The Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) awarded a $662,954.86 firm-fixed-price contract to RPS Group, Inc. to conduct a study assessing the impacts of offshore wind energy facilities on oceanographic processes along the U.S. northeast coast from North Carolina to New York. The 18-month contract will utilize a three-dimensional model to simulate physical and biological changes resulting from turbine installation, including effects on ocean currents, temperatures,...
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) awarded a $300,000 firm-fixed-price contract to Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc., a for-profit engineering firm, for analysis related to design life, corrosion, and fatigue of offshore wind turbine foundations. This contract was issued under BOEM's Technology Assessment Program (TAP) Broad Agency Announcement E17PS00128, which sought research proposals on topics such as modeling of jacket foundation piles under cyclic...
The U.S. Air Force awarded a $5,479,732 firm-fixed price purchase order to North Wind Test LLC, doing business as Calspan Aerosystems, for repairs and upgrades to the USAFAS tri-sonic wind tunnel at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. The contract has an ultimate completion date of November 20, 2024. Calspan Aerosystems is a for-profit limited liability company that provides engineering services and manufactured goods, including supporting aerospace and transportation safety programs through...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has awarded a $228,218 delivery order contract to Research Planning, Inc. under the company's Multiple Award Schedule contract vehicle. The two-year firm fixed price order is for chemicals associated with offshore wind farm activities. As a total small business set-aside, the award supports the Bureau's renewable energy development goals through Research Planning's provision of necessary materials and supplies. Key details...
This is a firm fixed price delivery order awarded by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), a civilian agency within the Department of the Interior, to PCCI, Inc. doing business as PCCI Hyperbaric Systems. The $35,898.50 contract is for PCCI to prepare decommissioning cost estimates related to the Central Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. The work is to be completed by April 30, 2019. There was no set-aside designation for this award. PCCI is a marine and environmental engineering...
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management awarded a $261,610.79 Firm Fixed Price contract to NGI Inc., a foreign-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business, for additional model testing of cyclic axial loading on piles for jacket foundations. This work is being performed in Houston, Texas and is related to offshore wind power research under the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement's (BSEE) Technology Assessment Program. The original solicitation,...
This is a definitive contract awarded by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (DOI BOEM) to Codar Ocean Sensors, LTD., a for-profit corporate entity that provides oceanographic and meteorological equipment and services to federal agencies. The contract, valued at $476,684.41, is for the implementation of mitigation for offshore wind turbine interference on high-frequency (HF) coastal oceanographic radar. This contract is not set aside for any specific business type....
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) of the Department of the Interior has awarded a $450,000.00 firm fixed price purchase order contract to the Coastal States Stewardship Foundation (CSSF), a non-profit organization, to provide regional wildlife science collaborative support services. This sole source contract is for the development and maintenance of ocean data portals, stakeholder engagement, and the coordination of regional science efforts related to the potential impacts of offshore...
This firm-fixed-price contract was awarded by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, to CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. The $838,491.17 contract tasks the company with evaluating the effectiveness of nature-inclusive design materials for use in offshore wind energy infrastructure. This includes procuring and deploying various cable protection and scour protection materials to monitor marine growth and habitat utilization, with the goal...
This firm fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, to CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. to conduct a study on the "Pressure Wave and Acoustic Properties Generated by Explosive Removal of Offshore Structures." The $149,970.22 contract does not have a set-aside designation. CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. is a division of Continental Shelf Associates Incorporated that specializes in environmental...