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A -- RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE KNOLLS ATOMIC POWER LABORATORY AND NAVAL NUCLEAR PROPULSION PLANT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SOL N00024-00-R-4011 & DE-RP12-00SN39357 POC Contact M. Z. Pastor, (518) 395-6383; the Contracting Officer is G. Twardowski, Department of Energy, (518) 395-6383, and P. E. Richmond, Department of the Navy, (703) 602-0201 The Schenectady Naval Reactors office, in conjunction with the Naval Sea Systems Command, is seeking offers for management and operation of the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL), Schenectady, New York, and performance of design, development, improvement, maintenance and training for operation of naval nuclear propulsion plants. KAPL consists of approximately 2600 employees who perform design and development work for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program at KAPL Knolls and Kesselring sites. The Department of Energy and the Department of the Navy plan to issue a joint solicitation that will result in award of two contracts to a single offeror -- a Department of Energy contract for management and operation of the laboratory, and a Department of the Navy contract for design, development, improvement, maintenance and training for operation of naval nuclear propulsion plants. Interested parties must meet the following minimum requirements: (1) agreement to offer employment to all current (at the time of contract award) Laboratory personnel at base salary/pay rates with benefits comparable to that which they are receiving under the current contract; (2) strict compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulation, Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation, and Department of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation provisions of the RFP; and (3) submittal of a proposal for both DOE and NAVSEA contracts. Additionally, the contractor must be able to obtain a DOE or equivalent U.S. Government agency facility clearance and strictly comply with organizational conflict of interest provisions of the RFP which are governed by the policies and procedures in Subpart 9.5 (Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. The successful offeror will be required to establish a separate legal business entity, namely, a wholly-owned incorporated subsidiary to perform the two contracts to be awarded hereunder at the KAPL facilities for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion program, in which the offeror as the parent company shall, during the term of the contract, own all outstanding shares. The period of performance of the contracts resulting from this solicitation will be from October 1, 2000 or date of award if later, through September 30, 2005. Each will contain an option for an additional five-year period of performance. A specific release date for the RFP has not yet been established. However, it is currently planned for release in October 1999. The solicitation will be released in electronic form only, at the following World Wide Web address: http://www.contracts.hq.navsea.navy.mil/ ***** Posted 09/29/99 (W-SN386269). (0272)

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