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R -- TO PROVIDE INDEPENDENT COST AND OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS OF ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE OFFICE OF FIELD MANAGEMENT. SOL DE-RP01-98FD00036 DUE 042498 POC Ron W. Barnes, Contract Specialist, (202) 426-0131 The Department of Energy is re-competing the contract to provide support services for the Office of Field Management for the following tasks at Department of Energy sites nationwide: 1) Independent cost and operational analysis of conventional energy technologies and sciences programs including but not limited to: Energy Conservation, Coal Liquefaction, Fusion Energy Facilities, Crude Oil Refining, Nuclear Energy, Geothermal Development, Defense Programs Facilities, Photovoltaics, Mining and Drilling, Nuclear Materials Handling, Research Laboratory Restorations, Crude Oil and Products Storage, Coal Gasification, Shale Oil, Chemical Processing, Speciali Materials Transportation, Fluidized Bed Combustion, Security and Safety Enhancement, Hydroelectric Power, Particle Research Facilities, Solar Processing and Storage, Particle Research Facilities, and Solar Thermal Electric; 2) Independent cost and operational analysis of Waste Management and Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Programs including but not limited to: Environmental Restoration (including facilities and activities for assessing and remediating contaminated sites in compliance with NEPA, CERCLA, RCRA and other regulatory directives as appropriate) and Technology Development (project/activities in support of the waste management and environmental restoration programs, currently in the areas of groundwater and soils cleanup, waste retrieval and processing, and waste minimization and avoidance. Task Areas include: indpendent cost estimating of groundwater assessments and cleanup; environmental monitoring; environmental management and planning; hot pond remediation; NEPA documentation assessment; RCRA mixed waste storage/disposal; chemical releases assessment; RCRA documentation assessment; sewage treatment plant remediation; waste avoidance and minimization; treatment of waste and contaminated soils; asbestos waste cleanup, solidification of waste; and oil contamination cleanup. The services and analyses are to be provided against these projects and technologies. The contractor must have experience in evaluating cost of environmental restoration activities and must understand the basic provisions of the above laws and directives and how they impact and drive the cost estimates. The period of performance for this acquisition will be for five years, this includes a three year base period and one two-year option period. The solicitation, expected to be released on or about March 17, 1998, will be a Request For Proposals (RFP) and is being procured on an unrestricted basis. Offerors will be required to make an oral presentation of their capabilities based on the evaluation criteria. Copies of the solicitation will only be available by downloading from the Internet from the "Current Business Opportunities at Headquarters Procurement Services" home page located at address: http://www.pr.doe.gov/solicit.html. No paper copies of the solicitation will be made available. Prospective offerors that do not have the electronic capability to download the solicitation shall submit a written request (NO FAX) to the Document Control Specialist (HR-543) for a diskette (Contractor Provided) copy of the solicitation. The requestor must include a self-addressed stamped envelope and MS-DOS formatted high density 3 1/2" virus free diskette suitable for downloading of the electronic solicitation. Offerors who fail to submit an appropriate diskette, or self-addressed stamped envelope, will not receive the solicitation. It is the responsibility of prospective offerors, after receipt of solicitation, to notify the Contract Specialist of their intent to propose. Without such notification, prospective offerors will not be informed when amendments and other solicitation-related information is posted on the internet. (0068)

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