U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000

A -- R&D FOR ESSENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITY. SOL n/a DUE 040497 POC Lawrence F. Franz, Contract Specialist, (201)724-4894, e-mail <lfranz@pica.army.mil> E-MAIL: lfranz@pica. army.mil, lfranz@pica. army.mil. The National Defense Center for Environmental Excellence (NDCEE) was established by Congress in 1990 with the directive to Sserve as a national leadership organization to address high priority environmental problems for the Department of Defense (DOD), other government organizations and the industrial community. The DoD sponsors the NDCEE through the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental Security), with the Army designated as the executive agent. Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC), a non-profit corporation operates the center. The NDCEE's mission is: to transition environmentally acceptable materials and processes to defense industrial activities and private industry, to provide training that supports the use of new environmentally acceptable technologies, and to support applied research and development, and where appropriate, to transition new technologies. The NDCEE program is guided by a DoD working group that reviews the NDCEE candidate projects and integrates these into the "Tri-Service Environmental Quality R&D Strategic Plan". The NDCEE's primary focus is on implementing pollution prevention in industrial processes operated by the DoD, its contractors and suppliers. The main challenge in this effort is transitioning advanced, environmentally acceptable technologies from the laboratory. This focus is in accord with current activities included within Defense Acquisition Reform and provides a much needed resource to the Department of Defense in identifying, quantifying, demonstrating and transitioning environmental technologies that not only address environmental concerns but also enhance readiness and reduce life cycle costs. This action will be a sole source follow-on award to Concurrent Technologies Corporation, 1450 Scalp Avenue, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a non-profit institution, for continued operation of the NDCEE. The procurement is for a 60 month contract with an anticipated award date of 1 April 1998. This acquisition requires the extension and maintenance of an essential engineering,research and development capability which will be provided by the National Defense Center for Environmental Excellence (NDCEE), a non-profit institution. This effort will provide practical application of investigative findings and theory of a scientific and technical nature. Note: 25 Electronic responses are preferred, (lfranz@pica.army.mil&;gt;) but Government will accept "hard copies". (0062)

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