U.S. Department of Energy, Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, Acquisition and Assistance Division, P. O. Box 10940, MS 921-143, Pittsburgh, PA. 15236- 0940

A -- SITE TOUR/PRESOLICITATION CONFERENCE/DRAFT RFP SOL DE-RP22-96PC95702 POC Contact David L. Hunter, 412/892-4872/Contracting Officer, Richard D. Rogus,412/892-6221 The Department of Energy (DOE), Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center (PETC) announces a site tour/presolicitation conference supporting a small business set-aside acquisition of Research, Development, Demonstration, and Management Services at the Western Environmental Technology Office (WETO) in Butte, Montana. Although the formal Request for Proposal (RFP) is not expected to be released until early 1996, PETC, in an attempt to reduce the effects of inclement weather, is hosting a one day WETO site tour/presolicitation conference on Wednesday, November 15, 1995. Prospective bidders are encouraged to attend the site tour/presolicitation conference to familiarize themselves with general and local conditions that would affect performance of the contract. Advance reservations for the site tour/presolicitation conference are required and restricted to two representatives per company due to limited accommodations. The site tour reservation form may be obtained by writing to David L. Hunter, U.S. Department of Energy, Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, P.O. Box 10940, MS 921-143, Pittsburgh, PA, 15236-0940, or by fax to David Hunter at 412/892-6216. PETC intends to release a draft of the RFP on or before the site tour date. A copy of this draft RFP may be obtained by letter or fax to David Hunter as indicated above. No telephone requests for the draft RFP will be accepted. Those entities responding to the sources sought announcement should already be included on the mailing list for the draft RFP. The draft RFP will be issued in Wordperfect 5.1 format on a 3.5 inch, high density computer diskette. The proposed contract would be to provide research, development, demonstration, and management services utilizing the WETO as Government furnished facilities. It is noted that the resulting contract will not be a Management and Operating contract under DOE regulations. The Contract would include the following work: 1) maintenance, operation, and management of the existing Government-owned facility, 2) continuation of varied DOE Office of Science nd Technology research, development, demonstration, and evaluation projects, and 3) development of related environmental technologies funded by other entities. Technologies currently emphasized at WETO include the cleanup of water and soils, waste minimization and pollution prevention, and vitrification demonstrations. The size standard for this small business set-aside is SIC 8731 (500 employees). (0272)

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