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R -- PROVIDE Q-CLEARED INDIVIDUAL TO PREPARE SUMMARY REPORTS FROM MINUTES AND OTHER PRESENTATION MATERIALS SOL DE-AF01-97DP00145 POC Mary L. Wideman, Procurement Analyst, (202) 634-4595, Michael B. Raizen, Contracting Officer, (202) 634-4595. The United States Department of Energy intends to acquire the services of a Q-cleared individual to provide for meeting support (520 labor hours). This support is to include preparation, compilation and edition of meeting minutes and other support documentation from several meetings previously conducted by the National Academy of Science (NAS) review group for the inertial confinement funsion (ICF) program. This group is made up of subject matter experts that reviewed the ICF program via participant presentation on the status of certain ICF activities. The objective of the NAS review group was to determine the scientific and technical readiness of the National Ignition Facility project and to evaluate the capabilities of the ICF program to support the science-based Stockpile Stewardship program. An individual is required for the proposed work that is a subject matter expert and that is uniquely qualified to understand the technical nuamces and who could provide proper characterization and emphases. Theproposed award is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source (Interscience, Inc. of Troy, NY) under Authority of FAR 6.302-1. This notice of intent is not a request for Competitive Proposals. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a Competitive Procurement. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0365)

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