The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) awarded a $265,000 firm-fixed price purchase order to Ecoquants LLC, a limited liability company based in Manhattan Beach, California. The two-year contract requires Ecoquants to update BOEM's environmental sensitivity methods and models, including developing new environmental sensitivity indices and interactive geospatial tools for offshore planning areas to analyze oil spill and wind energy risks. The contract was awarded without a set-aside...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management awarded a $299,688 firm fixed price purchase order to Southall Environmental Associates, Inc. to conduct a Vulnerability Index Method for Mapping Stressors and Habitat study along the U.S. West Coast. The solicitation sought proposals to develop a vulnerability index scaling the effects of offshore renewable energy on marine mammals and sea turtles, incorporating species distribution data and addressing data gaps through expert...
This federal contract award, INM09PA00014|INM12PB00002, was issued by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior. The contract, which was not set aside, is a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Call under BOEM's Professional Services Schedule (PSS) contract vehicle. The work scope includes Environmental Assessments (EAs) for projects in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The prime contractor is Ecology & Environment Inc., a...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management awarded a $193,774.46 Delivery Order to Industrial Economics Inc. (IEC), an environmental consulting firm, to study and update the Bureau's offshore environmental cost model and related analyses. This contract was awarded under IEC's existing Professional Services Schedule (PSS) contract with the General Services Administration. IEC has held several other Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicles with federal...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) awarded a $1,739,002.46 time and materials delivery order contract to LGL Ecological Research Associates, Inc. (doing business as Research Associates) on December 21, 2022. The contract, which has an ultimate completion date of January 1, 2028, is for ecological research services in support of BOEM's mission. Research Associates is a self-certified small disadvantaged business that provides scientific assessments,...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management awarded a $132,044 firm fixed price delivery order contract to Blue World Research Institute Inc. of Cocoa, Florida. The contract, AK-21-X06 SEAOTECH, has a completion date of June 10, 2026 and was awarded on September 1, 2021 without a set-aside designation. The contract is to provide research and technology services in support of the Bureau's ocean energy and science programs. No major subcontractors were identified. The...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) awarded Industrial Economics Inc., doing business as IEC, a $621,927 firm fixed price contract to conduct socioeconomic impact assessments of offshore energy development. Solicitation NT-20-X13 sought assessment and reporting services on the effects of offshore energy on coastal communities, indigenous populations, and other stakeholders from coastal regions impacted by such development. IEC will deliver the requested...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management awarded Southall Environmental Associates, Inc. a $325,241 firm fixed price definitive contract to modify and expand an existing risk assessment analytical framework. The framework assesses the biological significance of noise on marine mammals from seismic surveys and renewable energy platform construction in the Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic Ocean. Southall Environmental Associates, Inc. will build upon a previous framework...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (DOI BOEM) awarded Aptim Federal Services LLC a $273,194.35 firm fixed price delivery order contract to provide critical and offshore mineral resource evaluation services. Aptim will perform the work in Baton Rouge, Louisiana between September 16th, 2022 and October 31st, 2023. Two subcontracts were also awarded to CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. and the Water Institute of the Gulf to conduct feasibility studies in support of the prime...
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management awarded a $420,292.53 Definitive Contract to Trustees of Boston University, a private university in Boston, Massachusetts. The contract is for a "Multiscale Integrated Model of Ecosystem Services" and does not have a set-aside designation. As a prime contractor, Boston University has extensive experience receiving federal contracts and grants from agencies such as the Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and...