SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- BOEM Pressure Wave & Acoustic Properties-Explosive Removal of OS Structures
- Notice Date
- 6/28/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- BSEE Procurement Branch, HQ381 Elden Street, HE 2306HerndonVA20170-4817US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- M13PS00037
- Response Due
- 7/5/2013
- Archive Date
- 8/4/2013
- Point of Contact
- Lisa A. Algarin
- E-Mail Address
-
Lisa.Algarin@bsee.gov
(Lisa.Algarin@bsee.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY AS IT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY NOTICE THAT WILL BE ISSUED. This procurement is being conducted in accordance with FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures on a full and open competitive basis. The Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), on behalf of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), intends to competitively award a Firm-Fixed-Price Purchase Order for a study titled Pressure wave and Acoustic Properties Generated by the Explosive Removal of Offshore Structures for a period of performance of 18 months from the date of award. The BSEE Acquisition Operations Branch is the contracting office for this procurement and the resultant administration. All potential Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at www.sam.gov in order to receive Government contracts. The applicable NAICS Code is 541690, Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services. The Secretary of Interior has designated the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) as the administrative agency responsible for the mineral leasing of submerged OCS lands and for the supervision of offshore operations after lease issuance. The BOEM is responsible for managing development of the Nations offshore resources in an environmentally and economically responsible way. The functions of BOEM include leasing, exploration and development, plan administration, environmental studies, NEPA analysis, resource evaluation, economic analysis, and the renewable energy program. The BSEE is responsible for enforcing safety and environmental regulations. The functions of BSEE include all field operations, including permitting and research, inspections, offshore regulatory programs, oil-spill response, and training and environmental compliance functions. There is considerable concern about the potential effects of anthropogenic noise on marine mammals and sea turtles. Of particular regulatory concern is the decommissioning of offshore structures using explosives. Decommissioning of offshore structures is an activity that is permitted by BSEE, and BSEE is responsible for both Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and Endangered Species Act (ESA) processes and compliance associated with this activity. BSEE, working with the BOEM studies program, is seeking additional information about the pressure wave and acoustic properties generated by the explosive removal of offshore structures for management decision-making relative to the protection of marine mammals and sea turtles. Approximately 2,785 oil and gas platforms exist on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Within one year of lease termination, the BSEE requires that platforms be removed from the OCS. The overarching goal of this study is to better understand and characterize the pressure waves and acoustic properties generated by explosive removals by achieving the following specific objectives: a) quantitatively measure the underwater pressure waves and acoustic properties generated by the detonation of explosives used for severance during offshore structure removal operations; b) further document the dampening effects of the target structure and surrounding sediments; particularly by deepening the severance depth or making severance cuts internal to larger tubulars (i.e., cutting conductors within caissons or large jacket legs); c) provide BSEE with scientifically valid data to update the ARA model so that the take harassment impact zones of protected species may be more accurately calculated. HOW TO COMPETE FOR THIS CONTRACT: Potential Offerors interested in participating in this acquisition are requested to send your organizations name, point of contact, address, telephone and fax numbers, email address and DUNS Number via email to Lisa A. Algarin at lisa.algarin@bsee.gov at the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Acquisition Operations Branch, MS HE 2306, 381 Elden Street, Herndon, VA 20170, by COB Friday, July 5, 2013. Those organizations expressing interest by this date will be provided a copy of the complete solicitation package shortly thereafter. Reference Solicitation No. M13PS00037 on all correspondence. TELEPHONE INQUIRIES ARE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
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