U.S. Department Of Energy, Idaho Operations Office, 850 Energy Drive -- MS1221, Idaho Falls, ID 83401-1563

M -- MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE IDAHO NATIONAL ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY SOL DE-RP07-99ID13727 POC R. Jeffrey Hoyles, Contracting Officer, hoylesrj@id.doe.gov,208/526-4512/Michael K. Barrett, Executive Secretary, barretmk@id.doe.gov,208/526-1958 WEB: Click here to download a copy of the DRAFT solicitation, http://www.id.doe.gov/doeid/M&;O/m&o.htm. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Source Evaluation Board, barretmk@id.doe.gov. The U. S. Department of Energy (DOE), Idaho Operations Office, is seeking competitive offers for a performance-based management contract to manage and operate the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). This acquisition will be on an unrestricted basis, and DOE encourages offers from commercial for-profit, and nonprofit organizations and universities. The contract will be a cost-plus-award-fee type for a five-year period with a unilateral extension option (solely at the Government's discretion) for up to an additional five-year period. The contract will implement the principles of DOE's Contract Reform initiatives. In addition to the award fee provisions of the contract, offerors must be willing to enter into performance-based incentive fee arrangements to assure a "pay-for-performance" concept is implemented in this contract. The INEEL is located on an 890 square mile site in Southeastern Idaho. The INEEL is a science-based, applied engineering national laboratory with DOE's Office of Environmental Management (EM) as its present lead office. It couples scientific, engineering, systems, and business management expertise through operational excellence to execute multi-programmatic missions for the Department of Energy. During the INEEL's history, Nuclear Energy, Defense, and Energy Efficiency have all sponsored major efforts in R&D, testing, and operations. The EM Program now constitutes the major portion of current and future missions, although other user organizations utilize the unique facilities and operations that comprise the INEEL. The primary focus for this contract will be to execute the EM Program's cleanup missions with the integral support of INEEL's research and development capabilities, while aggressively expanding the INEEL contributions to EM nationally and other program customers, to significantly develop and grow the laboratory. The INEEL also serves as the lead laboratory for DOE's Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, and it is planned that the INEEL will increase its contribution to broader national environmental and energy missions. Technology leveraging and local and regional economic development are significant themes of this solicitation. Management of the site includes provisions for utilities, medical services, bus transportation, cafeteria services and other general infrastructure support to other tenants at the site. In addition, there is work for other government and private entities performed under "Work-For-Others" provisions. The value of the contract for the basic five-year award period will be approximately $3 billion. In order to actively support the Government's initiative to enhance the use of electronic commerce in the federal acquisition process, the solicitation will be available in both PDF format and Microsoft Word 97 format at the following URL address: http://www.id.doe.gov/doeid/M&;O/m&o.htm. This website will be the official solicitation distribution medium for this solicitation and interested offerors should frequently check this website for amendments, notices, changes, questions & answers, or any other pertinent information relating to this solicitation. No paper copies or diskette copies of this solicitation will be distributed by the agency. It is anticipated that the draft solicitation will be available on the above website on or about December 4, 1998, and public comments are due to the agency by January 4, 1999. All questions must be submitted through the website question section. Answers will be posted thereon by the agency as they are developed. It is anticipated that the final solicitation will be available on the above website on or about January 22, 1999, and offers will be due on March 15, 1999. Posted 11/16/98 (W-SN271559). (0320)

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