Request for Quote for a Desk Study on Enhanced Coalbed Methane Development and Carbon Dioxide Storage in India

Added: Aug 24, 2015 2:00 pm This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial item prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 and procedures in Subpart 13.1 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only Request for Quote (RFQ); quotations are being requested and written solicitation will not be issued.

This solicitation is being issued In Accordance With (IAW) FAR Subpart 13.104. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the RFQ respondent who is deemed responsible and is determined, based on the evaluation factors, to represent the best value to the Government.

This procurement is a 100 percent Small Business Set-Aside with a small business size standard of $15M annual sales under NAICS Code 541690. Award is limited to U.S. Firms or U.S. individuals. Contractor and subcontractor personnel used shall be either U.S. citizens on non-U.S. citizens lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States. Contractor use of subcontractors is limited to less than fifty percent of the proposed price.

The Government intends to award a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) purchase order. There is no travel involved with this requirement.

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-83.

USTDA intends to contract with a U.S. firm (Contractor) to perform a Desk Study (DS) to assess: (1) whether or not the project meets USTDA's basic funding criteria (above); (2) recommend the appropriate Terms of Reference (TOR) for the study; and (3) develop an appropriate budget for the TOR recommended for the study.

This DS would review a proposal for a feasibility study to establish a commercial enhanced coalbed methane (ECBM) recovery project within the Raniganj East Coalbed Methane (CBM) field in India. ECBM takes captured CO2 (that would otherwise be emitted to the atmosphere) and injects the CO2 into coal seams to stimulate additional production of methane, and then permanently sequesters the CO2.