Doing Business With the U.S. Department of Energy
Welcome to the Department of Energy’s Acquisition homepage. The Office of Acquisition Management (OAM) is responsible for all contracting, financial assistance and related activities to fulfill the Department's multitude of missions through its business relationships. As the business organization of the Department, OAM develops and supports the policies, procedures and procurement operational elements. OAM is organized as follows:
Chart of organization with names
Procurement authority within the Department flows from the Secretary to the Senior Procurement Executives. DOE is unique in that it has two SPE’s, one for the Department excluding the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and one for NNSA. NNSA, although possessing authority to deviate from DOE policies and procedures, generally follows all DOE policy. The link below will take you to their website for further information. Procurement policy is generally contained in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), the DOE FAR Supplement (DEAR), DOE Acquisition Letters and DOE Orders and Directives. Financial Assistance policy is found in 2 CFR 200, 2 CFR 910, and Financial Assistance Letters and guides.
The Department expends approximately 90% of its budget through a variety of contracts and financial assistance agreements making it one of the largest civilian departments in the federal government. Through these expenditures, we impact a variety of industries and individuals across the nation. Our operations are nation-wide. The majority of our contract dollars are expended through a relatively small number of large Management and Operating (M&O) contracts (including Federally Funded Research and Development Centers) as well as large site and facility environmental cleanup contracts as reflected in the chart link below.
U.S. govenment spending statistics can be found at:
The links below will guide you through the remainder of our website. The information is subdivided into Procurement and Acquisition information and Financial Assistance information. We thank you for your interest and look forward to doing business with you.