B--Notice of Intent to award Sole Source Contract to Southwest Statistical Consulting, Cortez, CO

The US Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, intends to award a sole source contract for the following tasks in accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1: only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The work includes efforts related to the design, maintenance, and enhancement of gas hydrate assessment models designed to assist in fulfilling the MMS mission. The models referred to were created and tested by Southwest Statistical Consulting. The work required includes four primary objectives that will be divided into separate tasks. 1. Provide methodology improvements and programming expertise in support of the existing in-place model. 2. Modify the existing model structure and deliver results for specific regions. 3. Design, develop and support a probabilistic technically recoverable model for hydrates. 4. Design, develop and support a probabilistic economically recoverable model for hydrates on the Outer Continental Shelf. To conduct the project described above requires an extensive knowledge of statistical principles as applied in the field of assessment methodologies for undiscovered resources. Southwest Statistical Consulting has expert statisticians on staff that have spent over 40 years in developing predictive probabilistic models for hydrocarbon resource assessment. This award will be for a base period of eighteen (18) months and one (1) twelve (12) month option period. This notice is not a formal solicitation. This is not considered a Request for Quotation (RFQ) nor is it a Request for Proposal (RFP). No solicitation document is available and telephone request will not be honored. No purchase order will be awarded on the basis of quotation or offers received in response to this notice. Any response to this notice must show clear, compelling, and convincing evidence that competition will be advantageous to the government. If no affirmative written response is received, the contract will be awarded without further notice. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract on this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received by the POC listed below by close of business July 2, 2007, will be considered by the government. POC: Kimberly Luke, MMS, Procurement Operations Branch, 381 Elden Street, MS-2100, Herndon, VA 20170. Questions must be emailed to [email protected] or faxed to Kimberly Luke at 703-787-1041. TELEPHONIC QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED OR ACKNOWLEDGED.