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K -- ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING SERVICES FOR INSTALLATION OF SOLAR WATER HEATER COLLECTOR SYSTEMS AND RELATED ENERGY SYSTEMS IN FEDERAL FACILITIES SOL DE-RP36-98GO10344 DUE 101598 POC Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer is Beth H. Peterman, Golden Field Office, e-mail: beth_peterman@nrel.gov; fax: 303-275-4788 WEB: click here to download a copy of the RFP (after 8/1/98), http://www.eren.doe.gov/golden/solicit.htm. E-MAIL: click here to contact the Contracting Officer, beth_peterman@nrel.gov. GO, in support of the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy of the Department of Energy, intends to issue a competitive, national solicitation, resulting in multiple (up to three (3)), awards of indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts, with periods of performance of up to twenty-five (25) years, for Energy Savings Performance Contracting Services (ESPC). The minimum order amount for each contractor selected will be $50,000, with a maximum of $50,000,000 for all contractors receiving awards. These types of services are procured by the Department of Energy in accordance with the contract procedures and methods codified in the Department of Energy Regulations at 10 CFR 436, and the requirement for these services is in response to the direction to all federal agencies provided in the National Energy Conservation Policy Act, the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and Executive Order 12902 of March, 1994, to improve energy management in their facilities and operations. Basically, ESPC is a federal and private-sector partnership whereby the Energy Services Company (ESCO) pays the up-front cost of purchasing and installing new energy-efficient equipment and the Government repays the ESCO over the life of the ESPC contract. Awardees as a result of this solicitation will be solely eligible to compete for or otherwise receive delivery order awards against their contracts for specific projects within the scope of the awards, in the United States and its territories, as well as on federally-owned facilities on foreign soil. The specific scope of work is for primarily the installation of renewable energy systems comprised of primarily solar water heater collector systems. The objective is to develop optimized energy systems, in terms of both energy supply and demand. The IDIQ contract award(s) against this solicitation will require that projects procured as delivery orders against the contract(s) be primarily solar water heater collector system projects, with any order issued against an awarded contract including a solar water heater collector system that represents at least 33% of the total cost of hardware and services being supplied. The scope not only requires contractor installation of these systems, which are required to meet identified performance specifications, but also contractor operation, maintenance, repair, inspection, and training on the installed measures during the period of performance of the specific projects, as identified for specific projects. Further requirements are contractor involvement in measurement and verification efforts, to ensure that guaranteed savings are occurring, as well as total financing of the specific projects. These contracts are intended for award by no later than December 31, 1998, and will be in addition to the multi-technology SUPER ESPC contract awards which have been and continue to be solicited and awarded for the six DOE regions of the United States and its territories. The multi-technology and technology-specific SUPER ESPC contracts awarded are, therefore, intended to complement one another and increase the participation of the overall energy industry, and not compete with one another. The RFP is anticipated for release on August 1, 1998, with a closing date of October 15, 1998. THE SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET UNTIL THE DATE OF RELEASE. To obtain a copy, interested parties should access the GO Home Page after that date at http://www.eren.doe.gov/golden/solicit.htm and then locate the solicitation number identified at Item 9 above. This may be done by accessing "Doing Business with Us," then "Solicitations," then "Part Three." Those without access to the Internet or who prefer a paper copy should make their requests for a copy of the solicitation in writing by fax to (303) 275-4788 indicating the solicitation number, or to the address in Item 7 above, Attn: Beth H. Peterman and the solicitation number, or by e-mail request to beth_peterman@nrel.gov. These requests may be made at any time after this announcement, and a copy of the solicitation will be furnished to whomever makes a request, UPON ITS RELEASE. No telephone requests will be honored!! (0166)

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