Los Alamos National Laboratory - Fire Protection

 

The general objective of this Cooperative Agreement is to provide financial support for staff, response vehicles, specialized tours and training, and the use of two fire station facilities to the Incorporated County of Los Alamos to allow the County to provide an enhanced level of fire department services, including advanced nuclear facility capable, industrial fire suppression, advanced emergency medical, rescue, hazardous materials response, and other services through its municipal fire department.

Active 81.140 Department of Energy B - Project Grants Not applicable. 31 USC 6305, 31 U.S.C. 6304 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS: The fire department has an authorized staffing level of 139 fire fighters and officers and 11 civilian support staff. The fire department staff, in addition to being trained as conventional fire fighters responding to fires in residence and businesses, is also trained to respond to fires and other emergencies at nuclear and high hazard facilities. PLANNING: The fire department is responsible for the development of Pre-Incident Plans at necessary LANL buildings and facilities. PUBLIC WORKS: The fire department is responsible for hydrant testing at LANL. TRAINING: Fire fighters receive special training prior to engaging in fire fighting or emergency operations at nuclear and high hazard facilities at LANL, not only to ensure their safety, but to ensure that their actions contribute to control of the incident, versus making the incident worse by possibly spreading contamination or taking actions which result in unnecessary damage to mission critical or costly equipment. Los Alamos Fire Department is an agency within Los Alamos County. Los Alamos County is a political subdivision of the State of New Mexico. Not applicable. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. Funds awarded via the NNSA Partnership and Acquisition Services, Albuquerque Complex, Albuquerque, New Mexico, coordinating with the NNSA Los Alamos Field Office as the Delegated Program Office. The procedural steps at the NNSA are as follows: Contract Specialist (NA-PAS), Preparation; Contracting Officer (NA-PAS), Coordination and Review; Patent Counsel, Coordination and Review; Legal Counsel, Coordination and Review; Independent Review (NA-PAS); Head of Contracting Activity (NA-PAS), Coordination and Review; Contracting Officer (NA-PAS), and Final Signature. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines From 30 to 60 days. The Cooperative Agreement was approved and became effective on 10/01/2013. Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. • Cost effective and efficient management of the delivery of fire department services to LANL, including recruitment, selection, training and promotion of fire department personnel. • Cost effective and efficient management of business aspects of fire department operations, including procurement of services and supplies necessary to perform the agreement, and generating specifications for equipment purchases such as fire department apparatus. • Providing manual fire fighting response and capability. • Providing emergency medical response and capability. • Providing rescue response and capability. • Providing hazardous materials response capability. • Providing fire and safety related non-emergency services as identified in the agreement such as hydrant testing. • Providing fire department standbys at LANL for designated recurring activities, and on an as-needed basis for special hazards. • Maintaining a minimum training capability for fire fighters. • Maintaining certifications for various fire fighter and fire officer levels. • Maintaining emergency and non-emergency procedures associated with the operation of a fire department. • Maintain a fire department response capability that meets NFPA 1500, NFPA 1710 and other applicable NFPA standards to the extent practical for fire department responses to LANL. • Maintain emergency response pre-incident plans for necessary LANL facilities. • Providing agreed upon mutual aid, automatic aid, and outside assistance to the surrounding communities and cities. • Providing other miscellaneous services as defined in the agreement. Performance Reports: Oversight of the performance attributes of this Cooperative Agreement is the responsibility of the Los Alamos Field Office. Los Alamos County includes Cooperative Agreement related transactions in its annual Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, completed June 30th of each year. Required by the Cooperative Agreement terms and conditions. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching is mandatory. 20%. This program has no statutory formula. Matching Requirements: Percent: 20 - 26%. Using a sliding scale implemented over the period of performance, October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2023, the County's cost for providing fire protection within Los Alamos County and LANL will be approximately 25 percent of the overall fire department budget for FY20. This program does not have MOE requirements. Federal contribution approximately $102M for the 5-year agreement from FY19 to FY23.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. This Cooperative Agreement was for a 5-year term. The initial period of performance was October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2018. The Cooperative Agreement was reassessed for years 2019 thru 2023. The current period of performance in October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2023. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Lump. For any questions or concerns, please contact the Los Alamos Field Office LAFD Cooperative Agreement Program Manager, Neykia Declouet. Neykia Declouet
3747 West Jemez Rd
Los Alamos, NM 87544 USA
neykia.declouet@nnsa.doe.gov
Phone: 505-665-2889

Wendy Bauer
3747 West Jemez Rd
Los Alamos, NM 87544 USA
wendy.bauer@nnsa.doe.gov
Phone: 505-396-0924 http://nnsa.energy.gov/ 89-0240-0-1-053 (Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements)) FY 22$21,017,410.00; FY 23 est $614,678.00; FY 24 est $31,555,693.00; FY 20$20,350,045.00; FY 21 est $20,676,433.00; - For the 3rd term of the Cooperative Agreement (FY19-FY23), Federal assistance ranged from at $20,668,140 to $22,448,398. For the 4th term of the Cooperative Agreement (FY24-FY28), Federal assistance is estimated at $31,555,693 to $36,241,006. The Cooperative Agreement notes numerous regulations (both Federal, local, and Laboratory) and guidelines associated with the performance expectations of the Recipient. Not applicable.