FEMA Issues Pre-Solicitation Notice for Programmatic Technical Assistance Support Services

WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwired - September 17, 2015) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a pre-solicitation notice on Wednesday, September 16 that it plans to issues a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the procurement of Programmatic Technical Assistance support services to be performed primarily in the greater Washington, D.C. area.

FEMA intends to award a single Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract that allows for firm-fixed-price (FFP) and cost plus fixed fee (CPFF) task orders.

The solicitation, once issued on or about October 1, 2015, will be to procure reliable, efficient, and effective programmatic technical assistance for the Risk Reduction Division (PTARRD). This includes (but is not limited to) programmatic support, enhancement of FEMA benefit-cost tools, loss avoidance methodology, mitigation grants business process streamlining support, and enterprise data analytics needs for Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) programs.

According to FEMA, this will be an 8(a) competitive acquisition. The NAICS code is 541611 (Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services) with a Product Service Code (PSC) of R499 (Support -- Professional: Other). The Small Business Size Standard for this NAICS is $7.0 million.

The anticipated contract start date is January 2, 2016, and it will last for one year. The contract also will include four one-year option periods.

The current contractor, Ideation, Inc., earned between $9 million and $11 million during its contract, which covered a base year and four one-year options, for a total of five years, according to FEMA’s pre-solicitation.

Contractors with questions about this pre-solicitation notice can e-mail Gerrid Gaboriault at gerrid.gaboriault@fema.dhs.gov.

If you’re interested in submitting a bid once FEMA issues its FRQ on or about October 1, 2015, and you’re not registered with FEMA as a contractor, call US Federal Contractor Registration the world’s largest third-party registration firm, at (877) 252-2700 ext. 1. If you need to register on System for Award Management (SAM), or renew your registration, US Federal Contractor Registration also can help.