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R -- TECHNICAL AND ANALYTICAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (EM), DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) SOL DE-AC02-97EW40465 DUE 031997 POC Jenny Ahlberg, Contract Specialist, 630/252-2888/James R. Bieschke, Contracting Officer, 630/252-2120 WEB: DOE-CH Acquisition Page, http://www.ch.doe.gov/division/acq/acq-home.htm. E-MAIL: POC: Contract Specialist, jennifer.ahlberg@ch.doe.gov. SIC Code 8744 -- The Department of Energy is soliciting small and large business concerns to provide technical support services to assist DOE in the evaluation of environmental restoration activities throughout the DOE complex. Such support will require the services of personnel in a number of highly technical, scientific, and professional disciplines, including, but not limited to, science and engineering, program and budget analysis, cost estimation and validation, regulatory analysis, computer science, and technical writing/editing. DOE anticipates 133, 920 labor-hours of effort will be required per year for this project. A successful offeror(s) must be located or be willing to relocate within a one hour commute of DOE's offices located in Germantown, Maryland. The contractor(s) should possess significant past experience and be familiar with the activities and mission of DOE's Office of Environmental Management. Level of effort, task order contract(s) with fixed labor rates andperformance based award fee provisions are contemplated with an initial base period of one year with four one-year option periods for a total of five years. It is the Government's intent to award multiple contracts under this solicitation, with at least one award made to a small business concern. The Government intends to award contract(s) based on initial proposals received without discussion or negotiation of such proposals. Therefore, it is critical that each proposal be fully responsive to the RFP, and contain the offeror's best terms from a technical, business management, and price standpoint. The RFP is expected to be available on the DOE Chicago Internet Home Page at http://www.doe.ch/division/acq/acq-home.htm on or about February 3, 1997, with proposals due on or about March 19, 1997. Any amendments to the RFP will also be posted on the Internet. Please note that users are not alerted when amendments are posted. Prospective offeror(s) are therefore advised to check the above Internetaddress on a daily basis. The contract(s) are expected to be awarded on or about July 1, 1997. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Government.***** (0354)

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