Sources Sought
Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Services
Department of Energy · Sol. 89303027NMA000105
Due in 11 days
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The Department of Energy is asking for information (an RFI, market research only) from companies that could place and run one ATM at each of its Forrestal Building (Washington, DC) and Germantown Building (Maryland) facilities, with optional in-person banking at Germantown. DOE expects a no-cost-to-the-Government arrangement: DOE pays nothing and the provider earns money from ATM fees. No contract or solicitation is promised yet.
Watch out for
- No payment from the Government. DOE would pay nothing, so you would have to earn money only from ATM fees and interchange, which may not cover costs for just two machines.
would make no contract payments to the ATM provider under the contemplated arrangement.
- Market research only. This is not a solicitation, and DOE does not promise a future solicitation or agreement; response costs are not reimbursed.
It is not a solicitation, request for
- Secure federal facilities and cash servicing. Staff and any armored-car or subcontractor personnel need DOE security badging and access, and you bear installation, upkeep, insurance and removal costs.
- Possible walkthrough. DOE may hold optional site walkthroughs; attending is not required for the RFI but may be needed later if DOE says so.
Participation in a walkthrough will not be a prerequisite to responding to this RFI unless DOE subsequently
Full brief
What they want
- Propose one ATM at each of the Forrestal and Germantown buildings and describe its capabilities
- Explain a no-cost-to-the-Government business model, including fees and all sources of revenue
- Describe site needs: space, power, network, cabling, anchoring and security
- Describe maintenance, cash replenishment, remote monitoring, uptime and repair response
- Describe physical security and cybersecurity, including anti-skimming protections
- Describe facility-access needs for staff and subcontractors, including armored-car service
- Explain how you would remove equipment and restore the area at the end
- Optionally, offer in-person banking services at the Germantown Building
- Contract type
- Request for Information (market research); DOE is considering a no-cost-to-the-Government arrangement with no contract payments from DOE
- Place of performance
- Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, and Germantown Building, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 20874
- Offers due
- 10:00 a.m. ET, October 19, 2026 (questions due by 10:00 a.m. ET on 14 October 2026)
- How to submit
- Email to eric.schermerhorn@hq.doe.gov with "DOE ATM Services RFI" in the subject line
- Page limits
- Approximately ten (10) pages, excluding supporting product literature
What to include when you submit
- Provide the response electronically in Microsoft Word or searchable PDF format
- Clearly mark any proprietary or confidential information
- Answer the 18 numbered items in section 8, including entity name, UEI and SAM.gov status, entity type, and suggested NAICS code
- State your availability for an optional DOE facility walkthrough
- Send questions to eric.schermerhorn@hq.doe.gov by 14 October 2026, 10:00am ET
You must have
- Identify what type of entity you are (credit union, commercial bank, independent ATM operator, etc.). No specific entity type is required in the text.
Respondents should identify whether they are a Federal credit union, State-chartered credit union,
- Staff with access to DOE facilities must meet DOE security, badging and access requirements
Personnel granted access would be subject to applicable DOE security, badging, and facility-access
- No work inside a DOE facility without DOE review and approval
No installation, alteration, cabling, anchoring, modification, construction, or other work within a DOE facility
Not in the notice text
- Whether DOE will issue a solicitation, and what type of agreement (contract, license, permit) it would use
- Length of any future arrangement
- Whether any small business set-aside will apply (SAM fields say none)
- How the walkthrough will be scheduled
- Whether an incumbent ATM provider exists
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 19, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 5, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Solicitation
- 89303027NMA000105
- Agency
- Department of Energy
- Office
- Headquarters Procurement Services
- Place of performance
- Washington, DC, 20585
- Contracting contact
- Schermerhorn, Eric R.eric.schermerhorn@hq.doe.gov
Full notice text from SAM.gov
This Request for Information (RFI) is issued solely for market research and acquisition planning purposes. The Government will not pay for the information requested or costs incurred in preparing a response. Please review attachment for further details.