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M -- PERFORMANCE BASED MANAGEMENT CONTRACT FOR THE OFFICE OF CIVILIAN RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM SOL DE-RP08-00NV12101 DUE 060800 POC Jerri J. Adams, (702) 869-2810, jerri.adams@ymp.gov WEB: OCRWM Solicitation Website, http://www.ymp.gov/seb/. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) Program, is seeking a performance-based management and operating (M&O)contract to plan, manage, and integrate all activities supporting both unique and non-unique functions for the OCRWM Program in the most cost effective manner. It is anticipated that the Request for Proposals (RFP) will be available on the World Wide Web on or about March 29, 2000. In order to actively support the Government's initiative to enhance the use of electronic commerce in the federal acquisition process, the RFP will be available in both Adobe Acrobat PDF format and Microsoft Word 97 format at the following URL address: http://www.ymp.gov/seb/. This website will the official distribution medium for this RFP, and interested offerors should frequently check this website for amendments, notices, changes, or any other pertinent information relating to this RFP. The closing date for receiving proposals will be Thursday, June 8, 2000,at 4:30 P.M. Pacific Time. The resulting contract will be a performance-based M&O contract for a 5-year period (plus the transition period) with options to extend up to 5 years, that may be exercised unilaterally at the Government's discretion. Offerors must be willing to enter into performance-based incentive fee arrangements to ensure a "pay-for-performance-fee" concept is implemented in this contract. By law, DOE is responsible for the nation's high-level nuclear waste disposal program. The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, as amended, (NWPA), established OCRWM within the DOE and assigned OCRWM with the responsibility to develop, construct, and operate a system for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste disposal, including a permanent geologic repository and transportation system. OCRWM is headquartered in Washington, DC. OCRWM carries out its mission through two project-level business centers -- the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the Waste, Acceptance, Storage, and Transportation Project at OCRWM Headquarters. The OCRWM Program currently focuses on core activities that will precede acceptance in transportation of spent nuclear fuel from reactor sites to a federal facility, such as a potential geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The potential geologic repository is located approximately 100 miles NW of Las Vegas on unpopulated land that is owned by the federal government. If the site is recommended for development and subsequently licensed, spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste will be transported to Yucca Mountain by truck and/or rail. DOE is seeking offers to plan, manage, and integrate the complex activities required in a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensing environment. Due to the complex nature of siting, developing, and licensing a repository, the design for the facilities could change significantly as new technical advancements, more cost effective solutions, and/or new requirements are identified. The value of the contract for the base 5-year award period (exluding the transition period) is estimated at $3.1 billion. Posted 03/17/00 (W-SN435547). (0077)

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