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B -- WHISTLEBLOWER REPORT ON PILOT PROGRAM OF CASES PRIOR TO 1992 SOL DE-RP01-97ED60073 DUE 012497 POC Katharine Minker, Contract Specialist, (202) 634-4599. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, intends to acquire support services to conduct specific tasks. The Government intends to negotiate with only one source, specifically, the National Academy for Public Administration (NAPA). This effort will require approximately 730 Direct Productive Labor Hours and is to be completed by May 1, 1997. The purpose of the tasks is to develop a pilot process to bring to closure "old" DOE contractor whistleblower cases that pre-date the April 2, 1992 creation of the Contractor Employee Protection Program (CEPP) and that currently have no administrative or legal redress. This is a follow-up to NAPA study released by DOE in March 1996 that recommended establishing a process to review "old" DOE whistleblower cases "expeditiously, in a cost effective manner". This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0009)

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