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76 -- TECHNICAL MANUALS ON PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES SOL EC0601 DUE 090897 POC Mekeba S. Brown, Contracts Specialist, 202-564-4784 SEE Note 22. This is an notice to the public of the Governments Intent to Solicit and Negotiate with one firm. The Firm selected for sole source award is:Esource, Inc.; 1033 Walnut Street; Boulder, CO 80302-5114. The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star Buildings Commercial & Industrial Buildings Customer Support Branch seeks a comprehensive and objective technical manual that explains issues involving energy efficiency in commercial and industrial buildings. Esource offers a technical manual that is geared towards a facility manager, focuses on the practical applications of energy-efficient technologies and the manual explicitly and consistently supports the philosophy of the Energy Star Buildings Five-Stage Strategy. Also, the Esource publication includes a resource list of energy efficient equipment and unbiased, impartial ratings of equipment to help facility managers. All inquiries about this announcement should be made to Mekeba Brown @ 202-564-4784 or fax 202-565-2554 or e-mail brown.mekeba@ epamail.epa.gov (0237)

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