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A -- ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, AND DEMONSTRATION ACTIVITIES, AND MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC PROGRAM CLOSEOUT SOL DE-AC22-88ID12735 DUE 040795 POC Raymond D. Johnson, Contract Specialist, (412) 892-6209, Richard D. Rogus, Contracting Officer, (412) 892-6221 Pursuant to the requirements of the Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302- 1(d)(2), the Department of Energy, Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, hereby issues an advance notice that it intends to negotiation on a noncompetitive basis with MSE, Incorporated, for continuing activities of facility modification, operation and environmental program services for an extended eighteen (18) months at the Western Environmental Technology facility located in Butte, Montana. The purpose of the extension is to finalize efforts relating to the closeout of the Magnetohydrodynamic Program, and to continue efforts evolving around plasma are testing, spray casting metal and ceramics for multiple applications, remediating mine waste technologies, testing of biological technologies for environmental remediation and soils cleanup, and performing hypersonic analytical modeling. This action is taken under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(C)(1). See Numbered Note 22. (0044)

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