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H -- PRODUCT ACCEPTANCE, QUALITY ASSURANCE, RELIABILITY ASSURANCE, OPERATIONS ANALYSIS, AND NON-DESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION OF RADIOISO- TOPE POWER AND HEATER SYSTEMS (RPS) SOL DE-RP01-97NE21493 DUE 061097 POC Jeffrey R. Dulberg, Contract Specialist, (202) 426-0043, FAX (202) 426-0164, E-Mail Address jeffrey.dulberg@hq.doe.gov. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Engineering and Technology Development (OETD) has a requirement for highly specialized technical and engineering support services to assist the OETD in product acceptance, quality assurance, reliability assurance, operation analysis, and non-destructive examination of radioisotope power and heater systems (RPSs) for space and terrestrial applications. These efforts will encompass the design (i.e., preliminary design to final design), procurement, fabrication, assembly, testing, and operation of research and development plus the operations analysis focused on "factory to flight" with emphasis on safety and safeguards of the special nuclear materials and reliability of operations. The various RPSs addressed in the planned contract's statement of work include, but are not limited to: (1) Advanced RPS Programs; (2) High Power Generator (MOD 3); (3) Advanced 50-100 Watt RPS; (4) Advanced Low Power RPS; (5) Light Weight Radioisotopic Heater Units (LWRHUs); and, (6) General Purpose Heat Source Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (GPHSs). The planned contract is a follow-on effort to Contract Number DE-AC01-92NE32166 with Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A single award via unrestricted, full and open competition is planned for the follow-on effort. A cost-plus-fixed-fee, term, level-of-effort contract is anticipated. The planned period of performance is a three-year base period plus two one-year options. The solicitation is expected to be issued on or about May 7, 1997. The solicitation and any amendments will be available for electronic downloading from the Internet at http://www.pr.doe.gov/solicit.html. Technical assistance for problems with downloading from the Internet may be obtained from Ms. Barbara Jedrey, DOE, at (202) 426-0114. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be available. However, if an interested party lacks the means to electronically download the solicitation from the Internet, that party shall send a written request, specifying Solicitation Number DE-RP01-97NE21493 to the Document Control Specialist at the above address for a diskette copy of the solicitation. The requestor must also provide a self-addressed, stamped envelope, suitable for mailing through the U.S. Postal Service, plus a MS-DOS formatted, high density, 3-1/2 inch, virus-free diskette, which is suitable for the downloading. Any requestor wishing a diskette, but lacking either the above-described request, appropriate envelope, or suitable diskette, will not receive a copy of the solicitation. Important -- contractors listed on the DOE's bidders mailing list under any Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code (i.e., not just SIC Code 8731) will not automatically receive an electronic copy of the solicitation and any amendments. All offerors interested in being notified when the actual solicitation and any related amendments are released should send an e-mail address or fax number to the Contract Specialist listed in the notice. The message should include your name, company name, company address, e-mail address, fax number, and Solicitation Number DE-RP01-97NE21493. The Contract Specialist will transmit messages only by e-mail or by fax to all interested parties when the solicitation is actually released. Notification of any amendments will only be transmitted to those prospective offerors who actually forward an intent to submit an offer to the Document Control Specialist. It is the exclusive responsibility of each prospective offeror to forward to the Document Control Specialist an intent to submit an offer. Without such notification, a prospective offeror may not be informed when amendments and other solicitation related information are posted. Prior to submission of an offer, the prospective offeror is still required to check the aforementioned Internet address to verify any change via amendment to the solicitation. (0091)

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