ASPR_ERSS_RFI_for_Industry_Day_Final.pdf

Request for Information (RFI) For

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)

ASPR Emergency Response Support Services, (ERSS)

Industry Day

SECTION I – GENERAL INFORMATION

This Request for Information (RFI) is for market research and planning purposes only; it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. A contract is not guaranteed to be awarded as a result of this RFI announcement nor is the Government guaranteeing it will host an

Industry Day resulting from this RFI.

The Office of Resource Management (ORM), Division of Contracts and Grants (C&G) at Thomas

P. O’Neill Federal Building, on behalf the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), plans to host an

Industry Day to engage with vendors capable of providing Emergency Response Support

Services (ERSS), for Small Business and Other Than Small Businesses, under full and open competitive procedures.

The Government will not be obligated to pay any costs incurred by any vendor to participate in the Industry Day.

This RFI is only seeking to provide information in areas of anticipated Emergency Response

Support Services (ERSS) needs so that any vendor who is capable of providing all of the work (as the Prime including their subcontractors) as detailed in the SOW and submit their interest in attending a planned Industry Day.

Interested vendors must be able to provide support anywhere in CONUS, OCONUS, or US

Territories. If a solicitation is posted, it will require highly specialized vendors who have extensive emergency support backgrounds, and the proposal shall clearly demonstrate the

PRIME vendor has at least 5 years’ experience (as indicated in the SOW) within the last 7 years.

Small businesses must clearly show they can perform at least 50 percent of the work by themselves as the Prime vendor. Large businesses will be required to submit a small business plan. Vendors shall be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) at the time the solicitation is posted. The requirement is anticipated to be a multiple award and solicited as unrestricted.

SECTION II – BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION

ASPR was created under the 2006 Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (and then reauthorized in the Pandemic and All Hazards Reauthorization Act of 2013) in the wake of

Hurricane Katrina to lead the nation in preventing, preparing for, and responding to the adverse health effects of public health emergencies and disasters. The ASPR serves as the principal adviser to the HHS Secretary responsible for providing integrated policy coordination and strategic direction with respect to all matters related to public health, medical preparedness, and deployment of the federal response for public health emergencies and incidents.

The ASPR heads a Staff Division (StafDIV) in the Office of the Secretary (OS), serving as the

Secretary’s principal advisor on issues related to bioterrorism, and leads a collaborative approach to the department’s preparedness, response, and recovery portfolio. In addition to this policy responsibility, the office of the ASPR also has operational responsibilities both for the advanced research and development of Medical Countermeasures (MCMs), the Strategic

National Stockpile (SNS), and for coordination of the federal public health and medical response to incidents. The office of the ASPR serves as the lead official responsible for all federal public health and medical response to public health emergencies and incidents covered by the

National Response Framework and National Disaster Recovery Framework.

More information about ASPR can be found at our website: www.phe.gov.

SECTION III – ANTICIPATED EMERGENCY RESPONSE SUPPORT SERVICES (ERSS) AREAS

The Government anticipates Emergency Response Support Services (ERSS) needs as stated in the attached Statement Of Work (SOW).

SECTION IV – INTERESTED RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS

Interested vendors that can provide all of the Emergency Response Support Services (ERSS), identified in Section III (SOW) must submit their interest via email including the following:

1. Company Name:

2. Company Point of Contract (POC):

a. Name (Last, First):

b. Primary Phone Number:

c. Primary Email Address:

d. Personnel that will be attending (only 2 personnel per company allowed):

3. Company Address:

http://www.phe.gov/

4. Provide support anywhere in CONUS, OCONUS, or US Territories: Yes/No

5. DUNS number:

6. Socioeconomic categories listed in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov associated with the identified DUNS number:

7. NAICS Code(s) applicable for award based on socioeconomic categories and areas of support identified based on Section II. (The NAICS code for this requirement is 624230

Emergency & other relief services.):

8. Have at least 5 years’ experience (as indicated in the SOW) within the last 7 years:

Yes/No

9. Small businesses can perform at least 50 percent of the work by themselves as the

Prime vendor: Yes/No

The Government will reply via email confirming receipt of all complete responses submitted and provide the date/time/location of the planned industry Day, which will be located in the

Washington DC area and available via WebEx on May 3, 2019. Do not include any classified or proprietary information in your response. The Government is not obligated to respond to incomplete responses. The Government will accept questions based on the SOW until April 22, 2019 and these questions will be answered on Industry day on May 3, 2019.

SECTION V – POINT OF CONTACT

All responses to this RFI must be emailed to Carol.Allen@hhs.gov (Contracting Officer) and

Cheryl.perdue@hhs.gov (Contract Specialist) no later than April 29, 2019 at 10:00 AM EST.

http://www.sam.gov/ mailto:Carol.Allen@hhs.gov mailto:Cheryl.perdue@hhs.gov