type Certification and Listing.Source: Attachment 1, page 2
  • Power Electronics Development, Pre-Testing, and Listing.Source: Attachment 1, page 2
  • Manufacturing Process Innovation, Technology Commercialization, and Field Validation.Source: Attachment 1, page 2
  • How longAnticipated period of performance is execution through twenty-one (21) months per Topic Area for phased, multi-topic proposals.Source: Attachment 1, page 3

What you have to submit

Pulled from the 9 solicitation documents (147 pages). Each item links to the page it came from. Check the originals and any amendments before you bid.

1How and where to submit

  • Submit offers to the NLR RFP Contact, Kyndall Jackson, Subcontract Administrator, 15013 Denver West Parkway, MS: RSF030, Golden, CO 80401, Email: Kyndall.Jackson@nlr.gov.Source: Attachment 1, page 1

2Deadline

3Forms to fill out

4Questions deadline

  • Technical questions must be received in writing no later than 10/16/2026.Source: Attachment 1, page 1

5Licenses you need

  • Technology Commercialization products must be certified, listed or formally in the process to become so.Source: Attachment 4, page 10

6Pricing format

  • Best value selection, Firm Fixed Price with Price Participation subcontract(s), with minimum price participation of 20% to 50% depending on topic area.Source: Attachment 1, page 2
  • Costs must be reasonable and clearly justified per the budget justification instructions in the Price Cost proposal form.Source: Attachment 1, page 5

Past history: who won similar work in Colorado

Recent federal contract awards in the same industry in Colorado, from USAspending.gov. These are comparable jobs, not earlier rounds of this exact solicitation.

Typical award: $726K to $54.8Mmiddle half of 6 recent awards · median $20.9M
Who wonAmountBuyerDate
Lockheed Martin CorpTAS::80 0124::TAS design, development, test&evaluation of project orion $15,578,682,243National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationSep 2006
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation200305!000050!9700!ZD61 !joint national test facility !H9500102D0001 !a!n! !N!0115 !20030130!20030430!15279109… $40,985,648Missile Defense AgencyJan 2003
the Regents of the University of ColoradoExtreme ultraviolet variability experiment (eve) for the solar dynamics observatory(sdo) $59,422,222National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationOct 2002
Associates of American Rr $685,000Federal Railroad AdministrationAug 2001
Associates of American Rr $848,000Federal Railroad AdministrationAug 2001
Associates of American Rr $39,000Federal Railroad AdministrationMar 2001

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