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R -- PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE & MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES; OFFICE OF ADVANCED AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES SOL DE-RP02-00EE50624 DUE 070500 POC Lynda Keammerlen, Chairperson, Contract Specialist, 630/252-2552 (Internet: lynda.keammerlen@ch.doe.gov) Contracting Officer: Gaile Higashi, 630/252-2383 WEB: The Acquisition and Assistance Group, www.ch.doe.gov/business/ACQ.htm. E-MAIL: E-mail address for Lynda Keammerlen, Chairperson, lynda.keammerlen@ch.doe.gov. . The Department of Energy, Chicago Operations Office, is soliciting proposals on behalf of DOE's Office of Advanced Automotive Technologies (OAAT), to acquire professional, administrative and management support services covering the areas of Technical and Technology Transfer; Outreach, Communication, and Meetings; and Automation, Systems and Data Management, with a focus on complex advanced automotive technologies, to be performed at the OAAT located in Washington, D.C. The contractor shall furnish the personnel, facilities, travel, and materials necessary to provide the required scientific, engineering, technology transfer, analysis, communications, planning and management support . Specific task assignments will be directed by the Government through issuance of Work Orders. It is anticipated that a cost-plus-award-fee level-of-effort contract will be awarded for a base period of one year, and will include provisions for four additional one-year option periods. The Government reserves the right to make no awards. DATES: The solicitation will be available on or about June 1, 2000. Proposals are estimated to be due on or about July 5, 2000. Award is anticipated by September 30, 2000. ADDRESSES: The solicitation will be available via the internet by assessing the DOE Chicago Operations Office Acquisition and Assistance Group home page at http://www.ch.doe.gov/business/acq.htm under the heading "Current Solicitations", Solicitation No. DE-RP02-00EE50624. Proposals in response to Solicitation No. DE-RP02-00EE50624 must be submitted to the U. S. Department of Energy, Chicago Operations Office, Communications Center, Building 201, Room 168, 9800 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439-4899, ATTN: Lynda Keammerlen, Acquisition and Assistance Group. ELIGIBILITY: This solicitation is 100 percent set-aside for award to a small, disadvantaged business, eligible under the Small Business Administration's Section 8(a) Program referred to as an 8(a) concern. The Standard Industrial Code for this acquisition is 8711. Eligible businesses must possess an in-depth knowledge of complex advanced transportation technologies, such as high efficiency engines, high energy and high power energy storage systems, and transportation/fuel technology alternatives. See Note 4. Posted 05/11/00 (W-SN454038). (0132)

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