[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 69 (Thursday, April 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17604-17605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9199]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Competitive Financial Assistance for the Office of
Industrial Technologies
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of Competitive Financial Assistance Solicitation.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy announces that competitive
applications will be solicited for regional field management of the
Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) program, formerly the Energy
Analysis and Diagnostic Center program. The IAC program provides
practical training in industrial energy and waste management generating
improvements while giving engineering students and young professionals
practical experience in the application of these techniques. Estimated
total funding in the amount of $33,000,000 will be provided over a five
year period of performance.
ADDRESSES: Solicitation number DE-PS01-97EE41240 will be available
through the Department of Energy's ``Current Business Opportunities at
Headquarters Procurement Operations'' Homepage located at
www.pr.doe.gov/solicit.html. Interested applicants that do not have
internet access may request a copy of the solicitation by sending a
request with a virus-free diskette and diskette mailer to U.S.
Department of Energy, Office of Placement and Administration, Attn:
Document Control Specialist, HR-562, 1000 Independence Ave., SW.,
Washington, D.C. 20585.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jackie Kniskern, HR-561.21, Office
of Placement and Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Ave., SW., Washington, D.C. 20585, telephone number (202)
426-0049, e-mail at jacqueline.kniskern@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IAC program, in operation for twenty
years, has been guided by field management working under policy
guidelines established by the Department of Energy (DOE). The program
has expanded to provide in-depth, on-site energy, waste management and
productivity assessments for small- and medium-size manufacturers,
followed by recommendations for specific dollar savings. These
assessments, conducted by faculty and students of IAC schools, are
designed to identify energy, waste, and productivity improvements as
assessment recommendations (ARs) throughout the plant, e.g.,
production-related services, HVAC, and housekeeping. During the 6 to 9
month period following audit report submission to the client plant, the
IAC conducts a survey of the client to determine which ARs have been
implemented. This provides a reasonably accurate and on-going measure
of the effectiveness of the program.
The Industrial Assessment Center program provides practical
training in industrial energy and waste management generating
improvements for increased productivity while giving young engineering
professionals practical experience in the application of these
techniques, in a working manufacturing environment. These young
professionals assist senior faculty and professionals in the collection
and evaluation of energy, waste and productivity data for client firms.
Students with this background are better equipped, upon graduation, to
perform energy and waste management responsibilities in the industrial
sector. Their employment potential is enhanced because of the practical
work experience they have acquired.
Each IAC Region is administered by a Regional Field Manager. IAC
field management conducts performance reviews and evaluations and
prepares analytical and statistical summaries of all regional data.
Schools report assessment data on line to the IAC data base. The
directors of all IACs meet annually to review program progress and to
exchange information with each other. The field manager should be
prepared to provide creative leadership in the area of industrial
energy, waste, and productivity management, database management, data
aggregation and analysis, and the preparation of information and
reports for use in developing training aids and technical assistance
documents.
This assistance action provides funding for the ultimate operation
of schools participating in the IAC Program. The field management
responsibility will be awarded for an eastern field management region
and a western field management region of the United States as divided
by the Mississippi River. Competitors may receive awards in either
field management territory. The purpose of the awards is to provide
coordination and management of the schools participating in the IAC
Program. In addition, the management of the national database of the
audit and assessment data from the IAC program will be awarded.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 600.9, a solicitation, which will include the
project objectives, application instructions, evaluation criteria, and
a
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model grant, is expected to be issued in mid April 1997. The due date
for proposals will be indicated in the solicitation; but will not be
earlier than 30 days after the issuance of the solicitation. The
Department intends to award two cooperative agreements as a result of
this solicitation.
Issued in Washington, D.C. on April 3, 1997.
Scott Sheffield,
Director, Headquarters Operations Division B, Office of Headquarters
Procurement Operations.
[FR Doc. 97-9199 Filed 4-9-97; 8:45 am]
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