SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- High Strength Line Pipe Anomaly Assessment Methods
- Notice Date
- 6/15/2009
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 486990
— All Other Pipeline Transportation
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, PHMSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, E22-229, Washington, District of Columbia, 20590
- ZIP Code
- 20590
- Solicitation Number
- DTPH56-09-BAA-000002
- Archive Date
- 8/15/2009
- Point of Contact
- Karina Munoz, Phone: 202-366-4059
- E-Mail Address
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karina.munoz@dot.gov
(karina.munoz@dot.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Announcement Details This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) #DTPH56-09-BAA-000002 seeks proposals on an individual project or a consolidated Research and Development (R&D) program addressing the pipeline safety research described below. A. Background As a safety regulator, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) plays a critical role in overseeing the safety of our nation’s pipeline infrastructure. PHMSA’s approach includes significant coordination and collaboration with a variety of pipeline operators and trade organizations, such as the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) and the American Petroleum Institute (API). These efforts support effective policies, which maximize public safety along with corporate and national interests. Understanding the integrity of pipelines relies on a number of factors within a rigorous program for integrity management. PHMSA has a long history in dealing with anomaly assessments and repair requirements, germane to integrity management, and has co-sponsored much of the research utilized in their development and in their refinement. Recent investigations and research are generating questions about anomaly assessments and if criteria are being consistently applied, to provide adequate safety margins. Tool tolerances, corrosion growth rates, and external stresses are just some of the variables in determining remaining pipeline strength that have opened new dialog between PHMSA and the pipeline industry. These concerns drove PHMSA and Pipeline Research Council International (PRCI) to commission a research investigating the performance of methods used to predict the failure pressure of corroded pipes. Methods investigated were American Association of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) B31G and Modified B31G, RSTRENG, LPC-1, SHELL92, and PCORRC. Additional information and research findings are available at: Project No. 171, Project No. 172, Project No. 173, Project No. 174, and Project No. 175. The results of this research were shared with the pipeline industry at an October 22, 2008 public workshop. PHMSA and INGAA co-sponsored and facilitated the public workshop on Assessment and Repair of Anomalies in Pipelines, at the Gaylord National Hotel in National Harbor (Oxon Hill), Maryland. Approximately 175 attendees representing Federal and State regulators, industry, researchers, manufacturers, vendors, and the public from both the United States and Canada attended the workshop. More information, perspectives, and presentations are available at http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/MtgHome.mtg?mtg=55. PHMSA and the pipeline industry recognize that there are gaps in the data for some grades of pipe, in particular high strength pipe with deep (>50% through wall) defects, and very long shallow defects. Further research is necessary to create a more comprehensive understanding of our anomaly assessment methods. A path forward and strategy were developed to address the remaining gaps identified at the October workshop, and this BAA is a step along this path. PHMSA will formalize an oversight committee which will include, but it is not limited to, members of industry-based natural gas or hazardous liquids pipeline research funding organizations (i.e. PRCI, INGAA, AGA, and API). PHMSA envisions this oversight committee will monitor this research, and provide comments to PHMSA regarding the work scope and critical tasks awarded to the selected offeror. B. Objective To secure a recipient that can safely conduct full scale hydrostatic burst testing on a variety of steel pipeline grades and sizes, and can collect and analyze the necessary test data for comparison with related research findings. C. Goals The main goal of this project is to gather line pipe burst data to evaluate the level of applicability, safety, and reliability of available models for predicting the failure pressure of corroded pipe (i.e. ASME B31G; Modified ASME B31G; R-STRENG; LPC-1; Shell 92; PCORRC). Project results should be compatible with data compiled in a recently completed, related research project. The project should fill in gaps in available test data that have been identified for higher strength line pipe (X-65, X-70, and X-80). Consideration of higher strengths, ≥X100, will be held until the work on grades through X80 are completed and the oversight committee reviews all data and results. Pipe sizes must reflect specifications, quality, and dimensions that are specified in major planned, or recently completed, pipeline construction projects. For complete details about this BAA, please go to the following website: http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/matrix/RfpInfo.rdm?rfp=24
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