Description
The USTDA is seeking a qualified small‑business consultant to provide comprehensive scoping services for Indo‑Pacific energy and critical‑minerals projects. The effort includes conducting infrastructure risk screenings, preparing preliminary and full project reports, delivering a scoping‑mission report, and producing a final deliverable that integrates environmental and geophysical resilience considerations. The contractor will also manage travel, translation, and marketing‑plan development as needed, and must comply with extensive FAR clauses and small‑business set‑aside requirements.
• Scope : Infrastructure risk screening, environmental/geophysical analysis, TOR development, and full project feasibility reporting.
• Deliverables : 10 Preliminary Assessment Reports, 15 Full Project Reports, 1 Scoping Mission Report, 2 Amendment Reviews, 1 Final Report.
• Timeline : Offer due 9 Nov 2026; work to be performed after award (duration not specified).
• Budget : Daily rate $577 (incl. fringe & overhead) for ~30 days plus travel, translation, and marketing costs.
• Eligibility : 100 % small‑business set‑aside (U.S. firms/individuals only; subcontracting < 50 %).
• Location : Contractor can be based anywhere in the U.S.; travel to project sites in the Indo‑Pacific region required.