SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- MAG Plan - GOMR
- Notice Date
- 3/26/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Procurement Operations, MMS Procurement Branch, HQ381 Elden Street, MS 2102HerndonVA20170-4817US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- M09PS00036
- Response Due
- 4/14/2009
- Archive Date
- 5/14/2009
- Point of Contact
- Laikin, Caroline L. 703-787-1070, caroline.laikin@mms.gov<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- PRESOLICITATION NOTICE. PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY AS IT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY NOTICE THAT WILL BE ISSUED. This procurement is being conducted in accordance with FAR Part 15. The Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service (MMS), intends to competitively award a contract entitled MAG-PLAN Modification: Gulf of Mexico Data Collection, Streamlining, Testing and Repair of OCS Economic Impact Model. The MMS, Procurement Operations Branch, is the contracting office for this procurement and the resultant contract administration. All vendors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (www.ccr.gov) in order to receive Government contracts. The Government intends to award a cost reimbursement type contract for the effort described herein but may consider other proposed types if determined appropriate. The applicable NAICS Code is 541690, Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services, and the work is multi-disciplinary. The contractor must be capable of performing all of the tasks described below. The period of performance of the resultant contract is anticipated to be not more than 24 months. BACKGROUND: The MMS is responsible for managing Federal offshore energy resources. The MMS uses MAG-PLAN to estimate the economic impacts of natural gas and oil extraction activities on the Federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the Gulf of Mexico. The purpose of this procurement is to upgrade the MAG-PLAN Gulf of Mexico Economic Impact Model developed for in-house MMS use. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: MMS developed MAG-PLAN, a Microsoft Access-based 2-stage input-output model using IMPLAN multipliers, to estimate employment, personal income, and similar economic impacts from OCS activities. MMS develops Exploration & Development (E&D) Scenarios containing estimates of the level of exploration, development, and production anticipated from a proposed OCS lease sale or set of lease sales, and these scenarios are the essential input for MAG-PLAN. SCOPE OF WORK: The objective of the MAG-PLAN Modification study is to strengthen and refine the Bureaus procedures for estimating the onshore economic effects from OCS-related activities by improving the current MAG-PLAN model. MMS seeks professionals with expertise in applied regional economic impact analysis and oil and gas engineering and/or project cost modeling and analysis, to (1) update and refine existing industry expenditure data; (2) refine the methodology used to distribute industry expenditures to onshore locations and sectors; (3) incorporate recent advances and changes to industry practices, especially FPSOs,subsea tiebacks and seismic exploration; (4) refine and test MAG-PLAN software to resolve issues and increase user-functionality; and (5) improve the model documentation. HOW TO COMPETE FOR THIS CONTRACT: If you are interested in participating in this acquisition, please send your organizations name, point of contact, address, telephone and fax numbers, email address and DUNS Number via email to caroline.laikin@mms.gov or via U.S. Mail to Caroline Laikin, Minerals Management Service, Procurement Operations Branch, MS-2101, 381 Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 20170, by 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, 2009. Those organizations expressing an interest in this opportunity will receive a copy of the complete solicitation upon issuance. Reference Solicitation No. M09PS00036 on all correspondence. TELEPHONE INQUIRES ARE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
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