--Custom Oil & Gas Well Data

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Petroleum and Biofuels Statistics intends to award a sole source contract to IHS Global, Inc. This proposed one (1) year contract is to provide Energy Information Administration (EIA), with statistical data services to include weekly and monthly statistics on the number of oil and gas wells drilled in the United States. This data is compiled and offered under IHS Custom Well Data services published exclusively by IHS Global, Inc. IHS Global, Inc. statistical data, created in conjunction with The American Petroleum Institute, is essential to EIA?s Well Completion Model which is used to create the Monthly Energy Review and Annual Energy Review. The proposed action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a) (2) (ii). This is a notice of intent and not a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation is available for this requirem ent. Interested parties should submit a capability statement and pricing information for the requirement within seven calendar days of publication of this notice, to be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive requirement.