PTS_RFI_Questions_1.22.19.pdf

Solicitation Number:

70FA6019I00000001

Notice Type:

Request for Information

Synopsis:

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Federal Insurance & Mitigation Administration (FIMA) Risk Management Directorate’s (RMD) Production and Technical Services (PTS)

RFI Questions FEMA is asking Industry’s input to the questions posed below related to the FEMA-FIMA PTS support services requirement. Please answer the following questions as they pertain to your expertise:

1. If the future PTS contract period of performance were to be greater than 5 years, what would be the ideal period of performance to setup successful execution of contract requirements given the current known program environment?

2. How would you address capacity requirements for efficient national contract delivery of services and what opportunities and challenges would you anticipate if FEMA awarded the PTS contract to one vendor?

3. What would the ideal contract structure, including number of vendors be to execute services under the PTS contract? Please provide a detailed explanation to support your recommendations.

4. What opportunities and challenges would present themselves if FEMA were to compete the PTS contract based on a Regional breakout structure for the entire period of the contract? The breakout structure would allow for the PTS contract to be split throughout the country. How many vendors would be the most productive for this strategy to work?

Question & Answer Period Prior to submitting a response to this RFI, FEMA is allowing a question and answer period relating only to the questions contained within this RFI. Questions pertaining to this RFI are due to the contracting officer, Barry Taylor, Barry.Taylor@fema.dhs.gov, no later than 2:00 PM (EST) on January 28, 2019.

The subject line of the email shall contain the following: Questions for RFI 70FA6019I00000001

FIMA – PTS.

Only electronic submissions will be accepted and are to be sent only to the contracting officer, Barry Taylor, Barry.Taylor@fema.dhs.gov, no later than 2:00 PM (EST) on Friday February 4, 2019. The subject line of the email shall contain the following: Response to RFI 70FA6019I00000001– FIMA –

PTS.

Submission Requirements Submission to this RFI shall include the following information:

mailto:Barry.Taylor@fema.dhs.gov mailto:Barry.Taylor@fema.dhs.gov

1) Organization name, physical address, point-of-contact’s name and email address and telephone number, website address, and DUNS number and/or CAGE code;

2) Statement of company’s current socio-economic designation (i.e. HUBZone small business concern, service-disabled veteran-owned small business firm, 8(a) contractor, woman-owned small business, small business, or large business); and

3) Tailored responses to the incorporated questions shall be no longer than ten (10) pages addressing your insight and perspective on the matters being proposed by the Government.

Formatting specifics are:

1) 8 ½ x 11 size pages, single sided

2) 1 inch margins (top, bottom, and sides)

3) Times New Roman font – no smaller than 10 point

4) Page limitation does not include: 1 cover page or 1 letter of introduction. The cover page or letter of introduction shall not exceed one (1) page.

Do not include promotional materials.

RFI Disclaimer This RFI is part of the Government program’s market research efforts and issued solely for informational and planning purposes. It does not constitute a solicitation or a promise to issue a solicitation in the future. This RFI does not commit FEMA to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future solicitation, if any is issued. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by FEMA to form a binding contract. No solicitation is currently available. Any future solicitation package will be made available on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website https://www.fbo.gov, or other determined appropriate government point of entry. Interested parties are solely responsible for monitoring the relevant government point of entry websites for the release of a solicitation package and/or any updates/amendments.

At this time, one-on-one telephone or in-person due diligence sessions are not planned but may be considered should the government deem them necessary to obtain sufficient level of knowledge required for the completion of the market research.

In order to receive an award from any resultant solicitation, should one be issued, the successful offeror must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). The SAM website is https://www.sam.gov.

No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing this information in response to this synopsis or any follow-up information requests. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the responding party’s expense.

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