Pitts. Energy Tech. Ctr., U. S. Dept. of Energy, Acquisition & Assist. Div., P.O. Box 10940, MS 921-143, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0940

A -- SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT POC Kenneth S. Askew, Procurement Analyst, (412) 892-6181 Research and Development Advance Notice. This synopsis is published pursuant to the requirement of Federal Acquisition Regulation subpart 5.205. The Department of Energy, Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center is contemplating the acquisition of research efforts in the areas listed below during the 1996 fiscal year. This announcement is NOT a formal solicitation and is NOT a request for proposals. Availability of any formal solicitation will be announced separately. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes ONLY, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. Interested entities may submit written responses to: U.S. Department of Energy Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, Attn: Kenneth S. Askew (MS 921-143), P.O. Box 10940, Pittsburgh, PA (15236)-0940. (Overnight mail should be addressed as follows: U.S. Department of Energy, Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, Attn: Kenneth S. Askew, Bruceton Research Center, Building 921, Room 143, Wallace Road, Pittsburgh, PA (15236).) Responses will be used to develop a source list of potential proposers for future solicitations. Information submitted should be pertinent and specific in the technical area under consideration, on each of the following qualifications; (1) Experience: an outline of previous projects, specific work previously performed or being performed and any in-house research and development effort in related fields of science and technology; (2) Personnel: Name, professional qualifications and specific experience of scientists, engineers and technical personnel who may be assigned as principal investigator and/or project officer; include the number of employees; (3) Facilities: Availability and description of general and special facilities and equipment required to perform in the technical area under consideration. There is no specific format or outline that your response must follow. Include other descriptive literature and any other specific and pertinent information that would enhance our consideration and evaluation of the information submitted. Firms responding should indicate whether they are a small business, a socially and economically disadvantaged bsiness, or a woman-owned business. Please include two (2) copies of each response for EACH program. Each response must reference the four character code specified for the program area below and must be limited in length to twenty typed pages. TELEPHONE RESPONSES WILL NOT BE HONORED. So that your response can be included in our source lists for all appropriate Fiscal Year (FY) 1996 competitions, your response must be received not later than close of business on November 20, 1995. Responses will be accepted after that date, but cannot be assured of inclusion in all appropriate FY 1996 source lists. The research areas are as follows: Code: PM21 (Advanced Combustion Technology The Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, under the Office of Fossil Energy's Advanced Clean/Efficient Power Systems area, is managing the development of high-efficiency, low-emission coal-fired power systems based on the advanced pulverized coal-fired power plant and on the indirectly fired cycle. The PETC program, called ''Combustion 2000,'' comprises the development of the Low-Emission Boiler System (LEBS) -- the advanced pulverized coal-based system -- and the High Performance Power System (HIPPS) -- the indirectly fired cycle based system. The Low-Emission Boiler System is a highly advanced power plant that is being designed using an integrated approach to derive maximum benefit from progress in low-NOx combustion, flue gas cleanup, and supercritical and two-component-working-fluid cycle (ammonia-water) technology. Performance objectives for first generation LEBS commercial plants are thermal efficiencie of 42-45% (hhv basis), emissions of SO2, NOx, and particulates of 0.1, 0.1, and 0.01 lb/million Btu, respectively, and a cost of electricity that is lower than current coal-fired plants designed to meet the federal New Source Performance Standards. Three industry teams, led by ABB Combustion Engineering, Babcock & Wilcox Company, and DB Riley, are conducting the program. Phase I of the LEBS program, completed in September 1994, included technical and economic evaluations of candidate plant subsystems, a systems analysis of the entire power plant, and the preliminary design of a commercial scale, 300-400 MWe, LEBS plant. In Phase II, now underway, the industry teams are continuing engineering analysis and modeling activities and are conducting experimental testing of plant subsystems at scales of approximately3-10 MWe. Phase III will produce the site-specific designs for proof-of-concept test facilities, 10-50 MWe in size, and updated commercial plant designs and economics based on Phase II results. At the end of Phase III, DOE will select one team to continue into Phase IV, detailed design, construction, and operation of the proof-of-concept facility. When Phase IV is completed in FY2001, LEBS plants will be offered to the electric power industry. No FY2001, LEBS plants will be offered to the electric power industry. No and United Technologies Research Center (UT), also included preliminary R&D, and the preparation of designs for a HIPPS commercial plant approximately 300 MW in size. As the result of a competitive procurement during FY1994-95, FW and UT were selected to conduct the remainder of the HIPPS program. Phase II, now underway, involves the development and testing of plant subsystems, refinement and updating of the HIPPS commercial plant design, and the site selection and engineering design of a HIPPS prototype plant. At the completion of Phase II, one team will be selected to continue into Phase III. In this concluding phase, a detailed design of the HIPPS prototype plant will be prepared and the plant will be constructed and operated. When Phase III ends in FY2004, power plant designers and manufacturers will be able to offer commercial HIPPS plants to the electric power industry. No procurements are planned in FY96. Very limited funding may be available within the advanced research and environmental technology, and advanced research and technology development, program budgets for work that supports the objectives of the LEBS and HIPPS programs. (0298)

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