The Department of the Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) awarded a $744,443.40 firm fixed-price definitive contract to Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) to continue the development of a system to quantify in-situ burning (ISB) efficiencies and burning rates in open water. This is a follow-on effort to a previous BSEE contract that demonstrated the proof of concept for the ISB quantification system. The agency is seeking to further mature the technology,...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) awarded a $1,139,909 firm fixed-price definitive contract to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to advance the maturity of their Flame Refluxer Heat Feedback System technology. The contract aims to progress the technology readiness level from 6 to 8, which involves fabrication, testing, and optimization of the system to prepare it for commercialization and deployment in a marine environment. WPI...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) awarded a $173,189.48 firm fixed price purchase order to Offshore Operators Committee (OOC) for the Advanced Well Control - JIP - Phase 2 effort. Under this contract, OOC will deliver products and services associated with the second phase of the Joint Industry Project aimed at advancing well control technologies and practices. Performance will take place in Kenner, Louisiana through the September 30, 2023...
This is a $185,413.31 firm-fixed price contract awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) to S.l. Ross Environmental Research LIMITED, an Ottawa, Ontario-based for-profit limited liability company that provides oil spill consulting services and research. The contract is for the development of a defined, repeatable test protocol for testing advancing skimmer systems, which will be used at BSEE's Ohmsett facility and potentially...
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, awarded a $1,226,202.75 firm-fixed-price contract to S.l. Ross Environmental Research LIMITED, a for-profit limited liability company based in Ottawa, Ontario. The contract was issued under a Broad Agency Announcement seeking research and development of enhanced underwater oil spill detection technologies applicable to Arctic environments, including under ice and on seafloors....
The federal contract award with ID INE15PC00004 was issued by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), a civilian agency, to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) on September 24, 2015. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, is for an "Offshore Oil Burn Enhanced by Floating Immersed Objects" project with a ceiling value of $1,123,715.15. WPI, a private research university, will perform the work in Worcester, Massachusetts. The contract is a...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (DOI BSEE) awarded a $81,532 firm fixed price delivery order contract to Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) Southwest Division for OHMESTT oil response equipment. ARA will obtain fluid testing systems from subcontractor Lamor USA Corporation to support the project. Performance will take place in Leonardo, New Jersey from August 2023 through January 2024. The DOI BSEE oversees safety and environmental regulation...
This is a $121,774.20 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) to RPS Group, Inc. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, is for a shoreline holding capacity modeling study. The purpose is to evaluate, update, and advance the state of knowledge on shoreline oil retention and associated modeling to inform BSEE's and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's regulatory and response capabilities. RPS Group, a subsidiary of...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Elastec Inc., a HUBZone small business, to develop a booming system capable of simultaneously collecting, thickening, and burning crude oil on water. The $472,730.50 contract has a 12-month base period of performance with a 6-month option period. Elastec will test the system in various locations to establish on-water protocols, with an optional demonstration in...
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) awarded a $382,526.64 firm-fixed-price contract to Serco Inc. for an oil spill boom computational fluid dynamics and physical modeling study. The purpose of the project is to investigate how computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling and physical scaled model testing can predict full-scale performance of towed oil containment boom systems, which are a primary technique for offshore oil spill response. The 12-month contract does not...