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Questions and Answers
PVU Well Failure Evaluation
140RR027Q0004

Date Question
Submitted

Questions

Is this solicitation restricted to
small businesses, and what are the
October 14, 2026
applicable size and eligibility
requirements?

Are there minimum annual
revenue, financial capacity,
bonding, or prior federal
October 14, 2026 contracting experience
requirements that could preclude a
smaller engineering consulting
firm from bidding directly?

BOR Response
Yes, this is a small business set-aside. Applicable size standard for the applicable NAICS is $19.0 million.

a. Annual Revenue - Size Standard is $19.0 million to be considered a small business.
b. Financial Capability - There is no specific financial capability required in the solicitation.
c. Bonding - This requirement is being solicited as a
service, not construction, so no bonding is required.
d. Experience – Per the solicitation Technical Proposal Section:
Personnel Qualifications: How existing personnel have the technical skills, security awareness, and training necessary to perform the work:
The contractor shall identify and provide resumes for the Project Manager and all key technical personnel assigned to perform work under this Statement of Work. All studies, evaluations, analyses, and recommendations required under this Statement of Work shall be performed by qualified
personnel with demonstrated experience in the design,
drilling, completion, operation, and testing of deep brine disposal wells operating at high injection pressures. The contractor shall provide personnel with expertise in
petroleum engineering; structural/petroleum geology and geomechanics; and reservoir and injection well analysis sufficient to evaluate well integrity, operational
performance, subsurface conditions, and potential failure mechanisms associated with the PVU injection well. Each resume shall document education, professional
qualifications, and demonstrate a minimum of ten (10)
years of relevant industry experience in the area of
expertise applicable to the individual’s assigned role. Required experience shall include deep injection well
design and operation; casing and tubing integrity
evaluation; mechanical integrity testing, geomechanical evaluation, injectivity and injection pressure analysis, reservoir capacity evaluation, long-term formation response related to high-pressure brine disposal operations,
evaluation of surface and subsurface physical plant