Fluor Daniel Fernald, P.O. Box 538704, Cincinnati, OH 45253-8704

U -- RAIL OPERATIONS TRAINING DUE 012298 POC Jan Herold (513)648-5667 Fluor Daniel Fernald, Inc. (FDF), Prime Contractor for the United States Department of Energy's (DOE's) Fernald Environmental Management Project (FEMP), Fernald, Hamilton/Butler County, Ohio seeks expressions of interest from qualified vendors to provide training in Rail Operations to enable FDF to transport by rail and dispose of processed excavated waste at an off-site disposal facility. The vendor will provide two (2) training sessions. The first training session will be at the vendor's facility. The purpose of this first session is to allow FDF personnel to gain a full understanding of Rail Operations and to aid them in developing necessary plans and procedures. The second training session will be conducted at the FDF site and focus on routine maintenance activities, i.e., replacing hoses, brakes and other minor items. It is desired that the instructor(s) have three (3) or more years of Rail Operations experience in providing expert instructions. The vendor will familiarize itself with FDF's on-site rail activities and infrastructure; then design a training program specific to these activities; provide required classroom and field instruction; provide lesson plans; provide documentation of student pass/fail; and provide course material that can be retained by the student. The training courses will cover, at a minimum, the following activities: Locomotive Inspection/ Servicing; Railcar Inspection/ Servicing; Track Inspection/Maintenance; Switch Inspection/Maintenance; Locomotive Operation; Railcar Movements-Braking, Switching, Coupling/Uncoupling, Air Hoses, Derails; Re-Rails; Signaling; Railroad Safety. The vendor will provide, at its training facility, the following: Locomotive Simulator Control Stands; Freightcar Airbrake Simulator; Operable Locomotive; Operable Railcars; Live Track; Live Switches; Ability to perform Derails and Re-rails; Ability to perform actual switching and track operations-inspection and servicing; and on-site classrooms. FDF plans to use at their location either a 1950 General Electric, 80-Ton, Center Cab or a 1954 Baldwin-Lima, 60-Ton, that was remanufactured in 1990 and 1991. All services must be in accordance with all applicable regulatory statutes. If you have an interest and the capability to provide this type of service, please submit documentation of your firm's capabilities and experience in the above areas. This announcement is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP), solicitation, or statement of qualifications. This announcement is a preliminary notification to determine interest in a potential forthcoming RFP as well as to assist in establishing a potential offeror's list. Expressions of interest with required information must be submitted in writing to Fluor Daniel Fernald, Inc., Attn: Jan Herold, MS52-2, P.O. Box 538704, Cincinnati, OH 45253-8704 by January 22,1998. This CBD notice does not commit the United States Government and/or FDF to pay for any costs incurred in the preparation and submission of data or for any other costs incurred prior to the execution of a contract. TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. (0007)

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