Alaska Legacy and Abandoned Well Remediation

The Bureau of Land Management National Office is soliciting competitive proposals for plugging and remediation services for legacy and abandoned oil and gas wells located in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. The solicitation seeks to award multiple indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts for full remediation of well sites, including well bore plugging, surface cleanup, final closeout activities, and associated planning, safety, environmental protection, and quality control work. Offerors must propose fixed hourly rates for key personnel positions, including project managers, environmental scientists, and site superintendents, which will apply to subsequent task orders. Evaluation criteria include past performance assessment through a questionnaire requiring responses from at least three previous customers, compliance with prevailing wage determinations established under the Davis-Bacon Act, and adherence to subcontracting limitations. The proposal due date was extended to June 22, 2021 at 2:00 PM MDT, with award notifications anticipated by August 2021.

This solicitation is set aside exclusively for Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises. The estimated total contract value ranges between $25,000 and $50 million over a five-year period, with the sample task order for the Oumalik cluster wells valued at over $10 million and covering an anticipated period of performance from September 2021 through August 2023. The sample task order addresses remediation of up to five specific wells: Oumalik #1, Oumalik Core Test #2, Oumalik Core Test #11, Oumalik Core Test #12, and optionally East Oumalik #1, located within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Pricing templates separate work into line items including project management, planning, mobilization, demobilization, field sampling, cleanup, and well-specific plugging and abandonment activities. Self-certification of Indian economic enterprise status is acceptable, and recent and relevant experience is defined as work performed within the past three years.