B -- TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE USE OF DISPERSANTS ON MARINE OIL SPILLS IN CALIFORNIA

Notice Date

March 30, 2001

Contracting Office

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

ZIP Code

20170-4817

Solicitation Number

0101PO18120

Response Due

May 15, 2001

Point of Contact

Anna DeGurse E-mail anna.degurse@mms.gov

E-Mail Address

Anna DeGurse Contract Specialist (anna.degurse@mms.gov)

Description

B -- The US Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, intends to award a purchase order on a sole source basis to S. L. Ross Environmental Research to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the operational and environmental factors associated with the use of chemical dispersants to treat oil spills in California marine waters. Award will be made under Simplified Acquisition Procedures, FAR Part 13. Authority for sole source procurement is FAR 6.302-1. This is a synopsis of intent to award and no solicitation will be issued. Responsible sources may respond by providing clear and convincing evidence of their capabilities. A thorough knowledge of environmental / biological databases similar to the Gulf Wide Information Systems, Texas Toolkit, and the MIRG/SL Ross databases is required. Oil spill modeling shall include capabilities comparable with the SL Ross WindowsTM-based Oil Spill Model so that the results are compatible with a similar previous assessment done for the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region. The model must handle exploration & production spills such as subsea and above-surface blowout spills and subsea pipeline spills. Spill behavior and spill trajectories must be used for the oil spill behavior part of the modeling exercise. Biological, meteorological, oceanographic and other environmental data that are needed to develop the spill scenarios and dispersant-use net environmental benefit assessments shall be used. Include reviews of fate and persistence of oil, and reviews of sensitivity and recovery potential of resource groups. The goal is to analyze the situation in California in a specific and focused manner, with a view towards evaluating in quantitative terms the capability that currently exists to disperse spills in California. If the capability is found to be weak in certain areas, include an analysis of how the capability can be improved. Analyze likely spill type, locations, duration, and size. Identify hypothetical average and worst-case spills that could occur, and the description of those spills in terms of their behavior (dimensions, physical properties, concentration, etc.) and their short-term and medium-term movement and fate as a function of time. Assess factors affecting operational efficiency. All expressions of interest shall be emailed to anna.degurse@mms.gov by May 15, 2001 to be considered by the Government.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010403/BSOL004.HTM (W-089 SN50H8H0)