SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- Consortium Membership with the University of Texas at Austin/CPGE
- Notice Date
- 8/9/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- USGS OAG DENVER ACQUISITION BRANCHPO BOX 25046204 DENVER FEDERAL CENTERDENVERCO80225-0046US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- G13PS00651
- Response Due
- 8/24/2013
- Archive Date
- 9/23/2013
- Point of Contact
- Lisa Hayes
- E-Mail Address
-
ldhayes@usgs.gov
(ldhayes@usgs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This Notice is to announce that the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Eastern Energy Resources Science Center (EERSC) in Reston, VA is proposing to negotiate a contract with the University of Texas at Austin/Center for Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering (CPGE), on a sole source basis for a base year plus four (4) one year option periods. This requirement is for a consortium membership entitled Geologic CO2 Storage Research. The USGS has concluded that these services are unique and only available from the University of Texas at Austin/Center for Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering (CPGE). The proposed action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority FAR 6.302-1. The reason justifying this sole source procurement is that the Government believes only one responsible source can provide the services that will satisfy the agency's requirement. The Government requires the following services to meet the need of the agencys requirement, and the factors the Government will use to evaluate the information submitted by firms in response this Notice: The University of Texas CPGE is building upon the successful CO2 storage and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) research undertaken over the past ten years by more than twenty University of Texas professors, students, and postdocs from various Departments of Engineering, Geological, Geophysical and Environmental Sciences. CPEGs mission is to encourage and develop interdisciplinary research in petroleum and geosystems engineering as well as other areas related to energy and the environment, provide educational opportunities for graduate students, provide an organizational structure for funding new areas of research, and conduct meetings, symposia, and workshops on research topics and provide a mechanism for technology transfer. CPEG has many accomplishments in the following areas: reservoir engineering, production engineering, drilling engineering, and formation evaluation. The CPGE membership provides the following benefits: 1. Focused research workshops organized to bring together experts from across the globe to discuss an important specific research topic related to carbon storage; 2. Detailed national assessment of storage potential carbon dioxide in geologic formations; 3. Better understanding of combined enhanced oil and gas recovery with CO2 sequestration or utilization of CO2 for enhanced recovery of oil, mixed gas injection processes. 4. An invitation to the CPGE annual review meeting at which ongoing research projects funded by the USGS and others will be presented by faculty, students, and postdocs. The CPGE membership will provide the following deliverables: CPGE is responsible for planning work, coordinating work with USGS scientists, and conducting the research. CPGE will provide USGS with progress reports to the Project Chief and identify any potentially controversial matters. In addition, CPGE will provide to the USGS access 1) to focused research workshops organized to bring together experts from across the globe to discuss an important specific research topic related to carbon storage; 2) to short courses on topics related to on-going research; 3) to the CPGE website with videos of presentations of interest made at weekly CPGE meetings by students, faculty, and post-docs; and 3) an invitation to the CPGE annual review meeting for the at which ongoing research projects funded by the USGS and others will be presented by faculty, students, and postdocs. In order to be responsive to this Notice, a firm must provide the appropriate capability statement for consideration by August 24, 2013. Responses that do not comply with these procedures will not be considered. Requests for information and subsequent responses may be e-mailed to the point-of-contact specified below. Firms are cautioned that this is not a solicitation. All costs associated with providing information as requested by this Notice shall be the responsibility of the responding firm. Inquiries will only be accepted by e-mail to Lisa Hayes at ldhayes@usgs.gov.
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