U.S. Department Of Energy, Document Control Specialist, Washington, DC 20585

R -- PROVIDE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY -- OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL WITH PROFESSIONAL LEGAL SUPPORT SERVICES SOL DE-RP01-99GC30789 POC Benjamin Lardizabal, Contract Specialist, 202-426-0086, Craig Frame, Contracting Officer, 202-426-0087 Provide U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of General Counsel (OGC) with professional legal support services. The scope of work requires a law firm with expertise in a unique and specialized area of the law -- practice before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) involving legal matters related to the licensing activities of the DOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM). The OCRWM is responsible to develop a system for the safe and final disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste system generated by commercial nuclear facilities and federal defense nuclear facilities. The activities under the contract primarily would relate to the preparation and defense of a potential license application for the nation's first spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste geologic repository at the Yucca Mountain, Nevada site including preparation of written analyses, recommendations and documents, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements attendant tothe licensing process. The work will be performed in Washington, DC and Las Vegas, NV. Award of the contract will be subject to an Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) review. A firm will be deemed to have an OCI if the firm has represented in the last five years, or is currently representing a party or parties that are involved in litigation, either administrative or judicial, against the Department of Energy involving the Standard Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High-Level Radioactive Waste (10 CFR Part 961). This acquisition is UNRESTRICTED and is open to both small and large business concerns. No telephone requests for the solicitation will be accepted. The acquisition is planned for release on or about early June, 1999, and will be available for downloading on the Internet from "Current Business Opportunities at Headquarters Procurement Operations" home page located at address http://www.pr.doe.gov/solicit.html. No paper copy 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 facsimile) to the Document Control Specialist (MA-543) for a diskette copy of the solicitation. The requestor must include a self-addressed stamped envelope and a MS-DOS formatted high density 3 " virus free diskette suitable for downloading of the electronic solicitation. Offerors who fail to submit an appropriate diskette, or self-addressed envelope, will not receive the solicitation. It is the responsibility of all prospective offerors, after receipt of the solicitation, to provide written notice to the Document Control Specialist of their continued interest in receiving future information regarding the solicitation. Address: U.S. Department of Energy, Attn. Document Control Specialist, MA-543, (the Contract Specialist is not the document control specialist) 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20585-1615. ***** Posted 05/13/99 (W-SN331150). (0133)

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