National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Subcontracts Section, M/S 1320-15/2, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401-3393

B -- SPECIAL STUDIES AND ANALYSIS - NOT R&D SOL Synopsis No. 5-364. Contact Helena F. Harman, Subcontract Administrator, 303 275-3168, Paulette Fontaine-Westhart, Supervisor, Subcontracts Section 303-275-3190. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), formerly the Solar Energy Research Institute, is the manager of the Solar Industrial Program for the US Department of Energy. The Solar Process Heat (SPH) Markets Development Task within the Solar Industrial Program is planning to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) to select subcontractors to conduct studies to identify and characterize one-to-three promising current/near-term potential markets for commercially available SPH systems for applications in American industry. The emphasis in the studies is to be on marketing research and markets identification, rather than on solar. Organizations wishing to respond to the solicitation should have: (i) experience and expertise in marketing research and/or market identification and/or markets development; and (ii) familiarity with SPH technology and expertise in performing solar feasibility assessments (or teamed with and Architectural and Engineering (A&E) company or consultant having these capabilities). Marketing research/markets identification organizations interested in responding to the solicitation that do not have expertise in SPH technology (all solar collector types) are welcome to the solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) to get a listing of solar-qualified A&E firms or consultants. These are A&Es with which marketing research/markets identification firms might try to make arrangements for teaming. SEIA (located Washington, DC) is the professional and trade association for the American SPH industry. Information on SEIA will be included in the RFP. Parties interested in receiving a copy of the RFP are requested to write Helena Harman at the above address or via facsimile at (303)275-3100. Telephone requests will not be honored. This is not a request for proposals. (100)

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