Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Procurement Operations Branch, MS2500, 381 Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817

C -- INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF LIBERTY PIPELINE SYSTEM DESIGN ALTERNATIVES SOL RFQ 16132 DUE 072099 POC Wallace O. Adcox, Contracting Officer, (703) 787-1362 E-MAIL: Contracting Officer's E-mail Address, wallace.adcox@mms.gov. The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has a requirement for engineering services in connection with the Liberty Prospect. BACKGROUND: BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. (BPXA) submitted a Development and Production plan (DPP) to the Minerals Management Service (MMS) for development of the Liberty Prospect. The Liberty Prospect is located in Foggy Island Bay, which is about 20 miles east of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in the Beaufort Sea. The project will consist of a self-contained drilling and production facility on a gravel island, about 6 miles from shore, with subsea pipelines connecting to existing onshore pipelines. The Liberty Project pipelines are the first proposed pipelines in the Arctic outer continental shelf. The MMS is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Liberty Project. A facilitated effort is ongoing with other permitting and resource agencies to identify alternative pipeline system designs to be evaluated in the EIS. The process will help the participants to develop a better understanding of the design, construction, and operational issues associated with subsea pipeline system alternatives. The pipeline system alternatives that are identified will be developed by BPXA, and a report generated. The report will be reviewed by an MMS contracted engineering firm. The review shall consist of evaluating design completeness to ensure that the design, construction, and operational issues have been addressed on an equitable basis. The review work is expected to begin in mid-September 1999 and shall be required to be completed within two months. This will allow a preliminary daft EIS to be available in December 1999 for review by the permitting and resource agencies. BPXA will prepare a report on Alternative Pipeline Systems for the Liberty Project. Expectations are that the report will include at least four pipeline systems developed to a conceptual engineering level. These four pipeline system alternatives are expected to include: 1) Single wall steel pipeline; 2) Pipe-in-pipe system; 3) Single wall steel pipe inside High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) sleeve; and 4) Flexible pipe system. STATEMENT OF TASKS: The contractor shall provide an independent review of the pipeline system alternatives. Evaluate design completeness to ensure that the design and construction and operational issues have been addressed on an equitable basis for each pipeline system alternative, including: 1) Review the appropriateness of pipeline design objectives; 2) Review the pipeline systems design basis; 3) Review the adequacy of the environmental loading conditions used; 4) Determine if the conceptual pipeline design objectives have been achieved; 5) Review the proposed construction methodologies including constructability, potential environmental effects, and schedule; 6) Review cost estimates for each alternative; 7) Review operations, maintenance, and repair issues each alternative; 8) Review the evaluation of technical merits for each alternative; 9) Prepare a report summarizing the findings of the review; 10) Provide an intermediate and final draft work product of MMS review and comment; 11) Prepare reports in a format usable by lay people; and 12) The review work is expected to begin in mid-September 1999 and shall be required to be completed within two months. This will allow a preliminary daft EIS to be available in December 1999 for review by the permitting and resource agencies. HOW TO RESPOND: In order to compete for this contract interested parties must demonstrate that they are qualified to perform the work by providing, BY FOUR O'CLOCK EASTERN TIME on JULY 20,1999, their SF 254 and SF 255 forms (see Numbered Note 24). Please send the original and one copy to: Minerals Management Service, 381 Elden Street, MS2500, Herndon, VA 20170-4817, Attn: Wallace O. Adcox. Send three (3) copies to Minerals Management Service, Alaska OCS, 949 East 36th Ave. -- Suite 300, MS8300, Anchorage, AK 99508-4302, Attn: Mr. Dennis Hinnah. Questions regarding this procurement should be faxed or E-mailed as soon as possible to fax(703) 787-1387or e-mail "wallace.adcox@mms.gov". TELEPHONE INQUIRARIES ARE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. Please include with your question(s) your full name, the RFQ number & title, your organization, complete address, and phone and fax numbers. EVALUATION CRITERIA: Your response will be evaluated according to: (1) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services; (2) Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required including Arctic engineering expertise; offshore pipeline expertise; pipeline Leak detection expertise; pipeline failure analysis expertise; pipeline construction expertise; pipeline operations expertise; pipeline repair expertise; and pipeline cost estimating expertise; (3) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time; (4) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS OPEN TO ALL BUSINESSES REGARDLESS OF SIZE. The SIC Code for this procurement is 8711. The estimated contract value is less than $100,000. Selection will be made pursuant to the Simplified Acquisition Procedures for A&E actions (See Numbered Note 24). INTERESTED FIRMS ARE ADVISED THAT THIS ACQUISITION WILL FOLLOW FAR PROCEDURES IN GENERAL, BUT DOES NOT FALL UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE BROOKS ACT AS NON-FEDERAL FUNDS WILL BE USED TO PAY FOR THIS WORK. Posted 07/02/99 (W-SN350082). (0183)

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