[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6017-6018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3088]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Program Interest for Isotopes for Production in Support 
of Medical and Scientific Research

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of program interest.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces an unrestricted 
program which will provide identification of isotopes needed by the 
research community to explore and develop new and innovative uses for 
isotopes. These isotopes will be used for production in support of 
medical and scientific research. The Department's objective of this 
effort is to poll the research community in order to generate a list of 
research isotopes that DOE will consider for production for FY 2003 and 
beyond. A peer-review process that examines the merits of the isotope-
based research as described in the Expressions of Interest in response 
to this Notice of Program Interest (NOPI) will be used to help 
determine which isotopes will be placed on the Nuclear Energy Protocol 
for Research Isotopes (NEPRI) list and therefore be eligible for 
production.

DATES: Opening date: February 18, 2002, and Closing date: March 29, 
2002.

ADDRESSES: Complete details, instructions on how to apply, and opening 
and closing dates will be provided via a formal solicitation document 
which will be disseminated electronically as solicitation number DE-
RI01-02NE00000 through the Department's Industry Interactive 
Procurement System (IIPS) home page located at https://doe-iips.pr.doe.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Pantaleo, Jr., Program Manager, 
at (301) 903-2525, Phyllis Morgan, Contract Specialist at 202-287-1504, 
and Paul Gervas, Attorney and Advisor at 202-586-6918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will support its unique 
infrastructure for isotope production. Buyers of NEPRI isotopes must 
cover cost of production. Expressions of Interest will be subject to 
peer review by the Department's Isotope Review Advisory Panel.
    Effective October 1, 1999, the IIPS system became the primary way 
for the Office of Headquarters Procurement Services to disseminate 
solicitations and receive responses in a paperless environment. All 
documents included in your Expression of Interest should be submitted 
in the Microsoft Word format. To get more information about IIPS and to 
register your organization, go to

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https://doe-iips.pr.doe.gov. Follow the link on the IIPS home page to 
the Secure Services Page. Registration is a prerequisite to the 
submission of an Expression of Interest, and respondents are encouraged 
to register as soon as possible. When registering, all respondents 
should use the same North American Industry Classifications System 
Number: 325412. A help document, which describes how IIPS works, can be 
found at the bottom of the Secure Services Page.

Kevin M. Smith,
Director, Program Services Division, Office of Headquarters Procurement 
Services.
[FR Doc. 02-3088 Filed 2-7-02; 8:45 am]
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