Tennessee Valley Authority, Procurement, 1101 Market Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402

B -- WORK SAMPLING STUDIES SOL PW-233189 POC Deborah P. Runyan, 423-751-7543 E-MAIL: Deborah P. Runyan, dprunyan2@tva.gov. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) plans to request proposals from qualified firms to perform work sampling studies to produce an accurate statistical representation of craft worker utilization rates with cause and effect analysis. Primary assignments will involve fossil plant outages where major maintenance or modifications work is being performed. Data will be presented on a shift-by-shift basis each day and include analysis and insight concerning cause and effect with recommendations for improvement. TVA desires to select a firm that has a history of successful experience in providing similar services. Accordingly, experience in an electric generating plant outage environment and in an environment which requires that labor be obtained throught union referral is desirable. The solicitation will be issued approximately May 7, 1998, and proposals will be due approximately June 5, 1998. Complete information will be provided with this solicitation. (0106)

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