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B -- SPECIAL STUDIES & ANALYSIS-NOT R&D-EXPERT SCIENTIFIC STUDIES SOL DE-RP04-98AL78372 DUE 121097 POC Kimberly V. Carroll, (505) 234-7322 E-MAIL: ATTN: DE-RP04-98AL78372, carrolk@wipp.carlsbad.nm.us. This is a solicitation for expert studies. Solicitation Number DE-RP04-98AL78372. This is a small-business set-aside. The Department of Energy/Carlsbad AreaOffice (DOE/CAO) requires independent expert services to enhance the domestic and international scientific visibility and acceptance of the National TRU Program and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plantt (WIPP). Expert support services to be provided by the contractor include: strategic planning; issue development and mitigation; assembly and control/management of independent issue response teams; membership in domestic and international professional organizations and promotions of the CAO mission and coordination of CAO representation at domestic and international radioactive waste management meetings; and preparation of topical papers and issue responses. The contractor shall provide: nationally and internationally recognized experts in topical areas with past relevant CAO mission expertise and project/task managers/facilitators/moderators with subject matter expertise and at least 3 years of past involvement or support to the CAO mission as requested. The contractor shall provide all labor, materials, supplies, and off-site facilities and equipment [the Government shall provide on-site (Carlsbad) facilities and equipment] required to provide the services and deliverables for the services included in this contract and shall: submit and maintain the Fiscal Year Work Plan (FYWP) and the Individual Task Plan(s)[ITP(s)] for each order issued under this contract; prepare FYWP & ITP(s) for each order under this contract; prepare FYWP & ITP(s) that include the following elements-work authorization request, work statement, and activity-based plan(s) with a description, schedule, estimate, staffing plan, and any needed travel for each deliverable; evaluate the schedule, frequency, duration, and staffing requirements to optimize use of contractor's work force; comply with or support the development of applicable CAO procedures and plans; and provide monthly performance reports that measure the contractor's scope, cost, and schedule performance against CAO-approved FYWP/ITP(s). This contract action is for services for which the Government intends to enter into a sole source contract with COMPA Industries, 2309 Renard Place, SE, Suite 110, Albuquerque NM 87106 under authority of FAR 6.302-3 as it is believed that COMPA Industries is the only consulting firm with the extensive, contemporary, project-related management, regulatory, and experimental expertise and international experience necessary to perform the research necessary to meet the time requirements for EPA approval of the CCA. All interested parties are required to submit a prospectus of their qualifications and fully burdened hourly rates for project/task managers, facilitators, moderators, and subject matter experts as described above to U.S. Department of Energy, Carlsbad Area Office, Attn: Kimberly V. Carroll, Contracting Officer, Post Office Box 3090, Carlsbad, NM 88221-3090, for review and evaluation. All offers received within 16 days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government if determined to be technically qualified. Technical proposals may be submitted via facsimile at 505-234-7019, or may be sent electronically via the internet to the following address: carrolk@wipp.carlsbad.nm.us (0324)

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