[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3019-3020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1334]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Number DE-PS07-02ID14442]


Sensors, Controls, and Automation Crosscutting Technologies

AGENCY: Idaho Operations Office, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Solicitation for Awards of Financial 
Assistance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Idaho Operations Office 
(ID) is seeking applications for cost-shared research, development and 
demonstration of innovative sensor, control, automation and wireless 
technologies that will reduce energy consumption, minimize 
environmental impacts, and enhance economic competitiveness in U.S. 
industrial manufacturing. This solicitation addresses two separate 
topics:

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    1. Crosscutting sensors and controls, and
    2. Industrial wireless telemetry

DATES: The issuance date of Solicitation Number DE-PS07-02ID14442 was 
January 15, 2003. The deadline for receipt of applications is March 31, 
2003, at 3:00 p.m. MDT.

ADDRESSES: The solicitation will be available in its full text on the 
Internet by going to the DOE's Industry Interactive Procurement System 
(IIPS) at the following URL address: http://e-center.doe.gov. This will 
provide the medium for disseminating solicitations and amendments to 
solicitations, receiving financial assistance applications and 
evaluating applications in a paperless environment. Completed 
applications are required to be submitted via IIPS. An IIPS ``User 
Guide for Contractors'' can be obtained on the IIPS Homepage and then 
click on the ``Help'' button. Questions regarding the operation of IIPS 
may be e-mailed to the IIPS Help Desk at center.doe.gov">IIPS_HelpDesk@e-center.doe.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wade Hillebrant, Contract Specialist 
at [email protected], or Dallas L. Hoffer, Contracting Officer at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Information about the Office of Industrial 
Technologies Sensors and Automation program, refer to URL: http://www.oit.doe.gov/sens_cont/. The IOF industry-specific vision documents 
and technology roadmaps are available at http://www.oit.doe.gov/ under 
individual IOF program areas.
    DOE anticipates making up to 4 cooperative agreement awards under 
this solicitation. Approximately $12 million in federal funds are 
expected to be available to fund selected research projects over a 
five-year period. A minimum 50% non-federal cost share is required for 
research and development projects over the life of the project. The 
cooperative agreements will be awarded in accordance with DOE Financial 
Assistance Regulations, Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 
Chapter II Subchapter H, Part 600 (10 CFR 600). The statutory authority 
for the program is the Federal Non-Nuclear Energy Research and 
Development Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-577). The Catalog of Federal 
Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number for this program is 81.086.

    Issued in Idaho Falls on January 15, 2003.
R.J. Hoyles,
Director, Procurement Services Division.
[FR Doc. 03-1334 Filed 1-21-03; 8:45 am]
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