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A -- R&D OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF GREENHOUSE GASES SOL DE-PS26-99FT40613 POC Deborah J. Boggs, Contract Specialist, (304)285-4473 WEB: Click here to download a copy of the solicitation when, http://www.fetc.doe.gov/business. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contract specialist via, dboggs@fetc.doe.gov. The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Technology Center (DOE/FETC), intends to issue a Program Solicitation No. DE-PS26-99FT40613 entitled "Research and Development of Technologies for the Management of Greenhouse Gases." The DOE/FETC invites any university or other institution of higher education, non-profit, not-for-profit or for-profit organization, non Federal agency, or other entity to submit competitive applications for cooperative agreements for the conduct of research and development that addresses any of the following six elements of the FETC sequestration program: 1) Separation and Capture; 2) Sequestration of CO2 in Geological Formations; 3) Ocean Sequestration; 4) Sequestration in Terrestrial Ecosystems; 5) Advanced Concepts; and 6) Modeling and Assessments. Applications may be submitted at any time after the issuance date of the solicitation up to and including 1 year after the issue date. The issue date of the solicitation is expected to be August 1, 1999. Applications will be reviewed individually, or in groups which will be assembled as often as practical considering the number of applications received and availability of competent reviewers. Applications must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the instructions and forms in the Program Solicitation. Prospective offerors should check the Internet location frequently for any solicitation amendments prior to submitting applications. The solicitation will be available for viewing and downloading from FETC's Internet site at http://www.fetc.doe.gov/business. Solicitations will not be distributed on diskette or in paper form. Candidates may register through FETC's Business Alert Notification service on our homepage. The category to register under is Advanced Electric Power Generation, Coal Conversion/Solid Fuels and Feedstocks, Oil and Gas, or Environmental R&D for Fossil Fuels. The overall goals for the FETC Carbon Sequestration Program are to provide economically competitive and environmentally safe options to offset all projected growth in baseline emissions of greenhouse gases by the U.S. after 2010, with offsets starting in 2015; to achieve the long-term cost goal in the range of $10/ton of avoided net costs for carbon sequestration; and to offset at least one-half the required reductions in global greenhouse gases, measured as the difference in a business-as-usual baseline and a strategy to stabilize atmospheric CO2 concentrations at 550 ppm, beginning in the year 2025. The latter goal represents the global potential for these technology options if broadly applied by the United States and other countries. These research pathways stem directly from the Carbon Sequestration: State of the Science report, available from the Office of Fossil Energy's web site at www.fe.doe.gov/sequestration. The program portfolio covers the entire carbon sequestration "life cycle" of capture, separation, transport, and storage or reuse. Of interest is the FETC Carbon Sequestration Program Plan which is available on the web site at www.fetc.doe.gov/products/gcc. DOE anticipates multiple cooperative agreement awards resulting from this solicitation and no fee or profit will be paid to a recipient or subrecipient under the awards. In accordance with FAR 52.232-18, "Availability of Funds," funds are not presently available for this procurement. The Government's obligation under this award is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for award purposes can be made. Posted 07/14/99 (W-SN353671). (0195)

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