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Only electronic responses will be accepted.\nResponses must be provided as attachments to an email and sent to \u0013 HYPERLINK \"mailto:bioenergizeme@ee.doe.gov\" \u0014bioenergizeme@ee.doe.gov\u0015 no later than 5:00 p.m. (EDT) on November 2, 2020. (It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25 MB be compressed to ensure message delivery.)\nIf proprietary information is included in your response, please see page 4 of the \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/default.aspx\" \\l \"FoaId4c7b0d83-00ab-4435-b86c-e7cee5f37dee\" \u0014\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/\" \\l \"FoaId4c7b0d83-00ab-4435-b86c-e7cee5f37dee\" \u0014RFI\u0015\u0015 for instructions.\nRespondents may answer as many or as few questions as they wish. 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