SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Understanding and Mitigating the Effects of Marine Renewable Energy Technologies
- Notice Date
- 6/18/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541620
— Environmental Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- BSEE Procurement Branch, HQ381 Elden Street, HE 2306HerndonVA20170-4817US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- M14PS00045
- Response Due
- 7/3/2014
- Archive Date
- 8/2/2014
- Point of Contact
- Christy Tardiff
- E-Mail Address
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Christy.Tardiff@bsee.gov
(Christy.Tardiff@bsee.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY AS IT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY NOTICE THAT WILL BE ISSUED. The U.S. 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 contract entitled Understanding and Mitigating the Effects of Marine Renewable Energy Technologies on the Coastal and Marine Environment in the Pacific OCS Region. This procurement is being conducted in accordance with FAR Part 15. The BSEE, Acquisition Operations Branch, is the contracting office for this procurement and the resultant contract administration. The Government intends to award an Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity type of contract with a 60-month ordering period. Task orders are anticipated to be issued either on a firm-fixed-price, time-and-materials, or labor-hours basis, subject to the availability of funds. The applicable NAICS Code is 541620, Environmental Consulting Services. All potential offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) (www.sam.gov) in order to receive Government contracts. An integral part of implementing the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) (Pub. L. 109-58) and Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act, requires BOEM to conduct National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) environmental reviews and to prepare environmental documents, such as environmental impact statements and environmental assessments on renewable energy projects. In order to conduct these environmental evaluations, BOEM requires environmental data regarding the potential environmental impacts associated with offshore renewable energy technologies and facilities to inform Pacific OCS Region decision-makers to ensure environmentally safe and sound operations prior to issuance of leases and rights-of-way. The environmental documents developed for these projects will require environmental mitigation measures and associated lease conditions in subsequent decision documents. Demonstrated compliance with mitigation measures and project conditions will allow BOEM to ensure that OCS renewable energy projects proceed in an environmentally sound and timely manner. The overall objective of this study is observe, sample, and/or monitor environmental field conditions and mitigation of current and future ocean renewable projects. The type and duration of data to be collected through consultation with BOEM would depend on factors such as (1) site-specific concerns related to environmental mitigation monitoring of current and future renewable projects, and (2) the Contractor's recommendations for sampling and monitoring based on contemporary environmental issues relevant to Pacific OCS renewable energy sources. The methodology may consist of actual site monitoring to determine the environmental effects of various renewable energy device technologies and applications. The Pacific Coast of the U.S. will be the primary focus of site or project monitoring initially utilizing offshore renewable projects proposed off Oregon; however all projects within the Pacific OCS Region may be reviewed or studied as appropriate. Additional research may include, but not be limited to, literature surveys, oceanographic and sediment modeling, and summary of knowledge reviews. Examples of potential marine and coastal issues associated with Pacific Region renewable energy projects that may be studied include: (1) Infrastructure needs to support offshore floating wind and MHK facilities; (2) An assessment of the potential effects of renewable energy equipment on nearshore wave energy conditions; (3) Potential alteration of nearshore sediment movement from various MHK technologies; (4) Transmission cable installation techniques in deep-sea environments; (5) The effects of offshore renewable facilities on navigational and communication systems; and (6) The monitoring and measuring of noise effects from the installation and operation of offshore floating wind facilities and other renewable energy devices. HOW TO COMPETE FOR THIS CONTRACT: If you are interested in participating in this acquisition, please send your organization name, business size status, point of contact, address, telephone number, email address, and DUNS Number via email to the Contracting Officer, Christy Tardiff at christy.tardiff@bsee.gov. Responses are due no later than 2:00 P.M. Eastern Time, July 3, 2014. Those organizations expressing an interest in this opportunity will receive a copy of the solicitation upon issuance. Reference Solicitation No. M14PS00045 on all correspondence. Inquiries must be submitted in writing to the email address referenced above. Telephone inquiries are strongly discouraged.
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