Environmental Impacts and Impact Producing Factors for Critical Minerals Activities on the OCS
Forecast New Requirement Updated
- Agency
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Department of the Interior
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $500,000 to $999,000
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Forecast facts
- Anticipated award
- Not on record
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Place of performance
- Sterling, VA
- Forecast number
- 52396
- Points of contact
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- Melissa Batum melissa.batum@boem.gov
Forecast details come from the GSA Acquisition Gateway. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is procuring research and development services to systematically identify Impact Producing Factors across phases and deposit types and compile evidence for their environmental consequences in coastal, marine, and human systems for critical minerals activities on the Outer Continental Shelf. The work will generate consistent, decision-ready information to reduce uncertainty under accelerated timelines and support lease planning, NEPA analyses, consultations, stipulations, and monitoring requirements. The estimated solicitation release date is March 31, 2027.
The estimated award value ranges from $500,000 to $999,000 for performance at Sterling, Virginia. Melissa Batum, Senior Program Analyst in the Business & Operations role at the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, serves as the point of contact and may be reached at melissa.batum@boem.gov or 703-787-1646.
Forecast text
Systematically identifies Impact‑Producing Factors (IPFs) across phases and deposit types and compiles evidence for their environmental consequences in coastal, marine, and human systems. Consistent, decision‑ready information reduces uncertainty under accelerated timelines. MMA will use the synthesis to support lease planning, NEPA analyses, consultations, stipulations, and monitoring requirements.
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