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A -- ALUMINUM VISIONS OF THE FUTURE SOL DE-PS07-00ID13914 DUE 071200 POC Elizabeth Dahl, contract Specialist, (208) 526-7214; Dallas L. Hoffer, Contracting Officer WEB: Click here to download a copy of the solicitation DE-PS07-00ID13914, http://www.id.doe.gov/doeid/PSD/proc-div.html. E-MAIL: Click here to contact Elizabeth Dahl, Contract Specialist, dahlee@id.doe.gov. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Idaho Operations Office (ID) is seeking applications for cost-shared research and development of technologies which will reduce energy consumption, reduce environmental impacts and enhance economic competitiveness of the domestic aluminum industry. The research is to address research priorities identified by the aluminum industry in the Aluminum Industry Technology Roadmap and the Inert Anode Roadmap, (available at the following URL: http://www.oit.doe.gov/aluminum/alindust.shtml). Potential benefits of the research must be realized in manufacturing processes, not in end-use applications. Approximately $3,000,000 in combined fiscal year 2000 and 2001 federal funds is expected to be available to totally fund the first year of selected research efforts. Total available funds for future years is anticipated to be about $3,000,000 per year. DOE anticipates making four to six awards each with a duration of four years or less. This solicitation is requiring 50% cost share to ensure industrial involvement in each of the proposals and to ensure that the novel, energy efficient processes developed by this R&D program will be fully implemented by industry. There will be no waivers of this cost share requirement. Multi-partner collaborations between industry, university, and National Laboratory participants are encouraged. The issuance date of Solicitation Number DE-PS07-00ID13914 is on or about May 8, 2000. The solicitation is available in its full text via the Internet at the following address: http://www.id.doe.gov/doeid/PSD/proc-div.html. The statutory authority for this program is the Federal Non-Nuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-577). The Standard Form 424, and the technical application (20 page maximum), must be submitted by 3:00 p.m. MST on Wednesday, July 12, 2000. Questions should be submitted to Ms. Elizabeth Dahl, contract specialist, by facsimile at 208-526-5548, e-mail: dahlee@id.doe.gov, or by telephone at (208) 526-7214 no later than May 19, 2000. Questions and answers to the questions will be posted to the DOE-ID PSD Current Solicitations Website by May 26, 2000 as an amendment to this solicitation. Posted 05/03/00 (W-SN451091). (0124)

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