NewStream Energy Technologies Group Inc (NSGP)

[JamesE_]

Hey Dig_it, sorry for the late reply...

Don't know the status of Kiewit... but I'm sure it's nothing to worry about.
It's likely they've served their primary purpose. We know their engineers have redesigned our plant with performance upgrades, possibly excluding those further enhancements for REM extraction. However, we'll still need a contractor to build our plant.

Remember that when government funds are used for construction projects, such as a pilot plant, bids must be taken.

U.S. EDA website:

PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRACTS OVER 100K
All procurement transactions affecting a project funded in any way by the EDA will be conducted in a manner providing full and open competition consistent with the EDA standards outlined in this Article. See Chapter 2 Article 8 for Procurement requirements for Architectural and Engineering Consultants and Chapter 3 Article 12 for bid requirements for Construction. The following situations are considered to be restrictive of the competitive bidding process as defined by the EDA and are therefore prohibited on EDA funded projects.
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ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SELECTION PROCESS
If an Architect/Engineer has been selected by the IVDA prior to EDA approval of the grant award and the contract between the IVDA and the Architect or Engineer has not been previously submitted to EDA, it should be submitted as soon after the grant award as possible. If the selection has not been made at the time of grant award the contract should be sent to the EDA Regional Office as soon as possible after its execution by both parties.

For EDA to participate in the cost for architect/engineer services the Architect/Engineer must be selected competitively by sealed bids (formal advertising) or by competitive proposals. If the selection is made by competitive proposal the following requirements apply: