U.S. Department Of Energy, Idaho Operations Office, 850 Energy Drive -- MS1221, Idaho Falls, ID 83401-1563

A -- U.S. POSTAL SERVICES LIGHT-DUTY MAIL-DELIVERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE TESTING AND EVALUATION SUPPORT SOL DE-RP07-00ID13760 DUE 120199 POC Connie Osborne, Contract Specialist, (208) 526-0093, and Linda Hallum, Contracting Officer, (208) 526-5545 WEB: click here to download a copy of the RFP, http://www.id.doe.gov/doeid/PSD/proc-div.html. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contract specialist via, osbornch@id.doe.gov. The U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office (DOE-ID) intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for testing activities to support the U.S. Postal Service's light-duty mail-delivery electric vehicle acquisition. DOE's Field Operations Program (FOP) has agreed to test several of the electric vehicles procured by the U.S. Postal Service. The vehicle manufacturer and the vehicle specifications are not known at this time. It is anticipated that the vehicles will be available for the inception of testing during the winter of 1999/2000. This contract does not include the procurement of electric vehicles. It is limited to the evaluation and adaptation of established testing procedures, creation of specific test plans based on the adapted test procedures, and the testing and evaluation of the light-duty mail-delivery electric vehicles procured by the U.S. Postal Service. The FOP's established Baseline Performance (EVAmerica) and Accelerated Reliability test methods and procedures are to be copied and used to create modified and adapted testing procedures that are specific to the testing needed to accommodate the uniqueness for the U.S. Postal Service light-duty mail-delivery electric vehicle and its prospective service drive cycle. Proposals are due to this office no later than 3:00 MST on December 1, 1999. The RFP can be located at the following Internet Address http://www.id.doe.gov/doeid/PSD/proc-div.html and will be available on or before November 3, 1999. Posted 11/01/99 (W-SN396820). (0305)

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