A -- COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM ENTITLED THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND ECONOMICS (NICE3) PROGRAM

Notice Date

January 4, 2001

Contracting Office

U.S. Department of Energy, Golden Field Office, 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401

ZIP Code

80401

Solicitation Number

DE-PS36-01GO90007

Response Due

July 11, 2001

Point of Contact

Questions may be sent to: go_nice3@nrel.gov

E-Mail Address

Margo Gorin (go_nice3@nrel.gov)

Description

The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) is funding a competitive grant program entitled the National Industrial Competitiveness Through Energy, Environment, and Economics (NICE3) Program. The goal of the NICE3 Program is to advance U.S. competitiveness through commercial demonstration of energy efficient and clean production manufacturing and industrial technologies in industry. This is accomplished by providing cost-shared, financial assistance to state and industry partnerships. Projects funded by NICE3 will achieve cleaner production in the U.S. manufacturing and industrial sectors through the adoption of energy efficient and cleaner production techniques. Cleaner production refers to manufacturing and industrial processes that result in reduced energy use, waste, and emissions. These processes, when implemented in industry, improve U.S. industrial productivity and economic competitiveness. It is expected that projects selected for one-time financial assistance award will yield new processes and/or equipment that can significantly reduce use of energy and energy intensive feed-stocks and reduce generation of wastes in industry. This goal is consistent with the mission of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), which is to develop and promote the adoption of cost-effective renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies within the building, industrial, transportation, and utility sectors for the benefit of economic competitiveness, energy security, and environmental quality of the nation. The following OIT focus industries, which are dominant energy users and waste generators in the U.S. manufacturing sector, are of particular interest to the program: Agriculture, Aluminum, Chemicals, Forest Products, Glass, Metal-casting, Mining, and Steel. The DOE Golden Field Office (GO) has been assigned the responsibility to issue the solicitation, and the award will be administered through DOE's Regional Offices. DOE intends to issue a new solicitation annually. The NICE3 Program will provide financial assistance of up to $525,000. A 50% cost share is required. Each award may cover a project period of up to 3 years. No additional funding of applications for continuation of work beyond the award period is envisioned or planned by DOE. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number assigned to this program is 81.105. Non-federal cost share from a combination of state and industrial partner sources for a single award must be at least 50% of the total cost of the project (if $500,000 in federal funding is requested, cost-share must equal at least $500,000). DOE is announcing the availability of up to $4 million dollars in grant agreement funds for Fiscal Year 2001. The awards will be made through a competitive process. DOE reserves the right to fund in whole or in part any, all, or none of the proposals submitted in response to this notice. DOE expects to issue the solicitation on or about April 1, 2001. To obtain a copy of the solicitation, eligible parties may write to the U.S. Department of Energy, Golden Field Office, Attention: Margo Gorin, 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, Colorado 80401 or send a fax to, Attention: Margo Gorin (303) 275-4788. An electronic copy may be obtained through the Golden Field Office Home Page at http://www.golden.doe.gov/businessopportunities under the "Solicitations" thumbnail beginning on or about April 1, 2001.*****

Web Link

Click here to download copy of solicitation (http://WWW.golden.doe.gov/buisnessopportunities)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010108/ASOL002.HTM (W-004 SN50A1T2)