NOTICE OF PRESOLICITATION CONFERENCE FOR WASTE ACCEPTANCE AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES The Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) announced the availability of a Draft Request For Proposals (RFP) for Waste Acceptance and Transportation Services in the December 23, 1996 Commerce Busienss Daily (Section V, page 10) and in the December 27, 1996 Federal Register (page 68250). The draft is also available via the internet on the OCRWM Home Page and the Headquarters Procurement Operations Current Business Opportunities Home Page. The addresses are http://www.rw.doe.gov/ and http://www.rw.pr.doe..gov./solicit.html, respectively. OCRWM now plans to hold a presolicitation conference as a follow-on to the release of the draft RFP to receive comment from potential offerors and other interested parties. The presolicitation conference is a preliminary step in the acquisition process that may result in an actual RFP at a later date. Date and Location: The presolicitation conference will be held on Tuesday, February 25, 1997, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230 (14th Street entrance). Individuals are requested to pre-register by contacting Corrinne Macaluso, Waste Acceptance and Transportation Division, at (202)586-2837 or by fax at (202)586-1207. Individuals can also pre-register by contacting Michelle Miskinis (DOE/HR-561.21) (202)634-4413 or (202)426-0067. This notice should not be construed (1) as a commitment by the Department to enter into any agreement with any entity submitting comments in response to this Notice or participating in the presolicitation conference, (2) as a commitment to issue any RFP concerning the subject of this Notice, or (3) as a request for proposals. A copy of the draft RFP may be obtained by submitting a written request to the following address: Michelle Miskinis, Contracting Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W. Attention: HR-561.21, draft RFP DE-RP01-97RW-00320, Washington, DC 20585. A copy of DOE's mailing list of interested partieswill be available at the meeting.

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