Specifications include, but are not limited to:Pursuant to Government Code 4526, the California State Lands Commission (CSLC) announces its need to retain an Oil & Gas Engineering Consultant (Consultant Firm) for the Rincon Oil Field including Rincon Island, located off Mussel Shoals, Ventura County, to design and execute a plug and abandon program for 79 oil and gas wells located on former State oil and gas leases PRC 145, PRC 410, and PRC 1466 (Leases) and to conduct the safe operation of onshore and offshore oil and gas facilities located on the Leases (Project). A Consultant Firm, with expertise in the plugging and abandonment of onshore and offshore oil and gas wells, will be required to perform engineering, operations, and administrative services, under the oversight of CSLC engineers, to develop and execute a program to permanently plug and abandon 79 wells, to perform all ancillary tasks associated with the plug and abandonment program, and to provide essential personnel to continue the safe daily operations of the Leases at the current baseline conditions. The Consultant Firm will also be responsible for maintaining safe conditions on the Leases including monitoring and maintaining safe well pressures. Project work may include the hiring and management of subcontractors to perform the work under the plans (including but not limited to well services contractors, rental equipment, service companies, water/electric/gas services, and the hiring of related vessels such as crane barges and equipment barges), and to perform other routine or required inspection services, including reporting, testing, and inspection required to maintain regulatory compliance with CSLC, DOGGR, VCAPCD, RWQCB, and other agencies. The Project will be completed when all identified oil and gas wells on the Leases are plugged and abandoned and Lease facilitates are placed in caretaker status or equivalent condition of safety. In no event will the Project continue any later than June 30, 2021. The Consultant Firm must have engineers that are familiar and experienced with offshore California oil operations and associated oil and gas production facilities and who will be responsible for planning and carrying out the work, supervising any other required ancillary work and other special projects required for the plug and abandonment process described below. The Consultant Firm must possess expertise in completing complicated well abandonment programs consistent with industry and regulatory standards, in a safe, timely, and environmentally protective manner. II. Description of Work: A) Rincon Island & Onshore Leases Personnel Supervision and Labor Services 1. Acquire/retain/hire essential personnel to maintain the facilities on the Leases in a safe and operational condition; 2. Onshore: 12 hour tour/7 on/7 off; 1 operator per tour; total of 4 operators, until the completion of work identified in E(3), below. 3. Rincon Island: 12 hour tour/7 on/7 off; 1 operator per tour; total of 4 operators until the completion of work identified in E(2), below 4. Onshore/Rincon Island: 1 Operations Supervisor