SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Effects of Royalty Incentives for Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Leases
- Notice Date
- 3/6/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Minerals Management Service Procurement Operations Branch 381 Elden Street, MS 2500 Herndon VA 20170
- ZIP Code
- 20170
- Solicitation Number
- 71722
- Archive Date
- 3/5/2004
- Point of Contact
- Anna M. Brown Contract Specialist 7037871369 Anna.Brown@mms.gov;
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to Point of Contact above or IDEASEC HELP DESK
(EC_helpdesk@NBC.GOV)
- Description
- The Minerals Management Service (MMS) of the Department of the Interior intends to competitively award a contract. PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE NOTICE CARFULLY. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The US Interior Department sells oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico by means of recurring sealed-bid auctions. The Deepwater Royalty Relief Act of 1995 (DWRRA) mandated royalty suspension in significant amounts for deepwater leases sold from 1996 to 2000, and when that provision expired, the Interior Department continued the program, with detailed changes to the incentives, on a sale-by-sale basis. The overall purpose of this requirement is to assess the actual effects of the program to date and to apply what is learned toward designing royalty incentives. The work is divided into two tasks. Task 1, "Actual effects of the royalty relief program," is distinguished by a focus on data on actual historical leasing and exploration activities for the Gulf of Mexico. For Task 1, econometric analysis of auction results and lessee activity to date is required, and it includes testing statistically for significance of the royalty relief program as explanatory factor. Other possible explanatory variables include technology progress and perceptions of resource potential. In Task 2, "Projection of fiscal effects of alternative program designs," the contractor shall make projections of future effects of four specific, alternative cases; the cases vary in amounts of royalty suspension offered at leases. The contractor will propose the projection method, not necessarily econometric, for Task 2. The work will involve meeting with MMS staff in Herndon, VA, and New Orleans, LA. INTRODUCTION: The Government intends to award a cost reimbursement-type contract for service. The period of performance shall be no more than 12 months from the effective date of the contract. The estimated cost range is between $200,000 and $250,000. HOW TO RESPOND: In order to compete for this contract interested parties MUST demonstrate that they are qualified to perform the work by providing, by Monday, March 31, 2003 an original and four (4) copies of a Capabilities Statement detailing: (a) your past performance, including ability to complete projects on time, control costs, and with high quality; and (b) the scientific and technical persons you will have working on the project, explaining the parts of the project they will work on and their areas of expertise. (c) a committed Program Manager with sufficient management experience and resources and ability to plan work schedules to ensure successful and timely completion of the project. Offerors shall provide specific reference (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 five (5) years. References will be checked. Qualifications of any subcontractors or partners will also be considered in these respects. EVALUATION OF CAPABILITY STATEMENT: Your capabilities statement will be evaluated on the basis of these considerations: (A) Past Performance -- ability to complete projects on time, adhere to schedules and budgets, control costs, and make products of high quality, whether past projects worked on are comparable to this contract project, including complexity and size, and how well you as an organization and the key persons who will work on this project cooperated with past clients. (B) Scientific and Technical Personnel -- We will consider personnel proposed on each task separately. Task 1 includes rigorous and expert statistical investigation. For Task 1, particularly relevant is expertise in: collecting and managing data for statistical analysis; econometric analysis generally; quantitative modeling of sealed-bid auctions such as the oil and gas lease sale; interpretation of resource assessments; oil industry and land economics generally. For Task 2, particularly relevant is expertise in: modeling oil and gas supply; making projections of oil and gas discoveries, production, and revenues. SUBMISSION OF STATEMENT: Please send the original and four (4) copies to Minerals Management Service, 381 Elden Street, MS 2510, Herndon, VA 20170-4817, Attn: Anna M. Brown. Questions regarding this procurement should be faxed or emailed as soon as possible to 703-787-1022 or anna.brown@mms.gov. Please include with your questions your full name, the RFP number (71722) & title (Effects of Royalty Incentives for Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Leases), your organization, complete address, and phone and fax numbers. PHONE CALLS ARE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
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- Record
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