Pre-Solicitation_Notice_3.pdf

SAM.GOV NOTICE

PRESOLICITATION CONFERENCE / AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

(QUESTIONS FOR CONTRACTORS / DRAFT SOLICITATION)

1. Pre-solicitation Conference and Meetings

The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will be hosting a Pre-Solicitation Conference for the Geological Interpretive Tools (GIT) Technology IDIQ on July 24, 2024 at BOEM’s office in New Orleans, LA from 10am – 12pm. The pre-solicitation conference will be both in person and virtual. Contractors may choose to attend in either way. Additionally, interested parties can schedule a one-hour one-on-one meetings with BOEM staff after the meeting to further discuss the draft solicitation on July 24, 2024 from 2pm

- 4pm and July 25, 2024, from 9am-4pm Central Time. Additional one-on-one meeting times may be made available at the discretion of BOEM.

Interested parties must be registered to attend the Pre-Solicitation Conference whether in person or virtual. There will be no day of registration. Registration is required for attendance. The deadline for registration is July 17, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. To register, submit an email with the following information to caroline.laikin-credno@bsee.gov. The subject line of the email must read, “Pre-Solicitation Conference – Registration”. The email registration should provide the following information:

• Organization Name

• Organization Address

• Point of Contact

• Telephone Number

• Email Address

• List of Attendee(s) – multiple individuals from the same organization can register in the same email. The list must include the name and email address of each attendee.

• Include whether the individuals will be attending in person or virtual.

• If interested in a one-on-one meeting, note this in your email and your preferred time. The Contracting Officer will schedule all one-on-one meetings based on availability.

To participate in-person, you must bring your acceptable government issued id to the BOEM building to get into the conference.

The in-person address and the virtual meeting information will be provided to all attendees prior to the meeting.

One-on-One Meeting Guidance. The goal of the meeting is to allow one-on-one conversations with interested contractors to help BOEM better understand industry capabilities and allow potential offerors to judge whether or how they can best satisfy the Government’s requirements.

Additionally, BOEM hopes to identify any concerns regarding the draft request for proposal including the acquisition strategy, the feasibility of the requirement, the suitability of the proposal instructions and evaluation criteria, and any other industry concerns or questions. No aspect of these meetings is intended to provide any party with access to information that is not similarly available to other contractors, and no part of the future evaluation of proposals will be based on the conduct or discussions that occur during these meetings. Any information provided by the Government is pre-decisional and is not binding as the purpose of the meeting is to help the Government better refine its requirements.

2. Request for Information / Questions for Contractors / Draft Solicitation

BOEM is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to obtain answers to additional technical and acquisition questions and comments on its draft Solicitation, titled, “Geological Interpretive Tools (GIT) Technology.” The GIT Technology is utilized by multi-regional BOEM Resource Evaluation Program Offices in New Orleans, Camarillo, Anchorage, Sterling, and remote employees.

GIT applications are commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) geoscience, petrophysical, geophysical and engineering surface and subsurface characterization software applications focused on and petroleum exploration and production (E&P) analysis, carbon sequestration, and sand/sediment identification and analysis. GIT provides BOEM/BSEE with the applications and infrastructure integral to perform mission critical functions.

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit comments on the draft Solicitation and obtain answers to BOEM questions from potential contractors and other persons interested who could help BOEM in formulating its requirements before issuing the final Solicitation.

Responses to questions (Attachment 1) and comments on the draft solicitation (Attachment 2) must be sent in writing to Caroline Laikin-Credno, Contracting Officer, via e-mail at caroline.laikin-credno@bsee.gov. All submissions must be received by the Contracting Officer no later than 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time on July 31, 2024. Please note that responses are voluntary and will be used for market research only and no proprietary information will be shared outside of BOEM. Contractors are invited to respond to the questions or provide comments on the draft RFP or both.