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

B -- FIVE-YEAR OCS OIL AND GAS ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT SOL 1435-01-00-RP-31055 DUE 021100 POC Jane M. Carlson, Contracting Officer (703) 787-1364 E-MAIL: Contracting Officer's email, Jane.Carlson@mms.gov. B -- The Minerals Management Service (MMS), a bureau within the U. S. Department of the Interior, administers the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) competitive leasing program and oversees the safe and environmentally sound exploration and production of the Nation's offshore natural gas, oil and other mineral resources. The Minerals Management Service (MMS) intends to competitively award a contract to prepare an environmental report (ER). The ER will identify and analyze environmental issues associated with OCS lease sales. MMS plans to incorporate the ER information and analysis into the environmental impact statement (EIS) for the OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program covering the period 2002 to 2007. SCOPE OF WORK: The Contractor shall be required to describe the affected environment and analyze proposed leasing alternatives involving the following planning areas: Alaska: Beaufort Sea, Cook Inlet, Chukchi Sea, Gulf of Alaska; Gulf of Mexico: Eastern Gulf of Mexico (located more than 15 miles off Alabama and more than 100 miles off Florida), Central Gulf of Mexico, and Western Gulf of Mexico. The contractor shall prepare a preliminary draft, draft, and final report. The MMS will provide the description of the proposed action and alternatives. Additionally, MMS will provide the contractor with exploration and development scenarios, transportation routes, and assumptions about large and small oil spills. The MMS will also provide a list of non-oil and gas activities to be considered in the cumulative analysis. The ER analysis must: describe the environment affected by oil and gas leasing and operations in those OCS planning areas that may be included in the 2002-2007 5-Year Program; use maps and figures to depict affected environmental resources; assess and describe the potential direct and indirect impacts to the offshore and onshore environments from the activities associated with the proposed OCS leasing and each alternative examined; analyze any cumulative impacts from other activities to those resources potentially affected by OCS leasing and operations; and present conclusions about the type, severity, and duration of potential impacts. The Contractor must also specify the level of impact for each conclusion using impact levels defined by MMS. The ER must, at a minimum, describe and analyze the following topics and resources that could be affected by or could affect OCS leasing and operations: climate change; oceanography; geology; geologic and/or manmade hazards; acoustic environment; water quality; benthic communities; marine mammals; terrestrial mammals; reptiles; coastal and marine birds, fish, shellfish, and plant life; sensitive biological resources or habitats such as essential fish habitat, refuges, preserves, special management areas identified in coastal management programs, sanctuaries, rookeries, and calving grounds; transboundary issues; archaeological resources; socioeconomic resources, including population, income, employment, local government infrastructure, existing offshore and coastal infrastructure (including major sources of supplies, services, energy, water), subsistence resources and harvest practices, recreation, recreational and commercial fishing (including typical fishing seasons, location, and type), impacts to minority and lower income groups (environmental justice), and coastal zone management programs; and other coastal activities such as military use, shipping, and other mineral exploration. The ER must use impact-producing factors such as the following in assessing direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts: accidental oil spills including those from well "blowouts," production accidents, and transportation system (e.g., tankers vessels and seafloor pipelines) failures; liquid waste disposal including well drilling fluids, produced water (including naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM)), and domestic wastewater generated at offshore facilities; traffic including oil tankers and barges, and crew, supply, and seismic survey vessels and aircraft; solid waste disposal including material removed from the wellbore (i.e., drill cuttings), solids produced with the oil and gas (e.g., sands), and trash and debris (e.g., equipment or tools) accidentally lost; installing and removing or decommissioning equipment including offshore platforms, seafloor pipelines, and onshore processing facilities; geologic hazards including earthquakes; physical oceanographic processes including water currents, sea ice, and waves; and, meteorological phenomena including hurricanes. The period of performance of the resultant contract will be ten (10) months from the date of contract award, with a cost range of $350,000 to 400,000. To compete for this contract, an offeror must demonstrate that they are qualified to perform the work by providing, not later than COB, February 11, 2000 a Capabilities Statement describing in detail: (A) Key personnel with the experience and expertise to prepare the ER description and analysis described above. Particularly relevant is their experience in preparing sections of environmental analyses; their technical expertise in the disciplines needed to complete the descriptions and analyses described above; their familiarity and understanding of offshore oil and gas operations' effects on the human, marine, and coastal environments; their demonstrated ability to complete assignments in a timely manner; and their understanding of the directed missions of the MMS. Principal scientists should demonstrate their experience in relevant scientific disciplines through authorship in appropriate peer-reviewed publications, work history, and professional affiliations. You must provide information on which tasks(s) each key personnel will perform and the rationale for that assignment. (B) The organization's expertise with this type of work and a description of your facilities and resources. (C) Specific references (including project identifier and description, period of performance, dollar amount, and client name and phone number) for previous work of this nature that your organization or personnel is currently performing or has completed within the last three (3) years. REFERENCES WILL BE CHECKED. Offerors must submit their Capabilities Statement in original and ten (10) copies to Jane M. Carlson, Contracting Officer, Minerals Management Service, 381 Elden Street, MS-2500, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817. Time of receipt of submissions will be determined by the time received in the Procurement Operations Branch, Herndon, Virginia. Your Capabilities Statement will be evaluated on the basis of: (A) The experience and expertise of all technical Key Personnel especially their experience with environmental description and analysis. People's skills and experience will be evaluated in light of the tasks they will be performing. Evaluation factors include the length and quality of experience for each person assigned to perform specific ER tasks and analyses, their experience preparing similar reports, their demonstrated ability to complete assignments in a timely manner and their authorship in appropriate peer reviewed publications. (B) Your Project Manager's demonstrated leadership ability and experience with coordination of environmental document preparation, experience in managing a large multi-disciplinary team and the interdisciplinary processes required for this study, and ability to control costs and to keep project performance and document preparation on schedule. (C) Your organization's history of successfully conducting similar projects (similar in size, scope, complexity, duration, and dollar value), producing high-quality documents, and completing similar projects on schedule and within budget. Questions should be faxed to Jane Carlson at (703) 787-1387 or e-mailed to Jane.Carlson@mms.gov. All correspondence should include the RFP number, your full name/company name, address and phone and fax numbers. Requests or questions by telephone are strongly discouraged. Posted 01/14/00 (W-SN416096). (0014)

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