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We establish a bounded-gap transfer theorem for consecutive semiprimes with a prescribed prime greatest common divisor, conditional on a residue-uniform version of the 186-gap prime-tuple sieve result. Let S₁ < S₂ < S₃ < ⋯ denote the increasing sequence of semiprimes, including squares of primes. Assuming the required residue-uniform two-prime sieve estimate for admissible 40-element tuples of diameter 186, we prove that for every fixed prime p ≥ 5, there exist infinitely many indices k satisfying (Sₖ,Sₖ₊₁) = p and 2 ≤ Sₖ₊₁-Sₖp ≤ 186. Moreover, the corresponding cofactors Sₖ/p and Sₖ₊₁/p are consecutive primes. The proof combines a bounded-prime-gap sieve for admissible 40-element tuples with a Chinese remainder theorem construction that forces unwanted intermediate integers to have at least three distinct prime factors, thereby excluding them from the semiprime sequence. The argument transfers the assumed residue-uniform prime-tuple estimate to globally consecutive semiprimes with a prescribed prime greatest common divisor. As a consequence, under the same sieve hypothesis, for every fixed prime p ≥ 5, there exists an even integer dₚ ∈ \2,4,6,…,186\ such that infinitely many consecutive semiprimes satisfy (Sₖ,Sₖ₊₁) = p, Sₖ₊₁-Sₖ = p dₚ. This provides a bounded-gap relaxation of the conjecture concerning first semiprime gcd occurrences and twin-prime cofactors, reducing the previously considered cofactor-gap bound of 600 to 186 under the stated sieve hypothesis. The result establishes a conditional infinite-family theorem for every prescribed prime gcd, without assuming the twin-prime conjecture. It does not establish that the first occurrence has twin-prime cofactors or that infinitely many twin primes exist. The contribution is a transfer argument connecting bounded prime gaps, admissible prime tuples, and the arithmetic structure of consecutive semiprimes. The 186 bound depends on the stated residue-uniform sieve input associated with recent 2026 preprint research and is not claimed here as an independently established unconditional theorem.
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