99--Super ESPC Recompete Special Notice 4

The intent of this Special Notice is to notify all interested parties that, by February 2007, the Department of Energy (DOE) anticipates issuing a Draft Request for Proposals (Draft RFP) for its recompete of the DOE Super Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs). DOE does not intend to hold a conference in association with the Draft RFP. Therefore, DOE’s Industry Interactive Procurement System (IIPS), https://e-center.doe.gov/, under the pertinent solicitation number, will be the public forum mechanism that all interested parties must utilize to submit questions and/or comments concerning the Draft RFP. At this time, DOE intends that offerors’ proposals will be based, in part, on an energy savings evaluation of a specified Federal site (location to be determined). DOE anticipates holding a pre-proposal conference, after the issuance of the Final RFP but prior to receiving proposals, in conjunction with a site visit for all interested potential offerors to attend at their own expense. The pre-proposal conference and simultaneous site visit is intended to give potential offerors the ability to ask questions regarding the Final RFP and to get a “hands-on? look at the site that will be used to develop the site data package and Final RFP. Questions and corresponding answers from the pre-proposal conference and site visit will be posted in IIPS for all potential offerors to view. Information regarding the pre-proposal conference and site visit will be incorporated into the Final RFP. DOE continues to urge all interested parties to submit recommendations for contract improvements (i.e. incentives and streamlining) via IIPS, under the above solicitation number, prior to the issuance of a Draft RFP.