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R -- RESEARCH FACILITIES OPERATIONS SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE FEDERAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CENTER SOL DE-RP26-98FT40463 POC Debra E. Ball, Contracting Officer (412) 892-4651 WEB: Click here to download a copy of the RFP (or go to, http://www.fetc.doe.gov/solicit. E-MAIL: Questions or feedback concerning the draft and final, sscfeedback@fetc.doe.gov. The U.S. Department of Energy, Federal Energy Technology Center, plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) No. DE-RP26-98FT40463 for research facilities operations services activities for the in-house experimental program conducted at both the Pittsburgh and Morgantown sites. The research facility operations activities shall include support for (1) Research & Development Operations, (2) Modeling and Analysis, (3) Engineering Design Support, (4) Process/Laboratory Instrumentation Support, (5) Analytical Support, (6) Fabrication and Assembly, (7) Research Facility Maintenance, and (8) Research and Development Initiatives. The research and development program supports FETC's mission in areas that include, but are not necessarily limited to, coal, natural gas, biomass, and waste combustion; gasification of coal, biomass, and waste material; production of liquid fuels and chemicals from natural gas; production of liquid fuels and chemicals from coal and other carbonaceous materials; processing and beneficiation of biomass and combustion waste products and recovery of coal waste material; removal of particulates and gas stream contaminants from both gasification and combustion processes; clean water and environment management; capture and sequestration of greenhouse gases and coal processing optimization related to reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and production of high-valued carbon products from coal. The solicitation is scheduled to be available on or about September 14, 1998 -- NOTE that a draft solicitation is also scheduled to be available on or about August 7, 1998. The exact date and time for the submission of proposals will be indicated in the final solicitation. The solicitation and the draft solicitation will be available on DOE's FETC World Wide Web Server Internet System at http://www.fetc.doe.gov (select Business, then Solicitations -- or -- select Business, then Site Support Services Recompete) and will not be distributed in paper form. Once a copy of the solicitation or draft isobtained through the www, the www site should be checked frequently for any solicitation amendments. Questions or feedback concerning the draft or final solicitation should be submitted via the INTERNET at the following address: SSCFEEDBACK@FETC.DOE.GOV. All written or electronic correspondence should reference the solicitation number. In accordance with FAR 52.232-18, Availability of Funds, funds are not presently available for this contract. The Government's obligation under this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. Posted 07/17/98 (W-SN224966). (0198)

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