U.S. Department Of Energy, Idaho Operations Office, 850 Energy Drive -- MS1221, Idaho Falls, ID 83401-1563

R -- SUPPORT TO THE RAPID COMMERCIALIZATION INITIATIVE SOL DE-AF07-97ID10968 DUE 032697 POC Kathleen M. Stallman, 208-526-7038, T. Wade Hillebrant, Contracting Officer, 208-526-0547 The U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office (DOE-ID), has a requirement for an individual or organization to provide technical program support to the Rapid Commercialization Initiative for U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science and Technology (OST) implementation and for other identified OST-developed technologies for integrating state and/or federal regulators, private sector technology holders, federal technology developers, financiers, site representatives, and stakeholder personnel to accomplish technology verification, certification, and validation for innovative (new) environmental technologies. Provide support for establishing respective teams to accomplish validation of technology performance, deliberations of respective teams, and issue resolution, as required. Report issues and accomplishments to DOE/OST through DOE Idaho Operations Office's Contracting Officer and Contracting Officer Representative. Participate in the national OST program, as requested, including travel for participation in program reviews and other pertinent meetings, verification report development, visitor's days or information meetings at demonstration sites, national technology transfer meetings with industry or other customers, meet with DOE/OST program office, and other interagency-interstate organizations relevant to accomplishing the task. Travel may require up to ten trips to various parts of the continental US with each trip lasting two-four days. Provide technical support to OST program managers for regulatory streamlining to accomplish multiple state participation in one common demonstration for interstate recognition of performance data to realize cost savings and time savings. Coordinate, collaborate, and communicate with representatives of the Southern States Energy Board, Western Governors' Association Interstate Technology and Regulatory Coordination Working Group, and the Corps of Engineers, as required, to accomplish the task. The period of these activities is expected to last from March 1997through September 1998. Intimate knowledge of the background, development, and implementation of the multi-agency Rapid Commercialization Initiative (RCI) and the Interstate Technology and Regulatory Coordination (ITRC) as well as personal contacts with those individuals in the Western Governors' Association and the Southern States Energy Board that are coordinating activities with RCI and ITRC is important and will be considered in the selection process. Completion of this support is expected to require 200-250 hours of effort exclusive of travel time. Proposals should be submitted in writing and received by March 26, 1997. They may be faxed to 208-526-5548. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. See Note 22. (0070)

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