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e. Applicant’s Past Performance: DOE

reserves the right to solicit from

available sources relevant information

concerning an applicant’s past

performance and may consider such

information in its evaluation.

f. Commitment of Public Funds: The

Contracting Officer is the only

individual who can legally commit the

Government to the expenditure of

public funds in connection with the

proposed award. Any other

commitment, either explicit or implied,

is invalid.

g. Effective Period of Application: All

applications should remain in effect for

at least 180 days from the closing date.

h. Availability of Funds: The actual

amount of funds to be obligated will be

subject to availability of funds

appropriated by Congress.

i. Loans under DOE Minority

Economic Impact (MEI) Loan Program:

Applicants are advised that loans under

the DOE Minority Economic Impact

(MEI) Loan Program are not available to

finance the cost of preparing an

application pursuant to this solicitation.

j. Assurances and Certifications: DOE

requires the submission of preaward

assurances of compliance and

certifications which are mandated by

law. The assurance and certification

forms will be provided in the

application package.

k. Questions and Answers: Questions

regarding this solicitation should be

submitted in writing to the DOE

Contract Specialist no later than April

10, 1995. Questions and answers will be

issued in writing as an amendment to

this solicitation.

l. Preaward Costs: The government is

not liable for any costs incurred in

preparation of an application. Awardees

may incur preaward costs up to ninety

(90) days prior to the effective date of

award. Should the awardee take such

action, it is done so at the awardee’s risk

and does not impose any obligation on

the DOE to issue an award.

m. Patents, Data, and Copyrights:

Applicants are advised that patents,

data, and copyrights will be treated in

accordance with 10 CFR 600.33.

n. Environmental Impact: An

applicant environmental checklist will

be provided in the DOE application

package. Award will not be made until

the environmental checklist is

completed. An environmental review of

the environmental checklist and the

application will be conducted by DOE

as required by 10 CFR 1021.216.

o. EPACT: Applicants shall be

required to comply with section 2306 of

the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPACT)

(42 U.S.C. 13525), as applicable.

p. Buy American Act: Any

organization receiving award under this

solicitation must comply with the Buy

American Provisions of Section 307 of

Pub. L. 103–332, Department of the

Interior and Related Agencies

Appropriations Act of 1995.

Dated: March 9, 1995.

R. J. Hoyles,

Director, Procurement Services Division.

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Golden Field Office; Federal

Assistance Award to National

Automotive Technicians Education

Foundation

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Noncompetitive

Financial Assistance Award.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE), pursuant to the DOE

Financial Assistance Rules, 10 CFR

600.7, is announcing its intention to

award a cooperative agreement to the

National Automotive Technicians

Education Foundation (NATEF), for the

further development and

implementation of a nationwide

program for voluntary certification of

training programs for alternative fuel

vehicle and refueling systems

technicians. This program will assist the

Office of Transportation Technologies

(OTT) programs at DOE, in the

implementation of Section 411 of the

Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct). The

OTT programs seek to improve

transportation energy efficiency and to

reduce the nation’s dependence on

imported fuels. This is not a notice for

solicitation of proposals or financial

assistance applications.

ADDRESSES: Questions regarding this

announcement may be addressed to the

U.S. Department of Energy, Golden

Field Office, 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden,

Colorado 80401, Attention: Ms. Ruth E.

Adams, Contract Specialist. The

telephone number is 303–275–4722.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

applicant organization is a nonprofit

501(c)3 corporation founded in 1982. In

conjunction with the National Institute

of Automotive Service Excellence

(ASE), the applicant organization has

implemented a national standards

development and evaluation process for

the certification of automotive

technician training programs. This

program expands the NATEF capability

to include alternative fuel technician

training programs. The NATEF

organization is governed by its 15-

member Board of Trustees which

represents virtually every segment of the

transportation industry as well as

representatives from consumer groups,

vocational and other educators,

professional technicians, employers of

technicians, business leaders, and other

affected entities and persons.

In accordance with 10 CFR 600.7, it

has been determined that the activity to

be funded is necessary to the

satisfactory completion of an activity

that will enhance the public benefit

derived and for which competition and

the delay resulting therefrom would

have a significant adverse effect on

completion of the activity. The

applicant has exclusive domestic

capability to perform the activity

successfully, based upon its existing

automotive technician training program

certification process and its experience

demonstrating that this process results

in nationwide quality improvement of

automotive service and repair. DOE

knows of no organization other than

NATEF which is capable and which is

conducting or is planning to conduct

development and implementation of

certification of training programs for

alternative fuel vehicle technicians and

alternative fuel refueling-system

technicians as proposed by the

applicant.

Current Federal funding is available

in the amount of $500,000. A minimum

of $88,000 from non-Federal sources has

been committed by NATEF to

accomplish the first year of this

development program. The project cost

over five years is estimated to be

$2,795,634 total, with the DOE share

being $2,318,997 and $476,637 to be

cost-shared by NATEF.

Issued in Golden, Colorado on March 14,

1995.

John W. Meeker,

Chief, Procurement, GO.

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Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

Federal Energy Management Programs

Workshops

AGENCY: Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Department of

Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Training Workshops.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE) is announcing the fiscal

year 1995 training schedule for Federal

energy management workshops that will

be conducted by the Office of Federal

Energy Management Programs in

support of the Executive Order 12902