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B -- INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE ORDER SOL PO17115 DUE 063000 POC Wallace O. Adcox, Contracting Officer, (703) 787-1362 E-MAIL: Contracting Officer's e-mail, wallace.adcox@mms.gov. The Minerals Management Service (MMS) announces its intention to award a sole source purchase order to Jack Faucett and Associates (JFA) for approximately $75,000 to modify our existing Manpower Model for Alaska. The period of performance would be from award through September 30, 2000. The Manpower Model was created in IMPLAN for "equitable sharing" analyses and for Environmental Impact Statements (EIS). The IMPLAN model requires specification of expenditures or employment by sector for specific onshore areas. However, the existing Manpower Model used to develop direct Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and secondary employment projections for Alaska sub-Arctic OCS activities is outdated and not comparable to the model that will be used to provide expenditure inputs for the Gulf of Mexico projections. Services to be provided: the proposed contractor developed the IMPLAN version of the Manpower Model for Arctic OCS activities. Under this order, they would extend the existing model by including the sub-ArcticOCS activities using the same methodology and structure as of that of the existing model. JFA's intimate familiarity with the Manpower Model from its previous work on the Arctic OCS activities with MMS makes it the logical choice to continue this work. JFA is the only firm possessing the technical knowledge, expertise, and familiarity with the model to successfully integrate the sub-Arctic OCS activities with the existing model. Any firm seeking to compete for this requirement would have to demonstrate an equal familiarity with IMPLAN and the Manpower Model. Firms that believe they can provide the required items and services described above should identify themselves in writing to the Contracting Officer. Such firms must submit supporting evidence in sufficient detail to demonstrate their ability to meet the stated requirements. This notice is not a request for competitive quotes. Inquiries will only be accepted by fax at (703) 787-1387. See Numbered Note 22. Posted 05/17/00 (W-SN455927). (0138)

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