Definitive Contract INM16PC00007

This federal contract was awarded by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BSEE) to the University of Delaware. The contract, with a potential value of $186,244, is for research on "Advanced Wake Loss Modeling for Large Wind Farms with Variable Wind Speed and Direction" under BSEE's Technology Assessment Program (TAP). This award is part of a larger Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) under which BSEE solicited white papers on several topics related to wind...

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...

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...

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management awarded a $33,718.14 delivery order to the National Academy of Sciences under an unspecified contract vehicle. The contractor will co-edit a special issue of the journal Oceanography on the topic of environmental impacts from offshore renewable energy development. No set-aside was applied to this order. Work will be performed in Washington, D.C. and is scheduled for completion by January 31, 2021. Through this publication, the Bureau aims to communicate...

EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., PBC (EA) has been awarded a $569,802 firm fixed price delivery order by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide environmental review support for offshore wind actions in NOAA's Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office. Under this delivery order, EA will support NOAA's review of environmental assessments and environmental impact statements for offshore wind development on the U.S. East Coast. The work will be performed...

This firm fixed-price federal contract was awarded by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), a civilian agency, to Applied Science Associates Inc. (ASA) on August 4, 2016. The contract, valued at $137,780.00, was awarded under BOEM's Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Topic 3 for the development of scenarios and assumptions for phased offshore wind lease development. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. The award has an ultimate completion date of August 3, 2017. ASA is the...

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) awarded a $289,915.75 cost-no-fee delivery order contract to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for a study on wind turbine impacts. The contract has an ultimate completion date of June 15, 2023. NAS, a non-profit organization chartered by Congress, will provide expert advisory services and research coordination to BOEM through this contract, which is not set aside for any particular business category. The contract is likely part of BOEM's...

ICF Incorporated, L.L.C. received a firm fixed-price Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) call from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on February 7, 2022, for public comments and environmental review support related to wind energy development in New York Bight waters. The contract, with a ceiling value of $193,860.16, represents a delivery order issued under ICF's existing $48.8 million BPA with BOEM for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and environmental analysis services, which...

This federal contract award is for NEPA support services related to Atlantic renewable energy projects. The contract was awarded to Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., a prominent management, technology, and engineering services firm, by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), a civilian agency. The contract has a ceiling value of $218,115.85 and is a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) call issued under the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract vehicle. The contract does not have a set-aside...

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management awarded a definitive firm fixed-price contract valued at $662,954.85 to RPS Group, Inc. (a subsidiary of Tetra Tech, Inc.) to conduct a comprehensive study assessing the impacts of offshore wind energy facilities on oceanographic processes along the U.S. Northeast coast from North Carolina to New York. Under this 18-month engagement, RPS Group will utilize three-dimensional modeling to simulate physical and biological changes resulting from turbine...