Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Procurement Operations Branch, MS2500, 381 Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817

B -- RISK ASSESSMENT FOR DRY TREE TIEBACK ALTERNATIVES SOL 1435-01-97-P0-14204 DUE 091397 POC Jane Carlson and Jackie Halprin, Contracting Officers, at (703) 787-1354 E-MAIL: Contracting Officers, jane.carlson@mms.gov and jackie.halprin@mms.gov. The Minerals Management Service intends to co-fund a joint industry project with Aker Engineering, Inc., of Houston, Texas, and other participants. This procurement will be conducted on the basis of other than full and open competition. The project is part of a study previously conducted and will develop and demonstrate a structured probabilistic procedure for assessing the lifetime risk-adjusted costs with respect to safety, environmental, and optional parameteres for dry tree tieback alternatives. The objectives are to: 1. Further develop a flexible, generic, and repeatable risk assessment methodology and demonstrate that methodology by evaluating the probabilities of loss of well control for the 1-pipe, 2-pipe, and 3-pipe riser systems and associated matrix of parameters. 2. Develop well systems component reliabilities. 3. Determine the total lifetime risk-adjusted costs for selected cases from the previous study. 4. Identify risk drivers and assess the influence of cost effective risk mitigation practices. 5. Effectively transfer technology developed in this study by reports, high-level presentations, and participants. The effort will be funded by the federal government and industry. There is no formal solicitation; therefore, we cannot provide such a document. Any organization wanting to be considered must submit a written statement of its specific capability in meeting this requirement and the amount of funding it is willing to cost-share in this endeavor. Phone calls will not be accepted or acknowledged. Written responses must be received within 45 days from the published date of this announcement. This procurement is justified under 41 U.S.C. 525(c)(1). (0209)

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