Pre-Solicitation Notice.pdf

Pre-Solicitation Notice / Sources Sought / Market Research Notice

Site Visit and Market Research

Asbestos Abatement Blanket Purchase Agreement

Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region 6 Place of Performance: 800 N. Loop 288, Denton, Texas 76209 Anticipated Requirement: Asbestos Abatement Blanket Purchase Agreement Notice Type: Pre-Solicitation Notice / Sources Sought / Market Research Registration Deadline: 10:00 a.m. Central Time, Tuesday, September 1, 2026 Contracting Officer: Destiny Dyson Email: destiny.dyson@fema.dhs.gov Required Email Subject Line: Site Visit Preparation for Asbestos Abatement Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)

Site Visit Date and Time: 10:00 a.m. CT on September 2, 2026, at 800 N. Loop 288, Denton, Texas 76209 (Room 103)

1. Purpose

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region 6, is conducting market research and acquisition planning for a possible Blanket Purchase Agreement for asbestos abatement services at the FEMA Region 6 facility located at 800 N. Loop 288, Denton, Texas 76209.

The contemplated requirement may include recurring, planned, urgent, and emergency asbestos abatement services, including, but not limited to, asbestos-containing material removal, containment, negative-air/HEPA filtration, decontamination, waste handling, transportation, disposal, regulatory notifications, and related support services.

This notice is issued for market research purposes under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10. FEMA is using this notice to identify capable sources, including small business and socioeconomic small business concerns, and to assist in determining the appropriate acquisition strategy.

FEMA has not selected an acquisition strategy. Depending on the results of market research and the anticipated value of the requirement, FEMA may consider a competitive acquisition, a socioeconomic set-aside, a socioeconomic sole-source award, or another acquisition approach authorized by applicable law and regulation.

This notice is not a solicitation. This notice does not constitute a request for quotations, request for proposals, invitation for bids, or promise to issue a future solicitation. This mailto:destiny.dyson@fema.dhs.gov notice does not commit the Government to issue a solicitation, establish a BPA, or make an award.

The Government will not reimburse any costs associated with responding to this notice or attending any site visit.

2. Anticipated Requirement

FEMA anticipates a need for asbestos abatement services at an operational federal facility in Denton, Texas. The contemplated BPA may support both planned work and time-sensitive response requirements.

The contemplated services may include, but are not limited to:

• Asbestos abatement planning and coordination;

• Containment and isolation of work areas;

• Negative-air and HEPA filtration;

• Removal of asbestos-containing or suspected asbestos-containing materials, as authorized;

• Decontamination activities;

• Air monitoring coordination or support, as applicable;

• Waste packaging, labeling, handling, transportation, and disposal;

• Regulatory notifications and documentation;

• Emergency or urgent response support;

• Coordination with FEMA facility, safety, environmental, and security personnel;

• Final cleanup and closeout documentation; and

• Other related asbestos abatement support services.

Contractors must be capable of complying with applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations, codes, and requirements governing asbestos abatement, occupational safety, environmental protection, transportation, and disposal.

3. Site Visit

FEMA will conduct a site visit to support market research and acquisition planning. The site visit is intended to help interested firms better understand general facility conditions and the contemplated requirement.

The site visit is intended to assist interested firms in understanding site-specific asbestos-related conditions at an occupied federal facility, including access constraints, containment considerations, safety requirements, indoor-air-quality controls, mobilization considerations, waste handling logistics, and response-time considerations.

Attendance at this market research site visit is strongly encouraged but is not a prerequisite for responding to this notice and does not determine eligibility for any future solicitation or award. If FEMA later issues a solicitation, FEMA may include a separate site visit requirement in that solicitation if warranted by the final acquisition strategy and the site-specific nature of the requirement.

The site visit is for market research and acquisition planning only. Attendance does not guarantee award, establish eligibility for any socioeconomic program, or create any entitlement to participate in a future acquisition. Any future acquisition will be subject to all applicable requirements, including eligibility, responsibility, fair and reasonable pricing, applicable thresholds, and FEMA’s final acquisition strategy.

FEMA may limit the number of attendees per firm due to facility, security, safety, or operational considerations.

4. Site Visit Registration

Interested firms that wish to attend the site visit must register by 10:00 a.m. Central Time, Tuesday, September 1, 2026.

Registration must be submitted by email to:

Destiny Dyson, Contracting Officer destiny.dyson@fema.dhs.gov

The email must use the following subject line:

Site Visit Preparation for Asbestos Abatement Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)

Registration must include the information below.

A. Company Information

• Company legal name;

• Unique Entity ID, if available;

• CAGE Code, if available;

• Primary point of contact;

• Telephone number;

• Email address;

• Business size;

• Socioeconomic status, if applicable;

• Relevant contract vehicles, if any, such as GSA Schedule or other governmentwide acquisition contracts; and

• Brief capability statement for asbestos abatement services.

B. Attendee Information

For each proposed attendee, provide:

• Full name;

• Title or position;

• Telephone number; and

• Email address.

Due to facility security requirements, attendee substitutions or additions may require advance approval and may not be permitted. FEMA may deny site access to any individual who was not timely registered or who does not satisfy applicable facility access requirements.

5. Site Access, Security, and Safety

The site visit will occur at an operational federal facility. Visitors may be subject to FEMA/DHS security screening, identity verification, escort requirements, and other facility access procedures.

Visitors must follow all FEMA instructions regarding access, security, escorts, photography, equipment, and safety. Visitors may not enter restricted areas or areas not authorized for the site visit.

Firearms and other dangerous weapons are not authorized on FEMA premises except as permitted by applicable FEMA/DHS policy and law.

FEMA may deny or terminate access for any visitor who does not comply with security, safety, escort, photography, equipment, or facility instructions.

Visitors are responsible for bringing appropriate personal protective equipment, if needed or directed by FEMA. FEMA may provide additional safety instructions before or during the site visit.

6. Photography, Equipment, and Building Materials

Photography may be permitted only as directed by FEMA personnel. Photographs may not capture personnel, badges, credentials, sensitive or protected information, security systems, access-control information, restricted areas, or other information that FEMA identifies as restricted or sensitive.

Interested firms may bring appropriate personal protective equipment, measuring devices, cameras, or other equipment to help evaluate the contemplated requirement, subject to FEMA approval and facility requirements.

Equipment may not interfere with FEMA operations, damage Government property, create a safety hazard, or violate security, safety, or environmental requirements.

Attendees may not disturb, remove, sample, penetrate, open, cut, scrape, drill into, or otherwise manipulate any building material or suspected asbestos-containing material unless expressly authorized in writing by the Government.

7. Information Requested from Interested Firms

FEMA requests that interested firms submit a brief capability statement addressing their ability to perform asbestos abatement services for the contemplated requirement.

Capability statements should address the following, as applicable:

1. Company legal name, address, Unique Entity ID, and CAGE Code, if available;

2. Primary point of contact, including name, telephone number, and email address;

3. Business size and socioeconomic status, if applicable;

4. Applicable asbestos abatement licenses, certifications, registrations, permits, and qualifications necessary to perform asbestos abatement work in Texas;

5. Experience complying with applicable OSHA, EPA/NESHAP, state, local, waste transportation, and disposal requirements;

6. Relevant experience performing asbestos abatement services in occupied federal, commercial, institutional, or similarly sensitive facilities;

7. Experience with planned, urgent, and emergency asbestos abatement requirements;

8. Experience with containment, negative-air/HEPA filtration, decontamination, waste handling, transportation, disposal, and regulatory notifications;

9. Typical response times for work at or near Denton, Texas;

10. Geographic presence or ability to support work in Denton, Texas;

11. Whether the firm intends to perform work primarily with its own employees or through subcontractors;

12. Relevant past performance examples for similar asbestos abatement work;

13. Relevant contract vehicles, if any, including GSA Schedule contracts or other federal contract vehicles;

14. Recommended acquisition considerations, including contract structure, ordering approach, response-time requirements, and pricing methods; and

15. Any other information the firm believes would assist FEMA in acquisition planning.

FEMA may use responses to assess industry capability, small business capability, socioeconomic program availability, potential competition, possible sole-source authority, response-time needs, geographic considerations, regulatory considerations, and the appropriate acquisition strategy.

8. Socioeconomic Acquisition Strategy

FEMA is conducting market research to identify capable sources, including capable small business and socioeconomic small business concerns, and to determine the appropriate acquisition strategy.

FEMA has not selected an acquisition strategy. Depending on the results of market research and the anticipated value of the requirement, FEMA may consider a competitive acquisition, a socioeconomic set-aside, a sole-source award under an applicable authority, or another acquisition approach authorized by applicable law and regulation.

If supported by market research and applicable requirements, potential socioeconomic sole-source authorities may include, but are not limited to:

• FAR 19.1306 for HUBZone small business concerns;

• FAR 19.1406 for service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns; and

• FAR 19.1506 for women-owned small business or economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concerns.

Any decision to use a socioeconomic set-aside or sole-source authority will be supported by the acquisition file and subject to all applicable eligibility, responsibility, threshold, approval, and fair and reasonable pricing requirements.

FEMA does not represent that a sole-source award will be made and may revise its acquisition strategy at any time.

9. Anticipated Acquisition Vehicle

FEMA is evaluating the appropriate acquisition vehicle for the contemplated requirement.

FEMA may consider establishing a BPA under applicable FAR procedures, using an existing contract vehicle, issuing a competitive solicitation, pursuing a socioeconomic set-aside, or using another authorized acquisition approach.

The final acquisition vehicle, if any, will be determined after completion of market research and acquisition planning.

10. Use of Information

Information submitted in response to this notice will be used for market research and acquisition planning only.

FEMA may use the information to evaluate qualified sources, available socioeconomic categories, possible competition, possible sole-source authority, response-time needs, geographic considerations, regulatory considerations, commercial practices, pricing approaches, and the final acquisition strategy.

FEMA will not make an award based solely on responses to this notice. Responses may be used to inform the acquisition strategy, statement of work, contract type, ordering structure, competition approach, and any future solicitation.

Respondents should not submit classified information. Respondents should not submit proprietary, confidential, or otherwise protected information unless necessary to respond to this notice. Respondents are responsible for clearly marking any proprietary or business-sensitive information. FEMA will use submitted information only for market research and acquisition planning, consistent with applicable law and regulation.

11. Questions

Questions regarding this notice or the site visit must be submitted by email to:

Destiny Dyson, Contracting Officer destiny.dyson@fema.dhs.gov

The email should use the following subject line:

Questions Regarding Asbestos Abatement BPA Market Research

FEMA may, at its discretion, provide responses directly or through an amendment or update to this notice. FEMA may decline to answer questions that are not relevant to market research or that request information FEMA determines should not be released.

12. Anticipated Schedule

FEMA anticipates completing market research after the site visit and may issue a formal solicitation in September 2026, subject to the results of market research and FEMA’s final acquisition strategy.

All dates are estimates and subject to change. FEMA may revise the schedule, acquisition strategy, requirement, or notice at any time.

13. Important Notice

This notice is for market research and acquisition planning only. It is not a solicitation and does not obligate the Government to issue a solicitation, establish a BPA, or make an award.

The Government will not reimburse costs associated with attending the site visit, preparing a response, submitting information, or otherwise participating in this market research effort.

Interested firms are responsible for monitoring the posting location for any updates, amendments, or future notices regarding this requirement.