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Draft FEMA Bid Notice
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SUBJECT: STANDBY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR DISASTER RELATED OPERATIONS
POC: Ms. Linda A. Sudhoff, Contracting Officer, (202) 646-4672, Linda.sudhoff@fema.gov; Ms. Virna L. Evans, Contract Specialist, (202) 646-7591, Virna.evans@fema.gov
DESC: NAICS 541990 (Professional, Scientific and Technical Services) applies to this acquisition, with a size standard of $6.0 million. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) intends to award three (3), Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity, Task Order contracts starting in fiscal year 2003, subject to the availability of funds. Each basic ID/IQ contract will have an ordering period of five years. The basic ID/IQ contract will be structured to allow for the issuance of Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF), Time and Materials (T&M), and Firm Fixed Price (FFP) task orders. The method used to allocate task orders will include: consideration of experience, workload, and the firm's performance on other task orders. The estimated cost for services is approximately $300 million per five-year contract.
The selected firms will be required to provide services associated with Standby Technical Assistance for the purpose of providing technical support, consultant and project management resources to perform disaster related operations in accordance with the statutory authorities of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. § 5121 et seq. ("the Stafford Act"), PL 93-288, as amended. The program activities of the Stafford Act are highly visible and require coordination with Federal, State, and local governments and/or voluntary organizations.
The selected firm shall be required to provide the necessary resources to adequately support disaster operations throughout FEMA Regions I - X. The resources and support includes technical assistance, consultant services and project management services. The Contractor will provide technical assistance to support the Public Assistance Program and provide project management resources and expertise to support the Disaster Housing Program. Additionally, the Contractor will provide support in efforts such as catastrophic planning; develop training materials; provide technical support for the Community Block Grant; provide technical support for the Fire Management Program; and other program areas of the Stafford Act. The Contractor shall provide support capability for all types of disasters with emphasis on riverine and coastal flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, and tsunamis. The Contractor shall provide technical assistance and project management resources on large, unusual, high-dollar value, and controversial or complex projects. The Contractor shall provide technical assistance and project management resources to the Recovery Division and its Regional counterparts. The goals and objectives of this requirement are to provide: technical assistance and consultant services; project management resources; forms, handbooks, criteria guidelines, and reports relating to disaster operations; training for personnel; and optimal customer satisfaction by providing exemplary service. The Contractor shall have personnel on-site at the disaster office within 48 hours of tasking notification. Due to the nature of FEMA's work, the Contractor must be accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Selections will be in conformance with the provisions of Public Law 92-582 and based on the criteria and evaluation points. Responding firms and proposed teams should demonstrate specialized experience and technical competence in the following areas:
1. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (40 POINTS). The firm must have expertise in the disciplines listed below. The number in parenthesis ( ) next to the skill indicates the estimated maximum number of personnel per skill which may be required at any given time, with the exception of surge requirements. There will be a need for First, Mid and Senior Levels in many of the listed skills. The expected Senior Level skill usage is estimated at 30 percent and Mid Level at 40 percent. A Senior Level professional shall possess either a professional registration (such as Professional Engineer and Certified Public Accountant) and a minimum of ten (10) years of experience in their field of expertise with complex projects of similar size and scope as this contract, or a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree or equivalent (i.e., 4-year degree) and fifteen (15) years of experience in their field of expertise. A Mid Level professional shall possess either a professional registration and a minimum of five (5) years of experience in their field of expertise with complex projects of similar size and scope as this contract, or a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree or equivalent and ten (10) years of experience in their field of expertise with complex projects of similar size and scope as this contract. A First Level professional shall require a BS degree or equivalent and a minimum of two (2) years of experience in their field of expertise. Senior and Mid Level professionals are expected to have specific knowledge in their field of expertise on any Federal regulatory requirements, e.g., an Environmental Planner must be familiar with Federal environmental regulatory requirements. The primary skills are listed in descending order of importance: Civil Engineer (50); Structural Engineer (40); Construction Inspector (20); Architect (14); Sanitary Engineer (12); Flood Insurance Adjuster (12); Engineering Technician (12); Estimator (12); Environmental Planner (10); Soils/Geotechnical Engineer (6); Insurance Specialist (5); Environmental Engineer (4); Program Manager (4); Architectural Historian (4); Historical Architect (4); Planner, General (4); Accountant (4); Certified Public Accountant (4); Accountant (4); Coastal Engineer (3); Mechanical Engineer (3); Electrical Engineer (3); Financial Analyst (3); Arborist (3); Real Estate Specialist (3); and Procurement Specialist (3). The firm must also have, on an as needed basis, one (1) each of the following skills: Geologist; Principal; Landscape Architect; Horticulturist; Art Conservator; Appraiser; Archaeologist; Biologist; Chemical Engineer; Draftsman; Graphic Artist; Hydrologist; Technical Writer; Surveying Technician; Surveyor; Telecommunications Specialist; GIS Specialist; Computer Specialist; Wetlands Specialist; Health Scientist; and Word Processor.
2. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCE (50 POINTS). The firm must demonstrate successful specialized experience of firm and key personnel in the following (tasks are listed in descending order of importance):
3. CAPACITY TO ACCOMPLISH WORK WITHIN REQUIRED TIME (40 POINTS). The firm must demonstrate (tasks are listed in descending order of importance) the ability to: a) provide and coordinate the activities of teams of professionals with expertise in restoring damaged infrastructure systems (e.g., roads, schools, hospitals, and power and water systems); and to provide project management staff with the expertise to support major capital projects; i.e., technical advice or assistance, project and construction management, property management, and mobilization and de-mobilization of resources; (b) have personnel on-site within 48 hours of notification; (c) field up to 250 professionals, simultaneously, for technical assistance support taskings from within the skills listed under Criteria #1; (d) have staffing capability to respond to two concurrent project management assignments (namely temporary housing missions) and provide adequate staff (defined as 100 professionals from within the skills listed under Criteria #1) to continue temporary housing missions at four concurrent disaster field office operations; and, (e) field and conduct initial training for up to 100 additional professionals beyond requirements listed above, concurrently, for two months, to meet surge requirements.
4. PAST PERFORMANCE (50 POINTS). The offer's past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of project management, cost control, quality control and compliance with performance schedules. Submittals must include the names, affiliations and telephone numbers for five references. The references must be within the past five years and be related in scope and magnitude. The Government reserves the right to use information outside of the response in evaluating past performance.
5. LOCATION IN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF THE PROJECTS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE LOCALITY OF THE PROJECTS (20 POINTS). a) Location (10 Points). In order to facilitate management and timely deployment, the firm must have at least one permanent and adequately staffed and equipped office located in the Washington Metropolitan area, and two (2) additional offices in other geographic locations within the United States with the capability supporting deployment operations in the event that one area is incapacitated. An adequately staffed office is defined as one that is capable of satisfactorily performing the necessary project management operations and administrative tasks (personnel, finance and accounting, logistics, task order assignment coordination, communications, etc.,) to sustain the field representatives and for the duration of the contract. b) The Firm must be knowledgeable on high disaster risk localities (10 points). The firm must demonstrate in-house expertise with all types of disasters to include flood, hurricane, earthquake and typhoon type disasters.
Engineering firms interested in performing this work are to submit one (1) original and seven (7) copies of their Standard Forms (SFs) 254 and 255 showing project experience and personnel, which will perform the work. Strict adherence to the submission instructions will be enforced. Firms not performing all work in-house must identify subcontractors in their submittal. Qualifications of subcontractors will be considered only in the evaluation for rating Criteria #1 and #2 as appropriate Firms using subcontractors must submit separate SFs 254 and 255 for each subcontractor. The submittal, including subcontractors, must not exceed thirty (30) pages, 8 1/2" x 11" front side only. Charts and drawings will be counted. All pages following the first thirty (30) pages will be discarded upon receipt. All submittals, to include portions from subcontractors, must use a type pitch that is twelve characters per inch for ease of reading and evaluation. All other material such as brochures or samples of work, attachments or extra pages will be discarded upon receipt.
Joint ventures must include a copy of the legal joint venture signed by an authorized officer from each of the firms comprising the joint venture with the chief executive of each entity identified. Copies of agreements between firms participating in a prime/subcontractor relationship must also be included in the submittal. The joint venture and the prime/subcontractor documents will be subject to the page limitation set forth above. All interested large firms are reminded that the successful firm will be expected to place subcontracts to the maximum practicable extent with small and disadvantaged firms in accordance with Public Law 95-507. If a large business firm is selected, a small business subcontracting plan, describing how it will manage their subcontractors and ensure quality control, will be required prior to award.
The Government intends to enter into a voluntary partnership arrangement with the awardees and its subcontractors on this procurement. Our objective is to identify and achieve reciprocal goals, insure effective and efficient contract performance, and resolve disputes in a timely, professional and non-adversarial manner through the use of voluntary Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) methodologies. Responses must reference "EMW-2002-TAC, Technical Assistance Contract", on the face of all forms. No other announcement is anticipated for this requirement. To assure consideration, all information must be received by the Contracting Officer no later than 3:00 PM local time, at FEMA, 500 C Street, S.W., Room 350, Washington, DC 20472, on Jan 15, 2003. Late submissions will be subject to the provisions of FAR Part 14.304. This is not a Request for Proposal. *****