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

B -- DEEPWATER: OCS-RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO SOL 1435-01-99-RP-30955 DUE 061499 POC Jane M. Carlson, Contracting Officer, (703) 787-1364 E-MAIL: Contracting Officer's email., Jane.Carlson@mms.gov. The Department of Interior, Minerals Management Service (MMS) intends to competitively award a contract to conduct a study entitled "Deepwater: OCS-Related Infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico." Background:. Because of its statutory responsibilities, Minerals Management Service (MMS) has a continuing need to: 1) produce lease-sale environmental impact statements (EISs) that depict existing, OCS-related infrastructure and its future growth and trends; 2) make a large number of permitting decisions that consider existing, future and past infrastructure; 3) annually up-date Visual 1, a map of the Gulf Region depicting existing OCS-related infrastructure; and 4) guide and monitor long-range planning and development of OCS activities. Moreover, coordinated information and improved trend analyses would help in more reliably projecting OCS development needs, impacts and opportunities. The objectives of this study are: ( a) to collect pertinent data concerning existing OCS-related infrastructure in the coastalareas of the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida; (b) to develop a database of historical information since 1950 on the infrastructure in the study area, and to identify any potential National Register-eligible properties; (c) to make the collected data compliant with the MMS Technical Information Management System (TIMS), and to assist in integrating that data into MMS's Geographic Information System (GIS); (d) to describe the existing infrastructure; (e) to use the analysis of past trends to identify future trends in the construction, use and retirement of OCS-related infrastructure; (f) to provide MMS analysts with an analysis of current Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida infrastructure to be used for Sale 181. SCOPE OF WORK : A. General Program Scheduling. This study shall have a maximum of a twenty four (24) month period of performance following the date of contract award. The period of performance shall encompass all contracted tasks from initial planning, through and including MMS's final acceptance of all contract deliverables. MMS assumes that the final six (6) to eight (8) months of the contract will be devoted to the testing and review of study products. B. Location: The study area includes the coastal areas of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and western Florida to the Florida Keys. Task 1. Literature Review. The MMS will provide the Contractor with a bibliography containing approximately 1,400 references, some of which may prove useful to this project. Approximately 150 of these bibliographic references are annotated. The Contractor shall conduct a search and review of existing literature and secondary data relevant to this study and shall integrate relevant findings into the study results. As part of this review, the Contractor shall produce a structured, annotated bibliography of at least fifty (50) references to augment the MMS-supplied one. A draft of these additions will be submitted to MMS. The final version will be integrated into the MMS-supplied electronic database. Additional references shall contain all information needed for full bibliographic citation. Task 2. Site Identification. The Contractor shall collect and verify location information (NAD27 latitude and longitude coordinates) for the following oil-related infrastructure within the study area: transportation facilities, marine terminals, crew and supply bases, partial processing facilities, gas processing and treatment plants, refineries and petrochemical plants, platform fabrication yards, pipeline coating yards, pipe storage yards; repair and maintenance yards, pipeline metering sites, and waste disposal sites. All existing infrastructure sites within the study area shall be identified and their location verified. In most cases, such public documents as Environmental Protection Agency records and U.S.G.S. maps will be sufficient to verify locations. Data may also be available from such institutions as the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office. When verification is done at a site, a single point within 100 meter accuracy will be sufficient. When possible, the same site identification and verification will be done for structures that were present in 1950 but no longer exist. Task 3. Data Collection. The Contractor shall collect pertinent information on the OCS-related infrastructure identified under Task 1. The Contractor shall conduct all primary gathering activities. This collection will primarily consist of gathering data from federal and state agencies, and from private companies. Some telephone and face-to-face conversations with key individuals will be necessary, but no field methodologies may be used that require Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval. As part of this effort, the Contractor shall regularly share information with other ongoing, MMS-funded research. The data to be collected will vary according to the type of facility; obviously, "vessel trips per week" is not relevant information for metering stations. However, identified OCS-related infrastructure have similar types of relevant information including: identity: facility name, company name, street address, mail address, contact name and number, company affiliation, type of facility; history: name and affiliation changes, date constructed, date decommissioned, date removed, date and description of major additions to a facility, period of foreign and/or domestic oil industry involvement, period of OCS involvement; description of facility and its activity: size of facility, product processed, OCS-related percentage of products, daily production, total OCS-related production, vessel trips per week, the range of ships built for OCS related purposes, yards of material dredged, etc. Each facility type will have a different set of descriptors; resource needs and impacts: number and types of employees, wages, land area occupied, energy consumption (oil, gas, electricity needs), fresh water consumption, air and water emissions, location in wetland, fastland or upland (>5ft. msl), anticipated expansion at a site; and, transportation route identification (up- and down stream): water access, road and rail access, pipeline connections, oil rigs supplied or serviced. When developing these data, the Contractor shall consider the following: (1) data accuracy, completeness, and validity is a primary agency concern. Missing, incomplete, estimated, and suspicious data should be noted. Likewise, the Contractor shall indicate when differing collection methodologies challenge valid comparisons. For example, if contrasting methods for measuring product output invalidate comparisons among oil refineries, this shall be noted for the database user; (2) the resulting database will be used to describe trends and changes over time. When relevant and possible, data shall cover the period from 1950 to the present. Weekly or monthly measures are preferred over annual ones; (3) when possible, MMS is particularly interested in linking onshore support facilities with offshore structures or lease blocks over time. For example, by building information linksbetween support bases and the OCS sites that they support, MMS will be able to use its GIS system to analyze the effects of deepwater activity or specific sales on the distribution of onshore port demand; (4) the integration of infrastructure information into the MMS GIS will prove particularly useful for the analysis of several transportation-related issues including: a) transportation of materials in and out of ports and support facilities; b) freshwater transportation needs and use; and, c) the transportation and disposal of waste from the OCS. Task 4. GIS Integration. The Oracle/SDE-based Technical Information Management System (TIMS) is MMS's agency-wide, integrated data management system. The Coastal/Offshore Resource Information System (CORIS) is the environmental component of TIMS. Some aspects of CORIS, such as biological data fields, are well developed; others, particularly those related to socioeconomic information, are not. Data collected under this contract must be TIMS compliant for integrationinto MMS's GIS. Besides developing the appropriate data structures within CORIS, the Contractor shall develop links to relevant data within TIMS, such as production platform locations or existing OCS pipeline information. In some cases, MMS may possess information that would serve the analytical purposes of the GIS, but that have not been entered into any database. Information on support bases from the development plans filed by leasees may be a case in point. When such information proves key, the Contractor-developed database structure will be designed to incorporate that data when it is available. The Contractor shall also link data collected under this contract with information gathered by other agencies that may or may not be in the possession of MMS and that may or may not yet be included in CORIS. Examples include State of Louisiana Geological Survey pipeline data, USGS road, railroad, and waterway information, U.S. Coast Guard data on dredging and shipping, EPA information on point-source air pollution, and U.S. Census data at the county/parish- and census tract-level. Integration also includes using collected and available data to make connections among various infrastructures. An example might be the use of development plans, Rig Locator reports, Contractor-gathered information about service bases, and MMS data on lease blocks, rigs and platforms to link specific onshore activities with offshore locations. Integration shall include developing GIS interfaces and user handbooks to make the data more understandable to users. Extensions shall be developed to aid in: updating and maintaining databases; outputting data for use by other software (e.g., Microsoft Access and Excel, SPSS, and SAS); and mapping and analysis. GIS products must conform to TIMS/MMS standards, which include Oracle/SDE database and ArcView GIS. To facilitate the process of integration, MMS will appoint a GIS Coordinator to serve as a liaison between the agency and the Contractor. This MMS staff person will be from the agency's Mapping and Automation Unit, and will be familiar with TIMS, CORIS, MMS's GIS, and with relevant data in the agency's possession that is part of TIMS or has yet to be integrated into TIMS. Task 5. Data analysis and fact book. The Contractor shall develop a fact book about OCS-related infrastructure in the study area. This document shall address all information collected or analyzed under this contract. The following shall be developed for each type of OCS-related infrastructure: (1) a general description to include characteristics, operations, requirements, impacts, and a list of related data collected under this contract; (2) a description of an "average" existing facility, and a discussion of attribute variation or range; (3) an analysis of past trends in infrastructure development (e.g., changes in types, numbers, design, activities). Include an analysis of how the increasing interest in deepwater prospects may have affected these trends and might affect future trends; (4) a discussion of future short-term and long-term (35-40 years) trends in the construction, use and retirement based on the Contractor's analysis of past trends and on the available literature; and, (6) a discussion of the types and characteristics of infrastructure that would likely be developed in "frontier" areas such as western Florida or an Atlantic coast state, a) should exploration occur and b), should exploration lead to development and production. Task 6. Lease Sale 181 Scenario Analysis. A lease offering for the Eastern Gulf is scheduled for December 2001. The MMS believes that this sale may result in a substantial increase of industry exploration, development, and production activities in the Eastern Gulf and that these activities will primarily use existing support facilities. Based on a set of two development scenarios provided by MMS, the Contractor shall assess the adequacy of existing infrastructure for servicing activities that result from Lease Sale 181. This assessment shall identify the infrastructure likely to be used to support exploration and development activities that result from Sale 181. Based on the MMS-supplied scenarios, it shall then evaluate the adequacy of existing infrastructure to meet industry needs. Along with such questions as the adequacy of supply bases, this analysis will address the adequacy of roads and water supplies which have been issues elsewhere. Finally, if the existing infrastructure is deemed inadequate, the analysis shall address likely industry solutions. The timing of this deliverable is critical. MMS will provide the Contractor with the scenarios within approximately one month days after the Post-Award Meeting. The scenarios will contain expected- and high-case estimates of hydrocarbons to be recovered, number of wells, number of platforms, length of pipeline, and number of boat and helicopter trips that may result from Sale 181. The Contractor shall provide MMS with a preliminary assessment of existing infrastructure within six (6) months of contract award, and a draft final assessment within twelve (12) months of contract award. HOW TO RESPOND: In order to compete for this contract, an offeror MUST demonstrate that they are qualified to perform the work by providing, by 4:00 P.M., June 14, 1999, a Capabilities Statement which should describe in detail A. (1) your key personnel (those who would have primary responsibility for performing and/or managing the study) with their qualifications and specific experience; and (2) your organizations experience with this type of work and a description of your facilities. You must provide information that your organization and personnel on this project has experience and expertise in the coastal oil industry, study-related infrastructure, GIS design, data management and database design, and statistical analysis. You must provide information on which task(s) each key personnel will perform, and the rationale for that assignment. (3) Submit period of performance, dollar amount, client name and telephone or 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. Your Capabilities Statement will be evaluated based on (1) the currency, quality and dept of experience of individual personnel in working on similar projects. "Similar project" is meant to convey similarity in topic, methodologies, dollar value, duration and complexity; (2) quality and depth of education; experience on other projects which may not be similar enough to include in response to (1), but may be relevant; and publication history; (3) organization's history of successful completion of projects; history of producing high-quality reports and other deliverables; history of staying on schedule and within budget. People's skills and experience will be evaluated in light of the tasks they will be preforming. Offerors shall submit their Capability Statement in original and two (2) copies to Jane M. Carlson, Contracting Officer, Minerals Management Service, 381 Elden Street, MS-2500, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817. Six (6) additional copies shall be submitted to Connie Landry, Procurement Coordinator, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, MS-5431, New Orleans, LA 70123-2394. Following review of all Capability Statements, we will establish a list of those deemed most qualified to perform the work. Qualified offerors will be notified and provided additional proposal instructions. Proposals will essentially consist of a short technical proposal, written presentation summary, program management plan and cost/business proposal and an oral technical presentation. The period of performance of the resultant contract will be twenty-four (24) months with an estimated value of $350,000 to $400,000. Questions shold be faxed or Emailed as soon as possible to: Fax (703) 787-1387 or Email -- Jane.Carlson@mms.gov. Please include your full name, the RFP number and title, your organization, complete address, and phone and fax numbers. Telephonic questions or requests are strongly discouraged. Posted 05/25/99 (W-SN335412). (0145)

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