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

B -- COMPARITIVE EVALUATION OF MINIMUM STRUCTURES AND JACKETS SOL 14218 DUE 092297 POC Wallace Adcox, (703) 787-1354 WEB: General information about MMS and our programs., http://www.mms.gov. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer's e-mail address, wallace.adcox@mms.gov. The Minerals Management Service (MMS) intends to participate in a joint industry project with W.S. Atkins Consultants, LTD, of Surrey, England, and others. This procurement will be conducted on the basis of other than full and open competition. This project will examine the feasibility of using minimum structures in marginal fields to reduce the cost and time involved in oil and gas production. MMS will participate in the first two stages of the project. Stage 1 is a comparative reliability analysis of three minimum structures verus traditional four-legged jackets. Stage 2 is an analysis of the failures arising from human and organizational ("extrinsic factors") factors. The total cost of this project is $350,000 while the cost for MMS is $50,000. Other participants will fund the balance of the project cost. There is no formal solicitation for this procurement so no such document is available. Any other organization wishing to be considered as a source for this procurement must submit a written statement of its specific capability in meeting this requirement and the amount of funding it is willing to provide for co-funding. Telephone calls will not be accepted. Written responses must be received within 45 days from this notice (September 22, 1997). This procurement is justified under 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1). (0226)

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