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A -- SUPERCONDUCTIVITY PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE SOL DE-PS36-97GO10231 POC Contactract Specialist, James P. McDermott, (303) 275-4732; Contracting Officer, John Meeker WEB: Home Page for Department of Energy, Golden Field Office, http://www.eren.doe.gov/golden. The Department of Energy (DOE), is interested in providing assistance with Superconductivity Partnership Initiative (SPI). The objective of the SPI is to accelerate the introduction of High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) components and equipment for electric power systems by using vertically integrated industry teams composed of a product manufacturer, an HTS wire/coil manufacturer, and an end-user having test site capability. The intent is to make multiple financial assistance awards to industry-led teams to encourage the development and commercialization of HTS components, devices, sub-systems or systems to be used by electric utilities or their customers. The purpose of this solicitation is 1) to develop HTS components or systems that are in the research and development stages, and 2) to develop complete full scale HTS systems or subsystems which are in the pre-commercialization stage. The SPI awards will be cost-shared Cooperative Agreements between the industry teams and DOE. This solicitation combines the aspects of earlier SPI solicitations by requesting applications for projects of research and development of sub-scale HTS components and subsystems, or the development of full-scale pre-commercial power application prototypes. It is intended that these projects will also develop enabling components in parallel with HTS product-related development. The parallel product-related development includes development and demonstration of non-HTS components such as the cryostat design, refrigeration and power semiconductor devices. The application should that these systems include stand- alone or distributed electricity generation also include an energy and economic benefit analysis, technical performance expectations, product or system design studies and a business plan of product introduction. DOE will only make awards to recipients that are private-sector firms. The recipient can include business partnerships, joint ventures, individual commercial firms, or other business relationships between such organizations as profit or non-profit corporations, educational institutions, etc. All respondents must propose to cost-share at least 50% of the total project cost from non-federal sources. Awards under this solicitation will be cooperative agreements, with a term of up to three years. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be issued on or around May 19, 1997, and will contain detailed information on funding, cost sharing requirements, eligibility, application preparation, DOE proposal evaluation criteria, and the proposal selection process for awards. Responses to the solicitation will be due 45 days after solicitation release. To obtain a copy of the solicitation once it is issued, submit a written request to the U.S. Department of Energy, Golden Field Office, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401, Attention: Mr. James McDermott, Contract Specialist. For convenience, requests for the solicitation may be faxed to Mr. McDermott at (303) 275-4732. Solicitations may also be obtained electronicallythrough the Golden Field Office Home Page at http://www.eren.doe.gov/golden/solicit.htm, followed, within ten days, by a written notification of receipt to Mr. McDermott. All responsible sources may submit an application and all timely applications will be considered, subject to the limitations above. (0125)

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