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B -- GASOLINE VEHICLE EXHAUST PARTICLE SAMPLING STUDY SOL DE-RP04-00AL66910 DUE 062200 POC Point of Contact: Diana S. Eddy 505-845-4315 Martha L. Youngblood 505-845-4268. WEB: Doing Business with DOE-AL, http://www.doeal.gov/cpd/default.htm. E-MAIL: Diana Eddy, Contract Specialist, dsinclair@doeal.gov. Announcement of Availability of Solicitation. The Department of Energy (DOE), Albuquerque Operations Office (AL) announces that it intends to conduct a competitive Program Solicitation and award a financial assistance (cooperative agreement) for the program entitled "Gasoline Vehicle Exhaust Particle Sampling Study." Through this solicitation, DOE seeks to measure representative, on-road particle size distributions between gasoline and diesel exhaust. This is to sample an on-road fleet to report differences in particle size and number distributions of exhaust from gasoline and diesel vehicles. A DOE technical panel will perform a scientific and engineering evaluation of each responsive application to determine the merit of the approach, and availability of DOE funding in the technical area proposed. DOE anticipates issuing one financial assistance (cooperative agreement) from this solicitation. DOE reserves the right to support or not support, with or without discussions, any or all applications received in whole or in part, and to determine how many awards may be made through this solicitation subject to the funds available. Cost sharing by the applicant is required. Details of the cost sharing are contained in the solicitation. The Program Solicitation is expected to be available at the web site on or about May 10, 2000. Applications must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the instructions and forms contained in the Program Solicitation. Posted 05/03/00 (D-SN451122). (0124)

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