SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) Methodology Study
- Notice Date
- 6/3/2015
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Bureau Safety and Environmental Enforcement, 1201 Elmwood Park Blvd, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70123, United States
- ZIP Code
- 70123
- Solicitation Number
- M15PS00039
- Archive Date
- 7/4/2015
- Point of Contact
- Sang Han,
- E-Mail Address
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sang.han@bsee.gov
(sang.han@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 Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) intends to competitively award a contract entitled "Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) Methodology Study." 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 a time-and-materials type contract for this effort. The period of performance of the resultant contract is anticipated to be 19 months. The estimated cost of this study is between $350,000 and $430,000. The applicable NAICS Code is 541990, All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. All potential offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) (www.sam.gov) in order to receive Government contracts. The 1953 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) and its subsequent amendments require the Secretary of Interior to balance the nation's energy needs with the protection of the human, marine, and coastal environments, while ensuring that the concerns of coastal states and competing users are taken into account. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), a bureau within the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), has jurisdiction over all mineral resources on the Federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), and is charged with conducting OCS lease sales as well as monitoring and mitigating unwelcome impacts that might be associated with resource development. In 2005, the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) amended Section 388 of the OCSLA, giving the Secretary discretionary authority to issue leases, easements, or rights-of-way for renewable energy projects on the OCS. Under this new authority, the BOEM may issue leases on the OCS for potential renewable energy projects including, but not limited to, wind energy, wave energy, ocean current energy, solar energy, and hydrogen production. The BOEM recognizes that new and future uses of the OCS, including renewable energy development, should be managed in a deliberate and responsible manner, keeping both the nation's energy needs and concerns for the marine environment in mind. To comply with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other relevant laws, BOEM's renewable energy regulations require a lessee to identify man-made hazards, such as unexploded ordinance (UXO) and/or munitions and explosives of concern (MEC). Areas of the seabed that will be disturbed during installation should be cleared of UXO and MEC prior to installation actives for both human safety and environmental protection. There are few guidelines that provide detailed guidance on methodologies capable of identifying surficial, partially buried, and fully buried UXO and MEC likely to be encountered on the Atlantic OCS. In-situ UXO and MEC identification methodologies are not well established components of offshore renewable energy development in the United States. The purpose of this investigation is to provide guidance to renewable energy developers and BOEM on identification and site clearance methodologies specific to UXO and MEC as required in a Construction and Operations Plan (COP). The anticipated size and type of UXO and MEC has a large impact on equipment choice and survey methodologies, therefore, understanding the anticipated UXO and MEC that could be encountered is another key element of this study. The goal of the study is to investigate, verify, and recommend methodologies to identify UXO and MEC specific to conditions found in renewable energy lease and planning areas along the Atlantic OCS. The study will also work to identify regional expectations of type, size, and likelihood of presence for UXO and MEC along the Atlantic OCS. HOW TO COMPETE FOR THIS CONTRACT: If you are interested in participating in this acquisition, please send your organization's name, point of contact, address, telephone and fax numbers, email address, and DUNS Number via email to Sang Han at sang.han@bsee.gov or via U.S. Mail to Sang Han, BSEE Acquisition Operations Branch, 45600 Woodland Park Dr. Sterling, VA 20166. Responses are due no later than 2:00 P.M. Eastern Time, Friday, June 19, 2015. Those organizations expressing an interest in this opportunity will receive a copy of the complete solicitation upon issuance. Reference Solicitation No. M15PS00039 and title "Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) Methodology Study" on all correspondence. TELEPHONE INQUIRIES ARE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
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