SECTION III - TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

1. CONTENT OF RESULTING AGREEMENT

Any agreement resulting from this PON will be a cost-shared Cooperative

Agreement based on the Model Cooperative Agreement provided as Appendix

by NO LATER THAN 4:30 P.M., Washington, D.C., time, on April 18, 1986.

This Program Opportunity Notice (PON) contains preprinted labels that

should be used for mailing or hand delivering proposals. (CAUTION:

See SECTION II1.34, "Late Submissions, Modifications, and withdrawals

of Proposals.")

6. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

The Government's share of any resulting project costs is subject to

the availability of funds. Funding for Cooperative Agreements will

be provided on an incremental basis. Currently, funds have been

made available for this program for Fiscal Years 1986 through 1988.

These funds will be available to cover obligations in accordance with

the allocations provided in Pub. 1. No. 99-190. Under the Act, funds

appropriated for this program will remain available until expended.

However, cost-sharing by the Government is contingent upon the

continued availability of appropriated funds for this program.

7.

OFFER ACCEPTANCE PERIOD

The minimum offer acceptance period must be 240 days after the

deadline for receipt of proposals, as stated in SECTION III.5,

It is anticipated that there will be multiple awards resulting from

this solicitation.

9.

Wherever, in the solicitation or cooperative agreement, "man," "men," or their related pronouns may appear, either as words or as parts of

words (and other than with obvious reference to named male individuals),

they have been used for literary purposes and are meant in their generic sense (i.e., to include all humankind - both female and male

sexes).

11. NOTICE OF POSSIBLE AVAILABILITY OF LOANS FOR BID AND PROPOSAL

PREPARATION BY MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES SEEKING DOE CONTRACTS

AND ASSISTANCE (10 C.F.R. 800; 46 Fed. Reg. 44686 and 48 Fed. Reg.

17573) (1984)

Section 211 of the DOE Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7141) authorizes

DOE to provide loans to minority business enterprises to assist them

in their efforts to participate in DOE acquisition and assistance

programs. The loans are to enable the preparation of bids or pro

posals for DOE contracts and assistance awards and for first- and

second-tier subcontracts with DOE operating contractors.

The loans are limited to 75% of the allowable costs incurred in

preparing such proposals.

The award of these loans is subject to

the availability of appropriations.

DOE does not warrant that such loans can be made available in

sufficient time to prepare a proposal for this solicitation.

This

loan program includes provisions for a preliminary review of the application for proposal preparation assistance in advance of a

specific loan request.

Information regarding loan availability, eligibility criteria, and

how to apply may be obtained from:

San Francisco Operations Office, U.S. DOE

1333 Broadway

Oakland, California 94612

Attn: Minority Loan Program Office

(415) 273-6403

12. INTENTION TO PROPOSE

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Please complete the "Intention to Propose" form in Appendix M of

this PON and mail it to the address provided on the form by the

earliest practical date.