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B-207112 1 (1982-05-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkik0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ,',:, ;,,',xTHE I1cDpvHFQLL.F4 CW NL.tRAL D3 E 1ISON 3F,- T-111U -N, ITILRT AT TM u ---T-Tfl WWA H I N O T 0 N , 0,0, UO31 040 A FILE: U-207112 DATE; flay 28', 1982 4 MATTER OF Electronic Space Systems Corporation 9 DI3EST; A complaint that the Department of Energy's use of a cooperative agreemnent, rather than a procurement. was improper is dismissed because the complainant hap failed to establish that the project in question should have been the subject of a procurement. On April 14, 1982, Electronic Space Systems Corporation (ESSCO) complained to our Office about the Department of Energy's (DOE) intent to enter into a cooperative agreement with another company, Advanco Corporation (Acvanco), for a research project, We dismiss ESSCO's complaint. As ESSCO describes it, thih effort originated with the issuance by DOE of prOgram opportunity notice (PON) No, DE-PN04-81-AL16333(PON) for the design, fabrication, test and performance evaluation of a prototype solar parabolic dish/Stirlinq engine system module described in detail in the PON. (Oversimplified, a Stirling engine produces powev: in nuch the same manner as gasoline or diesel engines, except that in a Stirling engine heat is applied to the cylinders externally rather than by burning a fue!', such as gasoline, Inside the cylinders, A parabolic dish or concentrator can focus the sun's rays into a small area to produce the heat needed to operate the Stirling engine. sThe two devices may be combined, for instance, as a stand-alone system to run an electric generator;) ESSCO also states that in reviewing the PON, it noted that the P-40 Stirling engine, manufactured by United wtirllng, Inc. (United), was frequently mentioned in section G of the PON. We have examined the PON and find that section G, to which [SSCO refers, provides background technical information on at least five different Stirling engines. • 9;- ,. . , 9.- ..- . . . . . . ..--. .. &~ 1

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