The Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Montana State Office is soliciting proposals to perform plug and abandonment and site reclamation operations of existing oil and gas well bores. On April 15, 2022, BLM issued Solicitation Number 140L3622R0002 via https://sam.gov/content/opportunities, at the link provided in this notice. The work under this contract is in Fall River County, South Dakota approximately 10 miles Southwest of Edgemont, South Dakota. The legal locations are listed below:
*Wulf Fed #2 (Oil Well-Shut In)
*U.S. Well number 40-047-20089, T9S, R2E, SWN E S15, Lease Number SDM 39501, SD DENR Permit number 975, Latitude 43.268493, Longitude -103.866824; Surface Owner U.S. Forest Service, Fall River Ranger District
*Wulf Federal #1 (Oil Well-Shut In)
*U.S. Well number 40-047-20082, T9S, R2E, SENW S15, Lease Number SDM 39501, SD DENR permit number 939, Latitude 43.268165, -103.871993, Surface Owner: U.S. Forest Service, Fall River Ranger District
*Poseidon Fed 24-32 (Water Injection Well)
*U.S. Well number 40-047-20246, T9S, R02E, SESW S32 SESW R2E, Lease Number SDM78155X (SDM66345), SD DENR Permit number 1487, Latitude 43.219459, Longitude -103.90925; Surface Owner U.S. Forest Service, Fall River Ranger District
*Nautilus 21-5 (Oil Well-Shut In)
*U.S. Well number 40-047-20250, T10S, R02E, NENW S05, Lease Number SDM65529 (SDM78155X), SD DENR permit number 1494, Latitude 43.215856, Longitude -103.909251, Surface Owner U.S. Forest Service, Fall River Ranger District
Pursuant to Part 15 and Part 37 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations, BLM issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) on April 15, 2022. The estimated price range of this acquisition is between $500,000 and $1,000,000. BLM is issuing the RFP under the total small business set-aside program. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 213112 and the associated Small Business Size Standard is $41.5 Million.
A single contract award will be made to the offeror that submits a proposal that has been determined to be the best value based on the Tradeoff Procedures within the Federal Acquisition Regulations. A firm-fixed priced contract is contemplated. Proposals will be due on May 16, 2022, at BLM's Montana State Office, 5001 Southgate, Billings, Montana. Offerors may submit electronic proposals as a response to the anticipated solicitation. Electronic proposals will be subject to the same rules as paper proposals.
The Government anticipates award of this procurement on or around June 12, 2022. The successful contractor will be required complete the entire work including final cleanup of the premises by September 30, 2022.
For further information about the requirement, offerors should contact Christine Mundt at cmundt@blm.gov or at (406) 896-5030.
All prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award. If you have not updated SAM since October of 2020, you are advised to update early to be sure you are in compliance with the expanded Section 889 prohibitions on not using certain covered technology products.
The successful contractor shall electronically submit all payment requests for the anticipated contract through the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform (IPP). If the contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its offer.
