RFI_HI ATTHU Modular Units_20250313.pdf

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA)

MANUFACTURING, TRANSPORTING, INSTALLING, MAINTENANCE, REMOVAL, DISPOSAL

ALTERNATE TRANSPORTABLE TEMPORARY HOUSING UNITS

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) #70FB8025I00000003

THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) is issued in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 15.201(d) & (e). This RFI does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), Invitation for Bid (IFB), or Request for Quotation (RFQ), and it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter into a contract, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response to this request. All information contained in this RFI is preliminary and is subject to change if, and when, a solicitation is issued. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S.

Government to form a binding contract. If a competitive solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) website. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this RFI, or future solicitations.

BACKGROUND

The effects of the August 2023 wildfire impacted the State of Hawaii causing widespread damage throughout large portions of the State. On August 10, 2023, President Biden issued a Major Disaster Declaration for Hawaii, designated as FEMA-DR-4724-HI, that authorized Individual Assistance (IA) for one (1) county in the State after the wildfire devastated State infrastructure in the impacted county. The event exceeded State and local resource capacity. In response to this disaster, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is entrusted with procuring group site housing units for Purchase, Install, Maintenance, and Deactivation for those affected. For purposes of this RFI, FEMA calls these units Alternate Transportable Temporary Housing Units (ATTHUs). On December 09, 2023, the direct housing mission was approved for the following county: Maui. Other Hawaii counties may be added and included in the future. All direct housing options are authorized under Section 408 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act as amended (Stafford Act).

PROJECT SCOPE

The contractor shall be responsible for manufacturing, transporting, installing, maintaining, removing, replacing, storing, and disposing Alternative Transportable Temporary Housing Units (ATTHUs) in compliance with the requirements and the applicable Federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

Applicable codes are provided in Appendix B, Codes for Modular Temporary Housing, however, FEMA does not represent that this is all inclusive. The contractor is responsible for ensuring all applicable laws and regulations are followed.

FEMA is interested in Modular steel-framed volumetric housing units that can be transported in a standard shipping container to OCONUS (Outside the Continental United States) in the Pacific region including Hawai’i, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands with minimal on-site construction requirements. Units need to be austere and adaptable to varied geographies. The Contractor shall provide all personnel, facilities, tools, equipment, material, supplies necessary for the ATTHUs and the maintenance of group sites where the ATTHU are installed necessary to, or incident to, performing and providing the items as required in the PWS.

The requirement is for manufacturing, transporting, installing, maintaining, removing, replacing, storing, and disposing up to 10 ATTHUs. The ATTHUs will include 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, and 3-bedroom models. The 1 bedroom and 2-bedroom units shall have a single full bath. The 3-bedroom units shall have 2 full baths. The Contractor could also be responsible for the removal of all units and associated utilities and/or restore the site to condition as set forth in the lease for the property. ATTHUs must be compliant with the International Building Code (IBC). ATTHUs must be delivered as a turnkey home which must include the Furniture, Fixtures, Appliances and Equipment (FFAE) identified in Appendix A, and flooring must not be carpeting. All ATTHUs shall connect to potable water, sanitary sewer, and local electricity.

REQUESTED INFORMATION

Interested companies shall provide the following information:

Company Information

1) Company name, Unique Entity Identifier # (if applicable), CAGE Code (if applicable), SAM registered (if applicable), web address, address, point of contact, telephone number, e-mail address, size of your organization, and, if applicable, the small business socioeconomic category designation.

Housing Design & Construction

2) Describe your capability providing Modular steel-framed volumetric housing units, meeting Hawai’i building code and design standards and IBC compliance. Include details on your ability to produce one-, two-, and three-bedroom types and up to 10 ATTHUs, timeframe to produce, estimated timeframe of delivery to Maui, and timeframe to install units.

3) Are your units built to meet International Building Code 2012 and International Residential Code 2012 wind and seismic loading for Maui, HI? What other building codes (e.g., international, state, local) do your designs meet?

4) Where are your units manufactured?

5) What type of foundation does your housing solution require and how is this built?

6) What are the key site preparation requirements for your housing solutions (e.g., grading, utilities, foundation types)?

7) Describe your ability to manufacture units in compliance with either the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS) or the Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standards (ABAAS).

Have you encountered challenges in meeting UFAS or other accessibility requirements in rapid deployment scenarios?

8) What is your current inventory of modular steel-framed volumetric units?

Logistics, Deployment, and Scalability

9) Describe your experience installing Transportable Temporary Housing Units in FEMA Region 9 Outside the Contiguous United States (OCONUS) locations, which include Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Describe any challenging terrains and environmental conditions encountered and how you ensured housing units were delivered and installed in remote, rural, or challenging terrain?

10) What material handling equipment is needed for installing your units?

11) Describe how your units are shipped, and in what type/size of containers.

12) Does your company have skilled tradespeople either on staff or under subcontract (and if so, how many of each) in fields such as: carpentry/masonry, plumbing, interior electrical, HVAC, asphalt, appliance repair, fencing, pest control, painting, sanitary sewage plant operation and maintenance, and others?

13) Describe the degree of complexity for installing and removing your units from installation sites.

Describe the extent to which this can be done by third parties, and/or if special training is required.

14) Describe your ability to scale operations as needed.

15) Describe your capability to provide unit maintenance and site maintenance services during the duration of a housing project.

16) Describe your capability to provide removal and disposal services. Removal requires the contractor to transport the ATTHU to a storage site and leave the installation site in a safe, orderly and usable condition. Disposal requires the contractor to demolish and dispose of ATTHUs under the direction of the Government.

17) What capabilities do you have in place to address emergencies or urgent maintenance issues that may arise on sites?

18) Describe your commercial warranty for your units.

19) Describe your installation warranty for installation workmanship, material, and labor.

SUBMISSION OF CAPABILITY PACKAGES INSTRUCTIONS

Interested contractors shall submit a brief capabilities' statement package via email to the Point of Contact listed below. Submissions are limited to no more than five pages. Manufacturing videos are optional and limited to no more than five minutes.

Please provide additional information you deem relevant to respond to the specifics of the RFI. The Government is not requesting any proprietary information to be submitted, nor shall it be liable for any consequential damages for proprietary information included. Any information submitted to the RFI (e.g., capability statement) is subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 USC 552 (a). All submissions submitted will not be returned.

The applicable NAICS code is 321991.

RESPONSE DEADLINE: RFI responses and comments are due as soon as possible but no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Time on March 31, 2025, via email to the POC listed below. The email subject line shall read:

RFI #70FB8025I00000003.

POINT OF CONTACT: Yolanda Brown and Anthony Collins at DR-4724-HI-ATTHU@fema.dhs.gov.

Phone calls will not be accepted or returned. All responses received and questions answered will be considered as part of the market research for this requirement in accordance with FAR 10.001(a)(3).

SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS: Small Business concerns are encouraged to provide responses to this RFI to assist in determining competition possibilities.

mailto:DR-4724-HI-ATTHU@fema.dhs.gov