SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- EMF Impacts on Elasmobranch an
- Notice Date
- 2/27/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- BSEE Procurement Branch, HQ381 Elden Street, HE 2306HerndonVA20170-4817US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- M14PS00026
- Response Due
- 3/14/2014
- Archive Date
- 4/13/2014
- Point of Contact
- Rebecca Kruse
- E-Mail Address
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Rebecca.Kruse@bsee.gov
(Rebecca.Kruse@bsee.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Title: EMF (Electromagnetic Field) Impacts on Elasmobranch (sharks, rays and skates) and American Lobster Movement and Migration from Direct Current cables 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 15, Contracting by Negotiation. The Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) on behalf of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), intends to competitively award a time-and-materials (T&M) type of contract as a result of this notice. There are no set aside restrictions. The BSEE, Acquisition Operations Branch, is the contracting office for this procurement and the resulting contract administration. All potential Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at www.sam.gov in order to receive Government awards. The applicable NAICS Code is 541712, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology). The estimated budget range is between $650,000.00 and $800,000.00. The period of performance of the resultant contract is expected to be 24 months from the date of award. BOEM has a need for a study entitled EMF (Electromagnetic Field) Impacts on Elasmobranch (sharks, rays and skates) and American Lobster Movement and Migration from Direct Current cables. This study will focus on examining effects of EMF on elasmobranchs and lobster species in the Northeast. The effects of EMF emitted from submarine cables on marine organisms is of high concern to commercial and recreational fishermen throughout New England. While there are some studies, particularly from Europe, that indicate buried alternating current cables have little to no measurable effects on marine species, there is still concern for important US commercial species. This study will also provide additional, statistically based results of the effects of electromagnetic fields from buried cables on sensitive receptor organisms, and will involve field investigations such as expanding existing modeling of direct current including field measurements, and field surveillance monitoring (ambient and cable related) measured using a Remote Operating Vehicle (ROV) equipped with EMF measuring instrumentation. In addition, the study will capture and tag lobster and rays with the assistance of local fishermen, with the tags being used to track the movements of these species around known cable locations. The results of this study will help inform fishermen and regulators on what the actual effects of EMF are on this important fishery. Measurements of effects from buried direct current cables are non-existent. Of particular interest in the Northeast, where wind development is most likely to occur first, are the commercially important American Lobster (Homarus americanus) and elasmobranchs (skates, etc.). While there are existing submarine cables (e.g. Nantucket Island), no direct field studies have been conducted to directly evaluate the effects, or lack of effect, on these species. Further investigation into this topic would assist BOEM in future NEPA analyses of other proposed projects in the region, as well as show a commitment from BOEM to the concerns raised by fishermen. The results of this study will be helpful to BOEM in evaluating the environmental consequences of an anticipated future installation of a subsea transmission cable on the Outer Continental Shelf extending from the northern New Jersey/New York metropolitan area to southern Virginia. This subsea cable would be capable of accepting up to 6,000 MW of capacity from offshore platforms. Several converter platforms would be constructed to accept high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) feed from one or more wind farms and would convert the electricity to high-voltage direct current (HVDC) using voltage sourced converters. The only existing HVDC cables along the east coast are Cross Sound cable (330 MW) and Neptune (660 MW). The Cross Sound cable is located in an area that is used by the species of interest and can easily be accessed. Therefore, this project will focus on measurements in Long Island Sound. HOW TO COMPETE FOR THIS REQUIREMENT: If you are interested in participating in this competition, please send your organizations name, business size status, point of contact, address, telephone number, email address and DUNS Number via email to the Contracting Officer, Rebecca L. Kruse, at rebecca.kruse@bsee.gov at the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) 14 March 2014. Reference Solicitation No. M14PS00026 on all correspondence. Inquiries must be submitted in writing to the email address referenced above. Telephone inquiries are strongly discouraged. Those organizations expressing an interest in this opportunity will receive a copy of the complete solicitation upon issuance.
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