[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 [email protected].

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 
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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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