U.S. Department of Energy, Federal Energy Technology Center, Morgantown Office, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV 26507-0880

R -- TECHNICAL, FACILITATIVE, AND REGULATORY PROGRAM INTEGRATION SUPPORT TO THE PUBLIC AND INTER-GOVERNMENTAL PARTNERSHIPS CENTER(PIPC) SOL DE-RP26-97FT34363 DUE 110797 POC Point of Contact -- Contact Points: Daniel A. Doyle, Contract Specialist, (304)285-4340; Randolph R. Cooper, Contracting Officer, (304)285-4160 E-MAIL: U.S. Department of Energy, Morgantown, WV, 62645091@eln.attmail.com. The United States Department of Energy, Federal Energy Technology Center (US DOE-FETC), has a requirement for an organization or organizations to provide technical, facilitative, and regulatory expertise and program support to the Public and Inter-governmental Partnerships Center (PIPC). The PIPC is a cross-divisional unit of the US DOE-FETC which supports the Headquarters, United States Department of Energy, Environmental Management (US DOE-EM) by: (1) assisting US DOE-EM communicate inter-governmental and public partnership policy and guidelines, and ensuring their consistent application, and (2) providing technical and business assistance to US DOE-EM organizations in matters relating to inter-governmental and public partnerships. The organization or organizations selected will provide or assist in: (a) support to the development of the overall DOE regulatory program for environmental technology development through support and design of management systems required to implement multi-state cooperation in Federal/State initiatives such as the Interstate Technology and Regulatory Cooperation (ITRC) Working Group and Six State Memorandum of Understanding; (b) promotion of the development and dissemination of information systems to provide technical information on major environmental issues (e.g., environmental remediation); (c) facilitation of cooperation, communication, and information exchange between US DOE-EM, other US DOE elements, and other federal agencies (e.g., US DoD and US EPA) with respect to environmental information technology systems; (d) support of joint US DOE -- US DoD projects related to the management of information systems on remedial technologies and the tracking of Research, Development, Testing & Evaluation (RDT&E) activities at US DoD and US DOE installations and facilities; (e) Environmental Management Advisory Board (EMAB) and associated Committees technical and facilitative support; and (f) monthly reporting of activity status and cost accounting. Performance of these activities will require technical and facilitative expertise in environmental programs and science, including privatization, program planning, strategic and regulatory integration, technology development and transfer, health and safety, and site remediation. Due to the nature of this requirement, performance will require travel to various parts of the US for participation in program reviews and other information meetings, and meet with US DOE-EM and US DOE-FETC personnel and other interagency-interstate organizations relevant to accomplishing the tasks. Detailed knowledge of the background, development, and implementation of US DOE-EM inter-governmental and public partnership activities, including advisory boards, multi-year planning, the ITRC, State and Native American groups, and the national dialog forums is important and will be considered in the selection process. Completion of this support is expected to require 60,000 hours of effort exclusive of travel time. The US DOE-FETC anticipates the period of these activities to be January 1998 through September 2003 at an approximate value of $5,000,000.00 over the life of the activity. The government reserves the right to make multiple awards arising from this solicitation, and to award the type of procurement instrument deemed most favorable to overall programmatic success. Only written requests for this solicitation will be honored. Written requests must reference the solicitation number DE-RP26-97FT34363 and should specify a point of contact and phone number at the requestor*s location. Requests may be submitted by mail at the above address, via fax to (304)285-4683 or via internet e-mail to DDOYLE @FETC.DOE.GOV. Telephonic requests for this solicitation will not be honored. A thirty day response time to this solicitation is anticipated. (AC0911027-08) (0254)

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