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A -- ADVANCED DRILLING SYSTEMS RESEARCH SOL DE-PS07-98ID13605 DUE 031298 POC Michael K. Barrett, Contracting Officer, (208) 526-5743 WEB: Please click here to download a copy of the solicitation and application forms., http://www.inel.gov/doeid/solicit.html. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer via e-mail, barretmk@inel.gov. The U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Geothermal Technologies, Advanced Drilling Systems Research Program, via the Idaho Operations Office (DOE-ID), is seeking applications for cost-shared cooperative agreements for industry-government Research & Development projects to develop advanced drilling technologies and transfer the results to industry. These new developments can then be used by the U.S. geothermal industry to solve technical problems. The statutory authority for the issuance of this solicitation is Public Law 93-410, the Geothermal Energy Research, Development & Demonstration Act of 1974. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number for this program is 81.087. The Government anticipates that more than one cost-share cooperative agreement will result from this solicitation, but reserves the right to award the financial assistance instrument deemed in its best interest. A single, major award may be made to achieve program objec-tives if considered essential to provide a focus for the crosscut of tech-no-logies emphasized in this solicitation. Funding for Phase I will be available to support several awards for a period of approximately six to twelve months. Funding for Phase II will be available to support one or more awards, for a period of 12-24 months. There is no required minimum cost share on this solicitation, however, cost sharing is strongly encouraged. It is noted that unless the recipient is a small business, a minimum cost share of 20% is generally required in order to be eligible for patent waivers. Otherwise, any intellectual property developed will belong to the Government. Funding for Phase I is expected to be available to support three or more awards for a period of approximately six to twelve months of final engineered design drawing work. Funding for Phase II is expected to be available to support one or more awards. DOE reserves the right to fund, in whole or in part, any, all, or none of the applications submitted in response to the solicitation The solicitation text and application forms and instructions (available on or about January 26, 1998) are posted on the DOE-ID Procurement Services Division home page and may be accessed using the Universal Resource Locator address: http://www.inel.gov/doeid/solicit.html The deadline for receipt of applications is March 12, 1998. (0020)

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