Department of Energy Industrial Technologies Program: Save Energy Now Technical Assistance and Plant Assessment Program

competitiveness. This program works with industry to identify and implement

energy efficiency savings through energy assessments, provides technical
assistance, and encourages technology deployment. This Funding Opportunity

Announcement seeks applications from organizations that will participate in

this effort by performing the following activities:

Task 1 Technical Assistance and Plant Assessment Development and Delivery:
¿ Coordinate, strengthen and expand the Energy Saving Assessment process
¿ Provide access to ITP technical assistance resources to industry
participants
as
appropriate
¿ Develop and implement a communications and outreach strategy to
disseminate
information and solicit industry participation in ITP activities and the
SEN
Leader program
¿ Coordinate and manage an existing group of Energy Experts and Qualified
Specialists who perform assessments and provide technical assistance, and
additionally, solicit, select and train new Experts and new skill sets.

Task 2 Enhanced Project Implementation Support and Technology Deployment
¿ Develop and implement a methodology to perform follow-up activities to
industrial assessments targeted toward project implementation
¿ Develop and deliver a project implementation support program
¿ Integrate new or emerging technology development from the ITP Research
and
Development portfolio into project implementation program

Applicants can submit proposals to perform both Tasks 1 and 2, or may
submit
proposals to perform just Task 1 or Task 2.

Applications for this Funding Opportunity Announcement must be accessed,
completed, and submitted through Grants.gov at http://www.grants.gov to be
considered for award. Questions regarding the content of the announcement
should be submitted through the ¿Submit Question¿ feature of the DOE
Industry
Interactive Procurement System (IIPS) at http://e-center.doe.gov.

VERY IMPORTANT: To complete and submit applications through Grants.gov,
there
are several actions you must complete (e.g., obtain a Dun and Bradstreet
Data
Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number, register with the Central
Contract
Registry (CCR), install the PureEdge Viewer, register with the credential
provider, and register with Grants.gov). Applicants are highly encouraged
to
register as soon as possible and should allow at least 21 days to complete
the
registration process. When done, call the Grants.gov Helpdesk at
1-800-518-4726 to verify successful registration. Registration
Instructions
are found on the Grants.gov web site at http://www.grants.gov and in the
Funding Opportunity Announcement.

Microsoft Vista and Office 2007 Compatibility: Grants.gov is currently
incompatible with both the new Microsoft (MS) Vista Operating System and
the
new Microsoft (MS) Office 2007 versions of Word, Excel, and Power Point.
In
order to create and submit your application to Grants.gov, you must find a
computer with a previous version Microsoft Operating System, such as
Windows
XP.

If you attach a file created using MS Office 2007, you will not get an
error
message when you submit the application, HOWEVER, your entire application

will not be able to be processed or accepted at Grants.gov and will not
reach
DOE. Grants.gov can accept applications with attachments created in MS
Office
2007 if the attachments are saved in the prior format. See the
http://www.grants.gov/assets/Vista_and_office_07_Compatibility.pdf for
detailed
instructions on how to do this. A file created in MS Office 2007 can be
identified by the x at the end of the file extension, for example
sample.docx for a Word file.

Help Mode: It is important to complete all the required fields in
accordance
with the pop-up instructions on the Application forms. To activate the
instructions, turn on the ¿Help Mode¿ (Icon with the pointer and question
mark
at the top of the form).

Should you have questions regarding the operation of Grants.gov, please
contact
the Grants.gov Contact Center at support@grants.gov or 1-800-518-4726.
Contact
Center hours of operation are Monday – Friday from 7:00am to 9:00pm Eastern

Standard Time.

competitiveness. This program works with industry to identify and implement

energy efficiency savings through energy assessments, provides technical
assistance, and encourages technology deployment. This Funding Opportunity

Announcement seeks applications from organizations that will participate in

this effort by performing the following activities:

Task 1 Technical Assistance and Plant Assessment Development and Delivery:
¿ Coordinate, strengthen and expand the Energy Saving Assessment process
¿ Provide access to ITP technical assistance resources to industry
participants
as
appropriate
¿ Develop and implement a communications and outreach strategy to
disseminate
information and solicit industry participation in ITP activities and the
SEN
Leader program
¿ Coordinate and manage an existing group of Energy Experts and Qualified
Specialists who perform assessments and provide technical assistance, and
additionally, solicit, select and train new Experts and new skill sets.

Task 2 Enhanced Project Implementation Support and Technology Deployment
¿ Develop and implement a methodology to perform follow-up activities to
industrial assessments targeted toward project implementation
¿ Develop and deliver a project implementation support program
¿ Integrate new or emerging technology development from the ITP Research
and
Development portfolio into project implementation program

Applicants can submit proposals to perform both Tasks 1 and 2, or may
submit
proposals to perform just Task 1 or Task 2.

Applications for this Funding Opportunity Announcement must be accessed,
completed, and submitted through Grants.gov at http://www.grants.gov to be
considered for award. Questions regarding the content of the announcement
should be submitted through the ¿Submit Question¿ feature of the DOE
Industry
Interactive Procurement System (IIPS) at http://e-center.doe.gov.

VERY IMPORTANT: To complete and submit applications through Grants.gov,
there
are several actions you must complete (e.g., obtain a Dun and Bradstreet
Data
Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number, register with the Central
Contract
Registry (CCR), install the PureEdge Viewer, register with the credential
provider, and register with Grants.gov). Applicants are highly encouraged
to
register as soon as possible and should allow at least 21 days to complete
the
registration process. When done, call the Grants.gov Helpdesk at
1-800-518-4726 to verify successful registration. Registration
Instructions
are found on the Grants.gov web site at http://www.grants.gov and in the
Funding Opportunity Announcement.

Microsoft Vista and Office 2007 Compatibility: Grants.gov is currently
incompatible with both the new Microsoft (MS) Vista Operating System and
the
new Microsoft (MS) Office 2007 versions of Word, Excel, and Power Point.
In
order to create and submit your application to Grants.gov, you must find a
computer with a previous version Microsoft Operating System, such as
Windows
XP.

If you attach a file created using MS Office 2007, you will not get an
error
message when you submit the application, HOWEVER, your entire application

will not be able to be processed or accepted at Grants.gov and will not
reach
DOE. Grants.gov can accept applications with attachments created in MS
Office
2007 if the attachments are saved in the prior format. See the
http://www.grants.gov/assets/Vista_and_office_07_Compatibility.pdf for
detailed
instructions on how to do this. A file created in MS Office 2007 can be
identified by the x at the end of the file extension, for example
sample.docx for a Word file.

Help Mode: It is important to complete all the required fields in
accordance
with the pop-up instructions on the Application forms. To activate the
instructions, turn on the ¿Help Mode¿ (Icon with the pointer and question
mark
at the top of the form).

Should you have questions regarding the operation of Grants.gov, please
contact
the Grants.gov Contact Center at support@grants.gov or 1-800-518-4726.
Contact
Center hours of operation are Monday – Friday from 7:00am to 9:00pm Eastern

Standard Time.

competitiveness. This program works with industry to identify and implement

energy efficiency savings through energy assessments, provides technical
assistance, and encourages technology deployment. This Funding Opportunity

Announcement seeks applications from organizations that will participate in

this effort by performing the following activities:

Task 1 Technical Assistance and Plant Assessment Development and Delivery:
¿ Coordinate, strengthen and expand the Energy Saving Assessment process
¿ Provide access to ITP technical assistance resources to industry
participants
as
appropriate
¿ Develop and implement a communications and outreach strategy to
disseminate
information and solicit industry participation in ITP activities and the
SEN
Leader program
¿ Coordinate and manage an existing group of Energy Experts and Qualified
Specialists who perform assessments and provide technical assistance, and
additionally, solicit, select and train new Experts and new skill sets.

Task 2 Enhanced Project Implementation Support and Technology Deployment
¿ Develop and implement a methodology to perform follow-up activities to
industrial assessments targeted toward project implementation
¿ Develop and deliver a project implementation support program
¿ Integrate new or emerging technology development from the ITP Research
and
Development portfolio into project implementation program

Applicants can submit proposals to perform both Tasks 1 and 2, or may
submit
proposals to perform just Task 1 or Task 2.

Applications for this Funding Opportunity Announcement must be accessed,
completed, and submitted through Grants.gov at http://www.grants.gov to be
considered for award. Questions regarding the content of the announcement
should be submitted through the ¿Submit Question¿ feature of the DOE
Industry
Interactive Procurement System (IIPS) at http://e-center.doe.gov.

VERY IMPORTANT: To complete and submit applications through Grants.gov,
there
are several actions you must complete (e.g., obtain a Dun and Bradstreet
Data
Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number, register with the Central
Contract
Registry (CCR), install the PureEdge Viewer, register with the credential
provider, and register with Grants.gov). Applicants are highly encouraged
to
register as soon as possible and should allow at least 21 days to complete
the
registration process. When done, call the Grants.gov Helpdesk at
1-800-518-4726 to verify successful registration. Registration
Instructions
are found on the Grants.gov web site at http://www.grants.gov and in the
Funding Opportunity Announcement.

Microsoft Vista and Office 2007 Compatibility: Grants.gov is currently
incompatible with both the new Microsoft (MS) Vista Operating System and
the
new Microsoft (MS) Office 2007 versions of Word, Excel, and Power Point.
In
order to create and submit your application to Grants.gov, you must find a
computer with a previous version Microsoft Operating System, such as
Windows
XP.

If you attach a file created using MS Office 2007, you will not get an
error
message when you submit the application, HOWEVER, your entire application

will not be able to be processed or accepted at Grants.gov and will not
reach
DOE. Grants.gov can accept applications with attachments created in MS
Office
2007 if the attachments are saved in the prior format. See the
http://www.grants.gov/assets/Vista_and_office_07_Compatibility.pdf for
detailed
instructions on how to do this. A file created in MS Office 2007 can be
identified by the x at the end of the file extension, for example
sample.docx for a Word file.

Help Mode: It is important to complete all the required fields in
accordance
with the pop-up instructions on the Application forms. To activate the
instructions, turn on the ¿Help Mode¿ (Icon with the pointer and question
mark
at the top of the form).

Should you have questions regarding the operation of Grants.gov, please
contact
the Grants.gov Contact Center at support@grants.gov or 1-800-518-4726.
Contact
Center hours of operation are Monday – Friday from 7:00am to 9:00pm Eastern

Standard Time.

competitiveness. This program works with industry to identify and implement

energy efficiency savings through energy assessments, provides technical
assistance, and encourages technology deployment. This Funding Opportunity

Announcement seeks applications from organizations that will participate in

this effort by performing the following activities:

Task 1 Technical Assistance and Plant Assessment Development and Delivery:
¿ Coordinate, strengthen and expand the Energy Saving Assessment process
¿ Provide access to ITP technical assistance resources to industry
participants
as
appropriate
¿ Develop and implement a communications and outreach strategy to
disseminate
information and solicit industry participation in ITP activities and the
SEN
Leader program
¿ Coordinate and manage an existing group of Energy Experts and Qualified
Specialists who perform assessments and provide technical assistance, and
additionally, solicit, select and train new Experts and new skill sets.

Task 2 Enhanced Project Implementation Support and Technology Deployment
¿ Develop and implement a methodology to perform follow-up activities to
industrial assessments targeted toward project implementation
¿ Develop and deliver a project implementation support program
¿ Integrate new or emerging technology development from the ITP Research
and
Development portfolio into project implementation program

Applicants can submit proposals to perform both Tasks 1 and 2, or may
submit
proposals to perform just Task 1 or Task 2.

Applications for this Funding Opportunity Announcement must be accessed,
completed, and submitted through Grants.gov at http://www.grants.gov to be
considered for award. Questions regarding the content of the announcement
should be submitted through the ¿Submit Question¿ feature of the DOE
Industry
Interactive Procurement System (IIPS) at http://e-center.doe.gov.

VERY IMPORTANT: To complete and submit applications through Grants.gov,
there
are several actions you must complete (e.g., obtain a Dun and Bradstreet
Data
Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number, register with the Central
Contract
Registry (CCR), install the PureEdge Viewer, register with the credential
provider, and register with Grants.gov). Applicants are highly encouraged
to
register as soon as possible and should allow at least 21 days to complete
the
registration process. When done, call the Grants.gov Helpdesk at
1-800-518-4726 to verify successful registration. Registration
Instructions
are found on the Grants.gov web site at http://www.grants.gov and in the
Funding Opportunity Announcement.

Microsoft Vista and Office 2007 Compatibility: Grants.gov is currently
incompatible with both the new Microsoft (MS) Vista Operating System and
the
new Microsoft (MS) Office 2007 versions of Word, Excel, and Power Point.
In
order to create and submit your application to Grants.gov, you must find a
computer with a previous version Microsoft Operating System, such as
Windows
XP.

If you attach a file created using MS Office 2007, you will not get an
error
message when you submit the application, HOWEVER, your entire application

will not be able to be processed or accepted at Grants.gov and will not
reach
DOE. Grants.gov can accept applications with attachments created in MS
Office
2007 if the attachments are saved in the prior format. See the
http://www.grants.gov/assets/Vista_and_office_07_Compatibility.pdf for
detailed
instructions on how to do this. A file created in MS Office 2007 can be
identified by the x at the end of the file extension, for example
sample.docx for a Word file.

Help Mode: It is important to complete all the required fields in
accordance
with the pop-up instructions on the Application forms. To activate the
instructions, turn on the ¿Help Mode¿ (Icon with the pointer and question
mark
at the top of the form).

Should you have questions regarding the operation of Grants.gov, please
contact
the Grants.gov Contact Center at support@grants.gov or 1-800-518-4726.
Contact
Center hours of operation are Monday – Friday from 7:00am to 9:00pm Eastern

Standard Time.

competitiveness. This program works with industry to identify and implement

energy efficiency savings through energy assessments, provides technical
assistance, and encourages technology deployment. This Funding Opportunity

Announcement seeks applications from organizations that will participate in

this effort by performing the following activities:

Task 1 Technical Assistance and Plant Assessment Development and Delivery:
¿ Coordinate, strengthen and expand the Energy Saving Assessment process
¿ Provide access to ITP technical assistance resources to industry
participants
as
appropriate
¿ Develop and implement a communications and outreach strategy to
disseminate
information and solicit industry participation in ITP activities and the
SEN
Leader program
¿ Coordinate and manage an existing group of Energy Experts and Qualified
Specialists who perform assessments and provide technical assistance, and
additionally, solicit, select and train new Experts and new skill sets.

Task 2 Enhanced Project Implementation Support and Technology Deployment
¿ Develop and implement a methodology to perform follow-up activities to
industrial assessments targeted toward project implementation
¿ Develop and deliver a project implementation support program
¿ Integrate new or emerging technology development from the ITP Research
and
Development portfolio into project implementation program

Applicants can submit proposals to perform both Tasks 1 and 2, or may
submit
proposals to perform just Task 1 or Task 2.

Applications for this Funding Opportunity Announcement must be accessed,
completed, and submitted through Grants.gov at http://www.grants.gov to be
considered for award. Questions regarding the content of the announcement
should be submitted through the ¿Submit Question¿ feature of the DOE
Industry
Interactive Procurement System (IIPS) at http://e-center.doe.gov.

VERY IMPORTANT: To complete and submit applications through Grants.gov,
there
are several actions you must complete (e.g., obtain a Dun and Bradstreet
Data
Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number, register with the Central
Contract
Registry (CCR), install the PureEdge Viewer, register with the credential
provider, and register with Grants.gov). Applicants are highly encouraged
to
register as soon as possible and should allow at least 21 days to complete
the
registration process. When done, call the Grants.gov Helpdesk at
1-800-518-4726 to verify successful registration. Registration
Instructions
are found on the Grants.gov web site at http://www.grants.gov and in the
Funding Opportunity Announcement.

Microsoft Vista and Office 2007 Compatibility: Grants.gov is currently
incompatible with both the new Microsoft (MS) Vista Operating System and
the
new Microsoft (MS) Office 2007 versions of Word, Excel, and Power Point.
In
order to create and submit your application to Grants.gov, you must find a
computer with a previous version Microsoft Operating System, such as
Windows
XP.

If you attach a file created using MS Office 2007, you will not get an
error
message when you submit the application, HOWEVER, your entire application

will not be able to be processed or accepted at Grants.gov and will not
reach
DOE. Grants.gov can accept applications with attachments created in MS
Office
2007 if the attachments are saved in the prior format. See the
http://www.grants.gov/assets/Vista_and_office_07_Compatibility.pdf for
detailed
instructions on how to do this. A file created in MS Office 2007 can be
identified by the x at the end of the file extension, for example
sample.docx for a Word file.

Help Mode: It is important to complete all the required fields in
accordance
with the pop-up instructions on the Application forms. To activate the
instructions, turn on the ¿Help Mode¿ (Icon with the pointer and question
mark
at the top of the form).

Should you have questions regarding the operation of Grants.gov, please
contact
the Grants.gov Contact Center at support@grants.gov or 1-800-518-4726.
Contact
Center hours of operation are Monday – Friday from 7:00am to 9:00pm Eastern

Standard Time.