SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- SCOPING STUDY: AIR QUALITY IMPACTS RPT.
- Notice Date
- 1/8/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Southern Procurement Branch, MMS-SASC Procurement Office1201 Elmwood Park BoulevardProcurement SectionNew OrleansLA70123US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- M09PS00022
- Response Due
- 1/23/2009
- Archive Date
- 2/22/2009
- Point of Contact
- Diliberto, Pamela A. 504-736-2626, pamela.diliberto@mms.gov<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The Minerals Management Service (MMS) is requesting a price quote to provide services, to scope the feasibility and cost for evaluating and updating, as necssary a report entitiled "Air Quality Impact of Proposed LEase XSAle No. 95". The report was prepared by Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., Psadena, CA, under contract by the MMS. The report was prepared in June, 1989. The detailed requirements are contained in the statement of work (SOW). Proposed pricing should be based on the work effort and one price for eveything contained in the SOW. Evaluation will be made based on the best value to the MMS, price, past performance, technical approach and most advantageous offer to the Government. Should propsetive offeror require a copy of the report, please contact the contracting officer. SCOPING STUDY: AIR QUALITY IMPACTS REPORT UPDATE and ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/WORK STATEMENT INTRODUCTION Every five years the Minerals Management Service (MMS), Gulf of Mexico Region prepares Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) for the proposed 5-Year Leasing Programs and lease sales. MMS develops scenarios for the EIS which are then analyzed for possible impacts. The scenarios for the 5-year program and lease sales are largely hypothetical because it is not known at the time what operations will actually take place. The scenarios for EISs include information about: the numbers of wells that might be drilled and the discharges that might result from drilling the wells; the numbers of production platforms that might be installed and the types and amounts of activity needed to support platform operations; and the methods that might be used to transport the oil and gas that are produced. The EIS analyzes estimates for the nature, severity, and duration of impacts that might occur and compares impacts of the proposed actions and alternatives. Numerous technical aids are used in making the assessment, e.g., computer models that simulate the movements of accidental oil spills or air emissions from operations. Much of the air quality impacts analysis is based on methodology/data derived from an MMS commissioned report entitled, Air Quality Impact of Proposed OCS Lease Sale No. 95, 1989, Jacobs Engineering Group, Pasadena, CA. To insure the most accurate EIS assessment of air quality impacts possible, it is necessary to evaluate the Jacobs 1989 report to determine if the analysis, assumptions and algorithms used for offshore California in 1989 are pertinent to 2008 oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). STUDY OBJECTIVES Scope the feasibility and estimate costs for evaluation and updating, as necessary, the Air Quality Impact of Proposed OCS Lease Sale No. 95, 1989, Jacobs Engineering Group report, to insure the most accurate information is being used when developing air emissions used for EIS impacts analyses. A second objective: to scope the feasibility and estimated costs for development of an algorithm that would take, as input, the MMS EIS oil and gas production forecasts and transportation scenarios and produce emissions to be used in EIS impacts analyses. Provided a copy of the Jacobs 1989 report, perform the following specific objectives: 1. Scope evaluation and updating, where necessary, the Jacobs 1989 report.2. Scope development of an algorithm and associated software (spreadsheet) that would produce emissions to be used in future EIS air quality impacts analyses. SCOPE OF WORK In this study, MMS needs an assessment of the feasibility and estimated costs for updating of the Jacobs 1989 report, including a detailed analysis of the applicability of the findings of this report to oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico in 2008. Also needed is an assessment of the feasibility and estimated cost for developing algorithms and software that would convert the EIS scenario to emissions that could be used in NEPA air quality impacts assessments. General Program Scheduling The period of performance (POP) for this Project is three months The POP shall encompass all tasks from initial planning, through and including MMSs final acceptance of the deliverable. Tasks Task 1. Evaluation/Update Jacobs 1989 Report The Contractor shall submit a detailed report describing the companys estimate for evaluating and updating the document. The contractor shall describe in detail references and methodology to be employed. Task 2. Algorithm/Software Development The Contractor shall submit a detailed report describing the companys estimate algorithm/software development. The contractor shall describe in detail references and methodology to be employed. Deliverable. The following deliverable shall be submitted to MMS, as specified by the tasks above: Two scoping reports with detailed estimates, references and methodology for: 1) evaluating and updating the Jacobs 1989 document and; 2) algorithm/software development references and methodology.
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