U. S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Operations Office, P. O. Box 2001, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831

M -- MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE Y-12 PLANT AT OAK RIDGE, TN SOL DE-RP05-00OR22800 POC Ballard Jackson (865)241-1646 WEB: http://www.doeal.gov/cpd/NWPP/NWPPdefault.htm, http://www.oro.doe.gov/procurement/. E-MAIL: Ballard A. Jackson Jr. Contract Specialist, jacksonba@oro.doe.gov. The U. S. Department of Energy (DOE), Oak Ridge Operations Office (ORO), seeks comments and expressions of interest on its DRAFT Request for Proposals for Management and Operation of the DOE Y-12 Plant located in Oak Ridge, TN. Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc. is the incumbent contractor. The current contract will expire on March 31, 2000. It is anticipated that there will be an extension of the current contract to allow time for the contract award process to be completed. The approximate annual value of the current Y-12 performance-based contract is greater than $500 million. It is anticipated that the resulting contract will be a cost-plus-award fee type containing a transition period of approximately sixty (60) days with a five (5) year base period and one or more option periods for a total not-to-exceed five (5) years. The total contract term including options will not exceed ten (10) years excluding the transition period. In addition to the award fee provisions of the contract, offerors mustbe willing to enter into performance-based incentive fee arrangements to assure a "pay-for-performance" concept is implemented in this contract. The Y-12 Plant is a Government-owned facility that supports national security programs through production of nuclear weapons components; stockpile evaluation and maintenance; stockpile surveillance; dismantlement; and nuclear materials management, storage, and disposition. The facility is located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on approximately 811 acres within the Oak Ridge Reservation in Bear Creek Valley. Defense Programs' facilities consist of over 5 million square feet in 486 buildings including 13 major production facilities. The Y-12 Plant is one of several production plants that are critical to the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Stockpile Stewardship Program. A DRAFT solicitation is planned for release by the U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Operations Office (ORO) in electronic format in late February, 2000. Any comments resulting from the review of the DRAFT RFP must be submitted in order to be received no later than one week from the date the DRAFT RFP is published on the web-site. It is anticipated that the RFP will be issued on or about March 10, 2000. The DRAFT and the final RFP for this competition as well as links to other web-sites with information regarding Y-12 and its overall operation has been established at http://www.oro.doe.gov/y-12seb. This web-site will be the official solicitation distribution medium. No paper, diskette, or CD-Rom copies will be distributed after the published date of this notice. Documents not accessible through the Internet will be placed in the U.S. Department of Energy Public Reading Room, located at 230 Warehouse Road, Suite 300, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 as they become available. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (865)241-4780, and the facsimile number is (865)574-3521. The DOE Public Reading Room also has an established web-site at www.oro.doe.gov/foia/Doe_Public_Reading_Room.htm Classified documents will be made available for review to no more than two (2) representatives of business entities which have submitted the expression of interest requested by this announcement. The representative(s) must possess a current DOE Q Clearance and have been named in the expression of interest provided to the DOE. If your firm is interested in reviewing classified data associated with the Y-12 competition, send written correspondence or e-mail the person specified as the ORO point-of-contact on the web-site and in this announcement with the name(s) and security clearance level possessed by the representative(s). In most cases, validation of clearance level can be accomplished within three (3) business days after receipt of the correspondence. A telephonic notification followed by a written verification will be provided to the requestor. Expressions of interest which provide a statement of intent to propose, name of the business entity, address, point-of-contact, telephone number, e-mail address and the names of the representatives who will require access to classified documents and attend the classified tour must be received by the ORO SEB no later than March 1, 2000. A pre-proposal conference will not be conducted for this acquisition. However, a classified briefing and tour of the Y-12 Plant at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, will be conducted only for those firms which actually intend to submit a proposal and have submitted the required registration form mentioned below. Classified Site Tour registration forms will be provided to those business entities which have demonstrated an intent to propose by responding to this announcement with written expressions of interest as requested above. Site tour attendance is limited to six (6) persons from each proposing entity. Only those individuals of the proposing firms who hold a current DOE "Q" clearance and are listed on the registration form associated with that entity will be permitted to participate in the classified site tour. The tour will begin with an introductory session and will be completed by 4 p.m. Oral questions pertaining to the RFP or other contractual matters will not be entertained during the tour. Unclassified questions pertaining to the RFP or other contractual matters may be submitted in writing to DOE representatives during and after the tour. Questions and answers will be provided in a formal amendment to the solicitation. No photographs or videotapes of the facilities may be taken during the tour. No tape recorders may be taken on the tour. Posted 02/08/00 (W-SN423040). (0039)

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