# SAM #SSN-2027-32995 A&E Design for EV Battery Fire Protection and Extraction at NLR **Buyer:** Alliance for Sustainable Energy **Posted:** November 12, 2026 **Respond By:** November 19, 2026 **Identifier:** SSN-2027-32995 **NAICS:** 541330 NLR is seeking engineering design services to improve fire response and burning-EV removal at its Energy Systems Integration Facility in Golden, Colorado. - **Government buyer:** U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation; National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), Acquisition Services. - **Services requested:** One A&E design engagement covering Title I, II, and III services for the Optimization & Controls Lab (OCL), including an Issued for Construction design package. - **Design scope:** Automate the roof ventilation system and existing roll-up doors to open upon smoke detection, with emergency-power integration; design a manual system to move a burning EV from the lab bay through the doors to an adjacent outdoor lot. - The extraction design must address conveying equipment, operating layout, pull path, load capacity, bollards, and supporting components. - **Requirements:** Meet 2021 International Fire Code Section 910 and West Metro Fire Protection District requirements; include operational testing and acceptance with NLR’s Fire Authority Having Jurisdiction and the local fire district. - **OEMs and vendors:** No product manufacturers or commercial vendors are specified. Named organizations include NLR, the U.S. Department of Energy, and West Metro Fire Protection District. - **Performance period:** Anticipated 12-month base period: 4 months for design and 8 months for construction support. No option years are stated. ### Description

National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) is seeking an A&E firm to provide Title I, II, and III design services for modifications to the existing Optimization & Controls Lab (OCL) inside NLR’s Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) at our South Table Mountain Campus located in Golden, CO. The resulting IFC design package will have two (2) primary components:

  1. Automate a roof ventilation system and the existing laboratory roll-up doors to open during a fire.
  2. Provide a manual extraction system capable of removing a burning Electric Vehicle (EV) from the OCL bay through the roll-up doors to the adjacent outdoor lot.
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