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R -- TECHNICAL, ANALYTICAL, MANAGERIAL, AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT FOR THE HEADQUARTERS OFFICE OF FOSSIL ENERGY SOL DE-RP01-97FE64719 DUE 043097 POC Stanley Colt, Contract Specialist, Phone: (202) 426-0039, or Fax: (202)426-0168. The U.S. Department of Energy, Headquarter's Office of Fossil Energy, has a support service requirement for technical, analytical, managerial, and administrative support. A fixed labor rate, task assignment, term contract is contemplated with a thirty-six month base period and two twelve month option periods. The anticipated level of effort that will be required is approximately 118,860 direct productive labor hours for the base period and 39,600 direct productive labor hours for each option year. This procurement will be solicited as a total small business set aside. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for this requirement is 8742, which has a size standard of $5 million. The technical and analytical support includes a broad range of activities related to energy tecnology including: trend analysis, feasibility studies, baseline analysis, data collection, background studies, program reviews, and program monitoring. The management support performance will involve such activities as: developing and maintaining databases, statistical analysis, and monitoring control systems. The administrative support will involve such activities as data entry, word processing, graphic preparation, maintenance of electronic bulletin boards and normal maintenance on databases and other information systems. The Request For Proposals (RFP) is expected to be issued within the next 15 to 30 days and will be available for downloading on the internet from the Department of Energy's "Current Business Opportunities at Headquarters Procurement Operations" Home Page located at Internet address: http://www.pr.doe.gov/solicit.html NO PAPER COPIES OF THE SOLICITATION WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE. Prospective offerors who do not have an electronic means for downloading the solicitation shall submit a written request to the Document Control Specialist at the address above for a diskette copy of the solicitation. The requester must include a self-addressed stamped envelope and an MS-DOS formatted high density 3.5 inch, virus-free diskette suitable for downloading the electronic solicitation. Offerors who fail to submit an approprate diskette, or stamped self addressed emvelope, will not receive the solicitation or be otherwise notified. It is the responsibility of prospective offerors to check the "Current Business Opportunities at Headquarters Procurement Operations" Home Page for the issuance of the RFP and any subsequent amendments. (0065)

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