Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Procurement Operations Branch, MS2500, 381 Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 22070-4817

B -- COLLECTION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE ALASKAN NORTH SLOPE SOL 1435-01-97-RQ-30859 POC Cate Keaser, Procurement Technician, 703-787-1365, or Jane Carlson, Contracting Officer, 703-787-1364 The Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, intends to competitively award a contract to conduct a study for the Collection of Traditional Knowledge of the Alaskan North Slope. PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE NOTICE CAREFULLY AS IT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY NOTICE THAT WILL BE ISSUED. Additional study details: The primary objectives of this study are: (1) Collect and make available traditional knowledge information associated with the Alaskan North Slope, encompassing oral-history-taped interviews, written transcripts, published sources, and textual and video records including any CD-ROM "jukeboxes" produced for the North Slope Borough (NSB) by the Alaska Oral History Project at the University of Alaska Fairbanks of elder interviews and Elders' Conferences and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) Office Native-allotment-interview files (8,000); (2) Create a key words list and index for the traditional knowledge information; and (3) Prepare a CD-ROM(s) that contains search software, an annotated bibliography and traditional knowledge information which is sourced, abstracted, key worded and geographically referenced. Traditional knowledge information appropriate for inclusion in the traditional knowledge database will be identified by community elders, subsistence coordinators on staff with the NSB, Inupiaq Language and Cultural Center personnel, and members of the North Slope Scientific Committee as part of the contract. The traditional knowledge CD-ROM will be disseminated to Native communities and State of Alaska, Federal, and local governments involved in environmental research and assessment. At a minimum, the traditional knowledge database proposed above will include information on topics related to: storms, currents and sea ice; distribution and behaviors of fish and wildlife; and historic and current use of land and waters for subsistence activities and other traditional uses. Primary study products will include Inupiat Epistemology, Annotated Bibliography and Key Words, Structuring, Indexing and Abstracting of the Traditional Knowledge Database; Comprehensive "Lessons Learned" Report, Technical Summary, and CD-ROM(s). HOW TO RESPOND. In order to compete for this contract, interested parties must demonstrate that they are qualified to perform the work by providing WITHIN 21 CALENDAR DAYS of publication of this notice, a Capabilities Statement detailing: (1) your key personnel (those who would have primary responsibility for performing and/or managing the study) with their qualifications and specific experience; (2) your organization's experience with this type of work and a description of your facilities; and (3) specific references (including project identifier & description, period of performance, dollar amount, client name & telephone number) for previous work of this nature that your personnel or organization is currently performing or has completed within the last two years. (REFERENCES WILL BE CHECKED) Offerors shall submit their Capabilities Statement in original and three copies to Jane Carlson, Contracting Officer at Minerals Management Service, 381 Elden Street, MS-2500, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817. Three additional copies shall be submitted to Mr. Michael Baffrey, Minerals Management Service, Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region, 949 E. 36th Avenue, Room 300, Anchorage, Alaska 99508-4302. Timeliness of receipt of any submission will be determined by the time received in the Procurement Operations Branch, Herndon, Virginia. Your Capabilities Statement will be evaluated based on the skills, abilities and demonstrated experience of your key personnel; experience and past performance of your organization including number, size, and complexity of similar projects completed by the proposed project team and your organization to determine your potential for success and contract award. Past performance includes adherence to schedules and budgets, effectiveness of cost control, and the acceptability of previous products delivered, effectiveness of program management, and the offeror's willingness to cooperate with the customer in both routine matters and when confronted by unexpected difficulties. Following review of all capabilities statements submitted, those offers judged most qualified to successfully perform the study will be provided additional written proposal instructions. The Technical Proposal will be primarily in the form of an oral presentation on how you will perform the work with a question and answer session to follow. Oral Presentations will take place in Anchorage, Alaska. As stated above, additional written proposal instructions will be forwarded detailing the requirements for submission of the following documents prior to the oral presentations: (1) a written presentation summary; (2) a project management plan; and (3) a business proposal. Questions should be faxed to 703-787-1009 or Emailed as soon as possible to Jane_Carlson@mms.gov and should include the RFP Number "1435-01-97-RP-30859" as well as your full name, organization name, address, phone and fax numbers. Requests or questions by telephone are strongly discouraged. Any conflict in the due date shown in this notice will be governed by this narrative (i.e. capabilities statements are due 21 days from the date this notice is published). (0066)

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