[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 236 (Thursday, December 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76621-76622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31161]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Golden Field Office; Fiscal Year 2001 Broad Based Solicitation 
for Submission of Financial Assistance Applications Involving Research, 
Development and Demonstration

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Issuance of the Fiscal Year 2001 Broad Based Solicitation for 
Submission of Financial Assistance Applications

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Involving Research, Development and Demonstration.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is announcing its 
intention to issue the Fiscal Year 2001 Broad Based Solicitation for 
Submission of Financial Assistance Applications Involving Research, 
Development and Demonstration (herein referred to as Broad Based 
Solicitation), DE-PS36-01GO90000.

DATES: Supplemental Announcements to the Broad Based Solicitation will 
be issued throughout the year. Each Supplemental Announcement will 
contain technology specific information, anticipated programmatic 
funding levels, any specific eligibility requirements, any specific 
application instructions, evaluation criteria, any cost sharing 
requirements, Program Policy Factors, application deadlines, and any 
other requirements specific to obtaining Financial Assistance Awards.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Fiscal Year 2001 Broad Based Solicitation, 
consisting of the first part and all Supplemental Announcements, will 
be posted on the DOE Golden Field Office Home Page at http://www.golden.doe.gov/businessopportunities.html, under ``Solicitations.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under this announcement, the U.S. Department 
of Energy (DOE) is announcing its intention to issue the Fiscal Year 
2001 Broad Based Solicitation for Submission of Financial Assistance 
Applications Involving Research, Development and Demonstration (herein 
referred to as Broad Based Solicitation), DE-PS36-01GO90000. The Broad 
Based Solicitation expresses the Department of Energy (DOE), Office of 
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's (EERE), continuing interest in 
receiving Applications for Financial Assistance Awards (Grants and 
Cooperative Agreements) in support of renewable energy and energy 
efficiency basic research, applied research, cooperative 
demonstrations, and related activities. The Broad Based Solicitation 
will consist of two parts: the first part which establishes guidelines 
and requirements for submitting Applications in response to individual 
Supplemental Announcements; the second part will consist of individual 
Supplemental Announcements and will be specific to designated 
technology areas of interest. These individual Supplemental 
Announcements will contain technology specific information, anticipated 
programmatic funding levels, any specific eligibility requirements, any 
specific application instructions, evaluation criteria, any cost 
sharing requirements, application deadlines, and any other requirements 
specific to obtaining Financial Assistance Awards. The Broad Based 
Solicitation, consisting of the first part and all Supplemental 
Announcements, will be posted on the DOE Golden Field Office Home Page 
at http://www.golden.doe.gov/businessopportunities.html, under 
``Solicitations.''
    DOE intends to issue Supplemental Announcements to this document 
throughout Fiscal Year 2001. Each Supplemental Announcement will be 
posted on the Golden Field Office Home Page. A notice to release 
Supplemental Announcements will be published in the Federal Register 
and, if appropriate, in the Commerce Business Daily or other 
publications. Any application that is submitted in response to this 
Broad Based Solicitation must also be in direct response to a specific 
Supplemental Announcement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: All questions concerning the Broad 
Based Solicitation must be submitted in writing to: Ruth E. Adams, DOE 
Golden Field Office, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401-3393 or 
transmitted via facsimile to Ruth E. Adams at (303) 275-4788, or 
electronically to [email protected]. Responses to questions will be 
made by Amendment to this Broad Based Solicitation and posted on the 
DOE Golden Field Office Home Page. Questions specific to individual 
Supplemental Announcements should be directed to the point of contact 
indicated in the Supplemental Announcement, and answers will be posted 
as Amendments to the Supplemental Announcement on the Golden Field 
Office Home Page.

    Issued in Golden, Colorado, on November 22, 2000.
Jerry L. Zimmer,
Director, Office of Acquisition and Financial Assistance.
[FR Doc. 00-31161 Filed 12-6-00; 8:45 am]
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