U.S.Department of Energy, Headquarters Procurement Operations, HR561.22, Washington, DC 20585

U -- EDUCATION AND TRAINING SERVICES FOR THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SOL DE-RP01-96EW13506 POC John Windish, Contract Specialist, 202-634-4452, john.windish@hq.doe.gov, John Albers, Contracting Officer 202-634- 4431, John.Albers@hq.doe.gov. The United States Department of Energy (DOE) intends to release a Request for Proposals (RFP) to provide technical and administrative support for Environmental Management (EM) training and education programs, occupational safety and health training, graphics preparation, and information collection, analysis, and distribution support. A cost-plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort, term contract is anticipated. The requirement is for an estimated 142,480 Direct Productive Labor Hours over a period of sixty months. The Department of Energy anticipates awarding a single contract from initial offerors. This procurement is set-aside for small business and the Standard Industrial Classification code is 8999. The solicatiation will be available for down loading on the Internet from the ''Current Business Opportunities at Headquaters Procurement Operations'' Home Page located at address http://www.pr.doe.gov/solicit.html No paper copies of the solicitation will be made available. Prospective offerors that do not have the electronic capability to download the solicitation shall submit a written request to the Contract Specialist for a diskette copy of the solicitation. The requestor must include a self-addressed stamped envelope and a MS-DOS formatted high density 3 1/2'' virus free diskette suitable for download of the electronic solicitation. Offers who fail to submit an appropriate diskette, or self-addressed stamped envelope, will not recieve the solicitation. All offerors interested in receiving notification of solicitation release should notify the Document Control Specialist through electronic mail at bcc@hq.doe.gov. The notification of the solicitation must include a point of contact name, company address, electronic mail address (preferred) or fax number, and the solicitation number. Notification of solicitation release will be issued through electronic mail or fax message only. Notification of any amendments will only be sent to those offerors that submit an intent to propose notification. It is the responsibility of the prospective offerors, after receipt of the solicitation, to notify the designated DOE point of contact of their intent to propose. Without such notification, prospective offerors will not be informed when amendments and other solicitation-related information is posted on the Internet. The intended release date of this RFP is on/or about September 1, 1996. See Numbered Note(s): 1. (0212)

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