[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5621-5622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2935]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Idaho Operations Office; Solicitation for Financial Assistance 
Number DE-PS07-97ID13510: Evaluation of Financing Sources and Funding 
Mechanisms for Steel Industry Research, Development, and Demonstration 
Projects

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Idaho Operations Office 
(ID) is seeking applications for cost-shared research in support of the 
Office of Industrial Technologies and DOE's Steel Industry Team. The 
objective is to promote competitiveness and efficiency of the U.S. 
steel industry by identifying and evaluating methods of financing 
industrial research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) projects. 
The goal of this action is to define the realm of potential RD&D 
funding sources so that OIT and ultimately the steel

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industry can promote commercial sector technological growth and 
industry competitiveness. It will secondarily put into perspective the 
role of the Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT). OIT financing 
should be compared and contrasted with non-public RD&D financing 
options available to a company or institution participating in RD&D, 
such as bank financing, retained earnings, private placement of equity, 
public offering of equity, private placement of debt, debt financing by 
public bond issues, and venture capital. As a result of this 
solicitation, DOE anticipates awarding one Cooperative Agreement in 
accordance with DOE Financial Assistance regulations appearing at Title 
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter II Subchapter H, Part 
600. The period of performance for the agreement is 9 months and 
available DOE funds are $40,000. The federal funding contribution will 
not exceed 70 percent of the total cost of the research project. 
Eligibility for this solicitation is limited to institutions of higher 
learning offering graduate level business programs.

DATES: The deadline for receipt of applications is 3:00 p.m. MST, March 
13, 1997. Late applications that cannot be forwarded for scheduled 
merit review will not be considered.

ADDRESSES: Applications shall be submitted to: Carol Bruns, Contract 
Specialist; Procurement Services Division; U. S. Department of Energy; 
Idaho Operations Office; 850 Energy Drive, MS 1221; Solicitation Number 
DE-PS07-97ID13510; Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401-1563. Requests for 
application packages in response to this solicitation will only be 
accepted in writing to the address above or via FAX to (208) 526-5548.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Bruns, Contract Specialist; 
Procurement Services Division; U. S. Department of Energy; Idaho 
Operations Office, (208) 526-1534.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The statutory authority for this 
solicitation is the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and 
Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988. A copy of the solicitation may 
be accessed on DOE-ID's home page using Universal Resource Locator 
address: http://www.inel.gov/doeid/solicit.html.

    Issued in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on January 30, 1997.
B. G. Bauer,
Acting Director, Procurement Services Division.
[FR Doc. 97-2935 Filed 2-5-97; 8:45 am]
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