BDM-Oklahoma, PO Box 2565, 220 N. Virginia Ave., Bartlesville, OK 74005

A -- ADVANCED RECOVERY CONCEPTS SOL OKL-5158-01 Due 082195. Contact: Brian P. Rieper, Senior Subcontracts Administrator, 918/337-4305. BDM-Oklahoma (BDM), Management and Operating Contractor for DOE's National Oil and Related Programs under prime contract DE-AC22-94PC91008, is interested in receiving firm-fixed price responses on the research effort described below. Response to this Program Research and Development Announcement (PRDA) number OKL-5158-01 is required by 4 PM CST on August 21, 1995. Responses must be sent to: BDM-Oklahoma, Inc., PO Box 2565, 220 N. Virginia Avenue, Bartlesville, OK 74005. Responses must reference the PRDA number. This announcement is an expression of interest only and does not commit BDM to pay for any response preparation costs. Proposal preparation costs should not be included within the price/cost proposal. BDM reserves the right to select for award any, all, or none of the responses received. It is BDM's intention to award multiple subcontracts for this effort. One subcontract is being set aside for small disadvantaged businesses (SDB) of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). Late proposals will be handled in accordance with FAR 15.412. The selection of one or more sources for contract award will be based on a scientific and engineering evaluation of the responses (technical and price/cost) to determine the relative merit of the approach taken in response to this announcement. New and innovative concepts, ideas and approaches are of primary interest. Proposals aimed at applying proven concepts should not be submitted. Technical aspects will be ranked higher than price/cost in the scoring process. The technical and price/cost responses will be evaluated concurrently. The estimated maximum funding from BDM is $266,000 per year, per award (not to exceed $800,000 over three years). Industrial involvement through cost-participation and cooperative arrangements is optional though strongly encouraged. Questions on technical issues may be referred in writing to M. Madden, fax (918) 337-4365. Contract issues and price/cost response format questions should be referred in writing to Brian Rieper, fax (918) 337-4504. Written questons must be received no later than August 7, 1995. BDM seeks proposals for fundamental research leading to the development of cost-effective, improved, and/or innovative methods to design or apply chemical systems to increase oil recovery from domestic oil reservoirs. For many reservoirs, the use of some type of improved chemical-based extraction process is required to mobilize and produce oil remaining after secondary processes have been applied. Use of chemicals, in many cases, may be the only viable process to increase oil production. Chemically improved oil recovery (IOR) encompasses a wide variety of extraction processes, including 1) process mobility control; 2) profile or permeability modification (sweep improvement); and 3) chemical flooding (surfactants, alkaline, and other chemicals, alone or in combination). This solicitation seeks proposals that advance the current state-of-the-art for IOR and/or provide solutions to well-documented problems associated with application of IOR processes. These problems include, but are not limited to, chemical incompatibility, and process economics. Proposals may include 1) synthesis, development, and evaluation of new and advanced surfactants, polymers, or other effective chemicals or combinations of chemicals; 2) understanding of and design of improved processes to minimize chemical loss and incompatibility, and maintain slug integrity; 3) development of innovative chemical-based oil recovery methods or combinations of methods that have significantly improved process economics; and 4) development of improved laboratory methodology to design and/or evaluate chemical oil recovery systems, including applications with emerging technologies. Proposals that involve development of new IOR process simulators are not being solicited although use or improvement of existing simulators can be included. In addition, proposals to use microbes to increase oil production are not being solicited although use of biological methods to produce new or cost-effective chemicals can be included. This solicitation is not intended to provide funding support for field tests to evaluate the effectiveness of chemiccal-based IOR systems. Aggressive technology transfer is required. Peer reviewed publications of research results, involvement in technical meetings, national symposia and/or regional workshops shall be a part of these research efforts as mechanisms for accelerating technology transfer to oil producers. Dissemination of information and technology throughout the term of the project is encouraged. The proposal shall include prime and subcontractor information consisting of 1 bound volume not to exceed 80 pages in length including title page, table of contents, figures, tables, references, biographical sketches, resumes, exhibits,price and cost information, and appendices. Propsals shall be prepared in the following format: 8.5 x 11'' paper, double spaced, in a type size no smaller than 12 pt (including type in graphics and charts), and printed on 1 side with numbered pages. Foldout pages if used, shall not exceed 11 x 17'' paper and they shall be counted as 2 pages. Pages in excess of 80 will not be evaluated. Proposals shall consist of the following: 1) Executive Summary (2 page maximum); 2) Technical Approach; 3) Statement of Work subdivided into tasks and subtasks; 4) Technology Transfer Plan; 5) Management Plan; 6) Facilities & Equipment Description; 7) Related Prior Work by the Offeror(s); 8) Resumes of Key Individuals; 9) Milestone Chart; 10) Description of Deliverable Items-quarterly technical reports are the minimum; 11) Environmental, Safety, and Health Issues and Mitigating Measures; and 12) a one-page Cost/Price Summary and a Standard Form 1411 (to obtain a Standard Form 1411 contact Brian Rieper at 918-337-4305). Key personnel and their levels of effort should be linked to tasks in the Statement of Work. A cover letter shall be included with each volume that contains: 1) the names of any company or organization that participates at 10% or greater in the performance of the work, 2) a statement of validity for 180 days beyond the closing date for receipt of proposals, 3) a statement authorizing BDM's employees, authorized consultants and advisors with executed Organizational Conflicts of Interest forms, and authorized DOE personnel to evaluate the proposals, 4) the signature of an official duly authorized to commit the organization in business and financial affairs, and 5) a statement about the SDB or HBCU status of the offeror. Proposal evaluation and awards will be based upon the technical merit as well as price/cost reasonableness and realism in conjunction with the availability of funds with respect to the following criteria in descending order of importance: 1) innovativeness of the approach; 2) technical approach, qualificatons of the offeror(s), and management plan; 3) statement of work, technology transfer plan, and deliverables; 4) milestone chart and ES&H; and 5) cost/price factors. An original and 5 copies of the proposals must be submitted to BDM. Faxed proposals will not be accepted. BDM intends to incrementally fund any issued subcontracts. Work should be scheduled to begin on/about March 1, 1996. The period of performance is up to 36 months. Unless stated otherwise herein, no additional written information is available not will a formal RFP or other soliciatation regarding this announcement be issued. All proprietary portions of the proposals should be clearly identified and will be treated in the strictest confidence. If a responder wishes to restrict the proposal, the responder should mark the title page with the following legend: ``This data shall not be disclosed outside BDM or DOE and shall not be duplicated, used, or disclosed in whole or in part for any purpose other than to evaluate the proposal, provided that is a contract is awarded to this PRDA responder as a result of or in conjunction with the submission of this date, BDM or DOE shall have the right to duplicate, use, or disclose the date to the extent provided in the contract. This restriction does not limit BDM's or DOE's right to use information contained in the data if it is obtained from another source without restriction. The date subject to this restriction is contained on page _''. The PRDA responder shall mark each sheet of date that is to be restricted with the following legend: ``Use or disclosure of PRDA response date is subject to the restriction on the Title Page of this proposal.'' (186)

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