CBD<B> SPECIAL STUDIES & ANALYSIS-NOT R&D-EXPERT SCIENTIFIC STUDIES

[Commerce Business Daily]

From Commerce Business Daily, November 25, 1997 PSA-1979

SPECIAL STUDIES & ANALYSIS-NOT R&D-EXPERT SCIENTIFIC STUDIES

Category : <B> (Special Studies and Analyses - Not R&D)
Address : US Department Of Energy Albuquerque Operations Office, Contracts
and Procurement Division, PO Box 5400, Albuquerque, NM 87185-5400
Mexico 87185-54
Sol. no. : DE-RP04-98AL78372
Contact : Kimberly V. Carroll, (505) 234-7322
Due : 10 Dec, 1997

SOL DE-RP04-98AL78372 DUE 121097 POC Kimberly V. Carroll, (505) 234-7322
E-MAIL: ATTN: DE-RP04-98AL78372, car...@wipp.carlsbad.nm.us. This is a
solicitation for expert studies. Solicitation Number DE-RP04-98AL78372.
This is a small-business set-aside. The Department of Energy/Carlsbad
AreaOffice (DOE/CAO) requires independent expert services to enhance the
domestic and international scientific visibility and acceptance of the
National TRU Program and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plantt (WIPP). Expert
support services to be provided by the contractor include: strategic
planning; issue development and mitigation; assembly and
control/management of independent issue response teams; membership in
domestic and international professional organizations and promotions of
the CAO mission and coordination of CAO representation at domestic and
international radioactive waste management meetings; and preparation of
topical papers and issue responses. The contractor shall provide:
nationally and internationally recognized experts in topical areas with
past relevant CAO mission expertise and project/task
managers/facilitators/moderators with subject matter expertise and at
least 3 years of past involvement or support to the CAO mission as
requested. The contractor shall provide all labor, materials, supplies,
and off-site facilities and equipment [the Government shall provide
on-site (Carlsbad) facilities and equipment] required to provide the
services and deliverables for the services included in this contract and
shall: submit and maintain the Fiscal Year Work Plan (FYWP) and the
Individual Task Plan(s)[ITP(s)] for each order issued under this
contract; prepare FYWP & ITP(s) for each order under this contract;
prepare FYWP & ITP(s) that include the following elements-work
authorization request, work statement, and activity-based plan(s) with a
description, schedule, estimate, staffing plan, and any needed travel
for each deliverable; evaluate the schedule, frequency, duration, and
staffing requirements to optimize use of contractor's work force; comply
with or support the development of applicable CAO procedures and plans;
and provide monthly performance reports that measure the contractor's
scope, cost, and schedule performance against CAO-approved FYWP/ITP(s).
This contract action is for services for which the Government intends to
enter into a sole source contract with COMPA Industries, 2309 Renard
Place, SE, Suite 110, Albuquerque NM 87106 under authority of FAR 6.302-3
as it is believed that COMPA Industries is the only consulting firm with
the extensive, contemporary, project-related management, regulatory, and
experimental expertise and international experience necessary to perform
the research necessary to meet the time requirements for EPA approval of
the CCA. All interested parties are required to submit a prospectus of
their qualifications and fully burdened hourly rates for project/task
managers, facilitators, moderators, and subject matter experts as
described above to U.S. Department of Energy, Carlsbad Area Office, Attn:
Kimberly V. Carroll, Contracting Officer, Post Office Box 3090, Carlsbad,
NM 88221-3090, for review and evaluation. All offers received within 16
days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the
Government if determined to be technically qualified. Technical proposals
may be submitted via facsimile at 505-234-7019, or may be sent
electronically via the internet to the following address:
car...@wipp.carlsbad.nm.us (0324)