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S -- NORTHEAST/MID-ATLANTIC ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT SOL DE-RP01-98EE73584 POC Steven C. Jones, Contract Specialist, (202) 426-0060, FAX # (202) 426-0168 WEB: Click here for Current Business Opportunites Headquarters Procurement Services, http://www.pr.doe.gov/solicit.html. E-MAIL: Click here to e-mail Steven Jones, steven.jones@hq.doe.gov. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Headquarters Procurement Services, is issuing a solicitation for Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPC) for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. The Northeast region covers all federally owned buildings in seven states; Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. The Mid-Atlantic region covers all federally owned buildings in Washington DC and the following six states: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. ESPC is a contracting method whereby the contractor incurs the cost of implementing energy savings measures, including performing energy audits, designing the project, acquisition and installation of equipment, training of personnel and operation and maintenance of equipment. In return the contractor will receive a share of any energy savings directly resulting from the implementation of the energy savings measures. The Government anticipates making multiple awards of fixed price, Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) type contracts from this solicitation. Prospective offerors may propose on either region or on both regions. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Request For Proposal (RFP) and the resulting contract(s), Delivery Orders will be issued for Government owned facilities in their respective regions. For the purpose of initial evaluation and award, there are two sites contained in the RFP for the Northeast Region, they are; the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station in Cape Cod, Massachusetts and the Leo W. O'brien Federal Building in Albany, New York. There are also two sites contained in the RFP for initial evaluation and award within the Mid-Atlantic Region, they are; the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and the National Agricultural Library in Beltsville, Maryland. In order to receive an award a contractor must be listed on the DOE's Qualified List of Energy Service Companies. The List and how to obtain an application for the Qualified List can be foundon the Internet at http://www.eren.doe.gov/femp/escolst.html The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for this acquisition is 8711. Any firm whose average annual receipts for the last three years have not exceeded $20 million is considered a small business. This acquisition is unrestricted. However, this acquisition is subject to Public Law 95-907 which established a National Policy that Federal Acquisition provide maximum practicable opportunity for participation to Small Business concerns owned and operation by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. This solicitation and any of its amendments will be issued by electronic means ONLY. The solicitation and any amendments can be found on the DOEs "Current Business Opportunities, Headquarters Procurement Services", homepage, which is located at the following Internet site; http://www.pr.doe.gov/solicit.html It is anticipated that the solicitation will be available on or around November 14, 1997. Prospective offerors should check the homepage daily for amendments following the release of the solicitation. (0287)

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