U.S. Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office, P.O. Box 98518, Las Vegas, NV 89193-8518

70 -- PURCHASE POWERTOOL DATABASE SOFTWARE SOL DE-AF08-00NV13789 DUE 123099 POC Diane Rodriguez, Purchasing Agent, (702) 295-1080; Beverly A. Colbert, Contracting Officer, (702) 295-1466 E-MAIL: click her to reach the purchasing agent, rodriguez@nv.doe.gov. The U.S. Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office (DOE/NV), intends to issue a sole source purchase order to Polestar Applied Technology, to supply expertise in implementing the POWERtool database, a headquarters DOE sponsored technology for the deactivation and decommissioning of facilities across the DOE complex. The Nevada Test Site (NTS)plans to use the POWERtool database to facilitate estimating for five facilities in the NTS Decommissioning Program. Polestar is to provide assistance unavailable through normal channels and to provide unique knowledge and experience in bottom-up estimating of tasks, resources, costs, and schedule via the POWERtool and POWERtool database. The development of a bottoms-up approach to cost estimating, from the field perspective, has been deemed to be of paramount importance in accurately determining costs associated with facility deactiviation and decommissioning. Unique decommissioning task structures have been developed by Polestar and have been determined to be suitable for use by DOE/NV. The cost estimating software has the capability for field loading data for incorporation into analysis software and runs on MS Access, a relational database. Award will be made on January 3, 2000. Posted 12/14/99 (W-SN408472). (0348)

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