U.S. Department of Energy, Golden Field Office, 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401

Y -- PRIVATIZATION PROJECT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A RESEARCH SUPPORT FACILITY AT THE NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY POC John W. Meeker, Contracting Officer, (303) 275-4748 Wilton Webb, Contracting Officer, (303) 275-4724. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through its Golden Field Office seeks an Expression of Interest for a privatization initiative to develop a parcel of DOE land at the Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) South Table Mountain site in Golden, Colorado. This privatization initiative includes the development of a 250,000 gross square foot facility, referred to as the Research Support Facility, to house research activities and support staff for NREL and associated DOE staff. Development will entail obtaining private-sector project financing, design, construction, ownership and management of the research support facility. Facility design, construction and operation must meet all Departmental and related standards including energy efficiency building standards as outlined in 10 CFR 435, Executive Order 12902, and General Services Administration space utilization standards. Construction of the facility will be subject to the Davis-Bacon Act. The facility must be available for occupancy no later than June of 1999. The Department anticipates that interested parties will make a 13-year commitment to the project which will consist of approximately 3 years for facility design and construction and 10 years of private sector ownership. Project costs are to be fully amortized over the 10-year operational period such that title to the building will be transferred to the United States with no residual payment at the completion of a 10 year lease-to-purchase arrangement. Access to the South Table Mountain site will be granted through a construction use permit. Title to the underlying land will remain with the United States. Title to the facility will remain with the developer until the lease-to-purchase arrangement is completed. DOE contemplates an initial 5-year lease- term with the likelihood of a 5-year renewal option spanning the 10-year lease-to-purchase period. All DOE obligations under the lease-to-purchase arrangement will be subject to the availability of appropriated funds. All contractual relationships will be approved by DOE, but will be between NREL and the developer. Interested parties must show the ability to assemble appropriate, committed and sound teams to accomplish the financing, design, and construction phases of the project to meet the June 1999 project completion deadline. Total project cost must be demonstrably lower than current long-term leasing options for similar space in the Denver West (Golden) vicinity (the location of NREL). Interested parties must be able to accommodate the financial risk associated with the availability of federal funding. However, DOE will consider providing the developer/owner and its financing partners with the ability to retain the asset in productive service in the situation that Federal lease funding does not become available. An interested party must submit to DOE, as a part of its Expression of Interest, a term sheet listing all members of the interested party's team needed to fully develop the project as well as a description of each Team Member's role. The term sheet should also include type and availability of financing, total project cost, amortization terms and lease terms consistent with the project scope and schedule. Failure to submit an Expression of Interest may result in exclusion from further consideration for this project. This announcement is for Expressions of Interest only and no actual project has been authorized at this time. To be considered, Expressions of Interest must be received at the DOE Golden Field Office, 1617 Cole Blvd. Golden, Colorado 80401 by 3:00 P.M. MDT on June 20, 1996. Expressions of Interest should be sent to the attention of John W. Meeker. Questions may be addressed to either Mr. Meeker at (303) 275-4748 or Wilton Webb at (303) 275-4724. Facsimile questions may be sent to the attention of either Mr. Meeker or Mr. Webb at (303) 275-4754. However, facsimile submissions of Expressions of Interest will not be accepted. All responses are encouraged to be submitted and will be considered. (0138)

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