U.S. Department Of Energy, Document Control Specialist, Washington, DC 20585

A -- NUCLEAR SPACE AND TERRESTRIAL POWER SYSTEMS SOL DE-RP01-99NE22315 DUE 012699 POC Jeffrey R. Dulberg, Contract Specialist, (202) 426-0043, fax (202) 426-0164, email address jeffrey.dulberg@hq.doe.gov, Richard G. Lewis, Contracting Officer, (202) 426-0066, fax (202) 426-0178 WEB: Click here to view DOE Business Opportunities, http://www.pr.doe.gov/solicit. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contract specialist for, jeffry.dulberg@hq.doe.gov. The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Space and Defense Power Systems, NE-50, has a continuing requirement for highly specialized, state-of-the-art technical, scientific, and engineering support services to assist NE-50 in the following eight nonseverable task areas: (1) advanced radioisotope power systems (ARPS) technical support; (2)terrestrial and marine nuclear systems; (3) project systems integration management support;(4)space nuclear systems applications; (5)program development and support; (6) space nuclear reactor power system application; (7) testing facility for thermoelectric and other energy conversion devices; and, (8) nuclear safety. Prior to contract commencement on March 29, 1999, this effort requires: (1) "Q" clearances for all personnel; (2) "Top Secret" clearance for the contractor's facility; (3) location of the contractor's facility within one (1) hour of the DOE's Germantown, Maryland, location. The planned contract is a follow-on effort to Contract Number DE-AC01-94NE32172with Orbital Sciences Corporation (formerly, Fairchild Space and Defense Corporation), Germantown, Maryland. A single award via unrestricted, full-and-open competition is planned for the follow-on effort. A performance-based, cost-plus-fixed-fee, term, level-of-effort contract is anticipated. The planned period of performance is a three-year base period plus a single two-year option. The solicitation is expected to be issued on or about December 22, 1998. 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. Mary West at (202) 426-0143. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be available. 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 a copy of the solicitation and any amendments. All offerorsinterested in being notified when the actual solicitation and any related amendment are released should send an e-mail address or fax number to the Contract Specialist listed in this notice. The message should include your name, company name, company address, e-mail address, fax number, and Solicitation Number DE-RP01-99NE22315. 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. Posted 12/03/98 (W-SN276926). (0337)

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