Bush dome helium reservoir consulting services

This is a pre-solicitation notice.

Background: The U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Amarillo Field Office, operates a 310-Billion Cubic Feet (Bcf) gas storage reservoir that contains approximately 11 Bcf of injected Government and privately owned helium in a partially depleted natural gas field. The gas field contains 29 wells, which include 18 withdrawal wells, 6 injection wells, and 5 observation wells. The storage reservoir is located approximately 15 miles northwest of Amarillo, Texas at the Cliffside site. A 425-mile crude helium gas transmission pipeline connects private grade-A and crude helium production plants to the storage reservoir..

DOI BLM intends to issue a firm-fixed-price, Single Award, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract for this acquisition with a base and four (4) option periods.

This procurement will be under NAICS Code 541330, Engineering Services with a size standard of $15,000,000.00. All interested vendors may submit a proposal which shall be considered by BLM. Solicitation L17PS00473 estimated issuance date will be June 26, 2017 with a closing date of August 10, 2017. These dates are estimated dates and may be adjusted dependent upon the official release of the solicitation. The solicitation will not close prior to the annotated closing date. No paper copies will be issued. Interested vendors shall access solicitation through FedConnect (www.fedconnect.net) and/or Federal Business Opportunities (www.fbo.gov) websites. Interested vendors are responsible for monitoring these sites for release of the solicitation package and potential amendments. To be eligible for contract award, vendors must complete Offeror Representations and Certifications and complete vendor registration on the System for Award Management (SAM) website at https://www.sam.gov//.

Any questions regarding this notice should be submitted in writing to the Contracting Officer, Heath Moore, DOI BLM via email hmoore@blm.gov and the Contract Specialist, David Slade, Contractor Circuit Media, DOI BLM via dslade@blm.gov.