US Department of Energy, Grand Junction Office, 2597 B3/4 Road, Grand Junction, CO 81503

X -- NOTICE OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR POSSIBLE PRIVITIZATION DUE 063098 POC Contact Barbara E. Smith 970 248-6034 E-MAIL: Barbara E. Smith, Contracting Officer, bsmith@doegjpo.com. Expressions of interest are sought concerning the possible commercialization of a DOE-owned Radon Chamber Laboratory located in Grand Junction, Colorado. DATES: This Notice is effective on the date of publication and will remain effective until June 30, 1998. Responses may be submitted at any time prior to June 30, 1998. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Purpose, II. Areas of DOE Interest, III. Expressions of Interest Format. I. PURPOSE -- The Department of Energy, Grand Junction Office, has a Radon Chamber Laboratory located at a DOE-owned site in Grand Junction, Colorado. Grand Junction, Colorado, is located in Mesa County, approximately 245 miles west of Denver, Colorado. The Laboratory consists of various "chambers" and ancillary equipment residing in a 5742 square foot building, existing on the GJO site. The operation of the Laboratory must be accomplished at its current location. The space which the Laboratory occupies will be leased to the firm interested in operating the Laboratory. Once privatized, the Laboratory could perform work for commercial entities and other public sector agencies. There is no current federal funding source for the Laboratory and none is anticipated from DOE in the future. This notice is an attempt to obtain information and to identify interested private sector participants in the possible privatization of this Laboratory. A description of the Radon Chamber Laboratory components that fall under this possible commercialization include a total of six chambers of various capacities which provide services for calibration, testing, and evaluating radon and radon-daughter measuring instruments. The Laboratory has a radon/radon-daughter environmental chamber, alpha-track radon calibration chamber, radon flux calibration facility, charcoal canister exposure chamber, and a glass exposure radon chamber. The radon/radon-daughter environmental chamber was constructed for calibrating, testing, and evaluating radon and radon-daughter measuring instruments. The chamber is an environmentally controlled 25,000 liter cylindrical vessel through which air containing radon is circulated. This chamber can regulate temperature, humidity, air particulates, gas flow rate, and source gas. The chamber can be operated in single-pass or recirculation modes, and features a small interlock instrument pass-through port and a large interlock door-size entry. The alpha-track radon calibration chamber provides radon gas in a small chamber and is used to calibrate small, passive, alpha-track or similar radon-measuring devices. The radon-flux calibration facility is used for calibrating and intercomparing instruments that measure radon flux. The charcoal canister chamber is used principally for calibration of charcoal-type radon detectors. The glass exposure radon chamber is used for long-term (i.e., many months) exposures of glass samples. It is very similar in design and function to the alpha-track chamber. The Laboratory has not been utilized for over two years. All equipment is usable and is in good repair. It is estimated that complete calibration and equipment check out would take a month. Depending on the nature of the responses and subsequent determinations by DOE, a formal solicitation for competitive proposals may be published in the future, and award may be made based upon an evaluation of proposals received pursuant to the evaluation criteria as stated in the solicitation. II. AREAS OF DOE INTEREST -- The DOE is seeking to determine if there are firms sincerely interested in operating this facility for commercial purposes in its current location. Please submit a letter showing your expression of interest and include the following information: 1. Brief description of your current experience in operating environmental testing and evaluation facilities. Any direct experience with radon calibration facilities should be specified. 2. Brief statement on what you think will be the probability of success of this type of Laboratory in the Grand Junction area. 3. Your intended use for the Laboratory (i.e. research, for profit, etc.) and the appropriateness of the facilities and equipment for your intended use. III. EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FORMAT -- The Expression of Interest should be submitted by a letter addressed to Barbara Smith, Contracting Officer, U. S. Department of Energy, Grand Junction Office, 2597 B 3/4 Road, Grand Junction, CO 81503. DOE is under no obligation to pay for any costs associated with the preparation or submission of Expressions of Interest in response to this Notice. DOE reserves the right to respond or not respond to any portion, all, or none of the Expressions of Interest submitted in response to this Notice. (0147)

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