(g) place for and manner of submission; and, (h) $9-4.5702-5 a late proposal provision (see FPR 1-3.802-1). Information to be provided in proposals offered All proposals should be specific and, as a minimum, include the information set forth below: (a) name and address of the entity(ies) submitting the proposal; (c) type of entity(ies) (public, including state and local governments, and private, including profit and nonprofit organizations and educational institutions); (d) concise title and abstract of the proposed demonstration project for which assistance or participation is being sought; (e) an outline and discussion of the proposed demonstration which shall, if applicable and to the extent possible, specifically address and reference the evaluation criteria and include: (1) specification of the technology; (2) proposed statement of work to be performed; (3) description of prior pilot plant operating experience with the technology; (4) preliminary design of the demonstration plant; (5) time tables containing proposed construction or fabrication and installation and operation plans; (6) budget-type estimates of construction or fabrication and operating costs; (7) description and proof of title to land for proposed site, natural resources, electricity and water supply, and logistical information related to access to raw materials to construct and operate the plant and dispose of salable products from the plant; (8) assessment of the environmental impact of the proposed plant and plans for disposal of wastes resulting from the operation of the plant; (9) plans for commercial use of the technology if the demonstration is successful; (10) plans for continued use of the plant if the demonstration is successful; (11) plans for dismantling of the plant if the demonstration is unsuccessful or otherwise abandoned; sought; (12) form and amount of assistance or participation being (13) form and amount of funding, or other contribution to be provided by the proposer, including proposed disposition of revenues generated; and, (14) the extent to which the proposed expenditures would constitute permanent (non-severable) improvement to property now owned by the Govenment; and proposed plans for the disposal (through acquisition by the offeror or otherwise) of any such improvements. The information called for under this section relates primarily to a demonstration project involving the construction and operation of a "plant." In instances where the proposed project concerns a demonstration that does not involve a piant (for example, the demonstration of a process, apparatus, or device), the program opportunity notice shall state what additional information is to be submitted with the proposal; (£) names of the key personnel to be involved, brief biographical information, including relevant experience; (i) names and telephone numbers of proposer's primary business and technical personnel who ERDA may contact during evaluation or negotiation; (j) each proposal containing technical data or proprietary or business confidential information, which the proposer intends to be used by ERDA for evaluation purposes only, should be marked on the cover sheet with the legend prescribed in §9-3.150-4; and (k) signature and title of an official of the proposing organization authorized to contractually obligate such organization. $9-4.5703 $9-4.5703-1 Assistance and participation. Forms of assistance and participation. In providing for demonstration, ERDA may utilize various forms of Federal assistance and participation. These include but are not limited to: (a) contracts; (b) grants; (c) loans; (d) incentives, including financial awards, to individual inventors; (e) joint Federal-industry demonstration corporation; (f) federal purchase(s) or guaranteed price of the products of the demonstration project; and (g) cooperative agreements. A program opportunity notice may highlight a particular form(s) of assistance or participation deemed most suitable to a proposed demonstration or, when justified, limit consideration of assistance or participation to a particular form(s). $9-4.5703-2 Cost participation The provisions contained in Subpart 9-4.59 outlining ERDA's cost participation policy shall apply to proposals hereunder. $9-4.5704 Method and criteria for evaluation and selection. (a) General policy. (1) Information contained in proposals offered in response to PONS shall be handled in accordance with the policies and procedures set forth in §9-3.150 pertaining to the marking and handling of proprietary data and privileged business information. (2) Late proposals, modifications of proposals, and withdrawals of proposals shall be handled in accordance with FPR 1-3.802-1. (1) When any individual proposal, together with later phases of the same project, is estimated to meet the SEB dollar threshold, comprehensive evaluation shall be conducted by a specially constituted board which shall follow procedures and documentation requirements of the SEB Handbook modified as appropriate to conform to the solicitation process as set forth herein. (2) When no individual proposal is expected to meet the SEB dollar threshold, proposals submitted in response to a PON will be evaluated by a panel which shall be appointed by the cognizant program office. The panel will be composed of program office and other personnel, including representatives of Procurement and Counsel, and, as deemed appropriate by the appointing official, supplemented by personnel from other Government agencies. The representative of Counsel will be a nonvoting member of the panel. Personnel from ERDA prime management or operating contractors may be used as advisors to the panel when their services are necessary and available. Care is to be taken in the selection of these personnel so as to avoid any actual or apparent conflicts of interest. (c) Evaluation criteria. The evaluation criteria shall be specified in the notice. The criteria below, to the extent applicable, as well as any additional criteria stated in the program opportunity notice, shall be considered: (1) the overall technical feasibility of the proposed effort; (2) the contribution which the proposed effort is expected to make to ERDA in carrying out its program responsibilities, including, but not limited to solving energy extraction and storage, transportation, conversion, waste utilization, and conservation problems; (3) the capabilities, related experience, facilities, instrumentation, or techniques which the proposer possesses and offers, and which are considered to be integral factors for achieving the objective(s) of the proposal; (4) the qualifications, capabilities, and experience of the proposed key personnel; (5) the ability of the proposer to furnish necessary financial support; (6) the proposed cooperative arrangement agreements among the participants, and form of management of the activities; and, (7) plans for involvement of the small business community. (d) Program policy factors. Program policy factors are those factors which, while not appropriate indicators of a proposal's individual merit (e.g., technical excellence, proposer's ability, cost, etc.), are relevant and essential to the process of choosing which of the proposals received and scored will, taken together, best achieve the program objectives. All such factors, to the degree it is practicable to do so, shall be specified in the notice so as to notify proposers that factors which are essentially beyond their control will affect the selection process. The following are examples of possible program policy factors: (1) it is desirable, because of the nature of the energy source, the type of projects envisioned, or limitations of past efforts, to select for award or support a group of demonstration projects with a broad or specific geographic distribution; (2) it is desirable to select for award or support projects from diverse types and sizes of proposing organizations; (3) it is desirable to select for award or support a group of projects which represent a diversity of methods, approaches, applications, or kinds of work; or (4) it is desirable due to the nature of certain projects or proposing organizations to select for award or support duplicative or complementary efforts or projects. (e) Selection officials. The selection official will be the senior program official when the estimated value of any individual proposal, together with later phases of the project, is expected to be greater than the $5 million level required in an SEB, unless otherwise designated by the head of the agency. If the value of any individual proposal is not expected to exceed the level required by an SEB the selection official may be either the Senior program official or desig nee. (f) Intermediate evaluation. Prior to making a comprehensive evaluation of a proposal, the SEB, or the receiving office when an SEB is not required, shall determine that it: (1) contains sufficient technical, cost, and other required information to enable comprehensive evaluation; and (2) has been signed by a responsible official of the proposing organization or a person authorized to obligate such organizations. If the proposal does not meet these requirements, a comprehensive evaluation shall not be made. In such a case a prompt reply shall |