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Response to Request for Proposal

Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery Programs The State of Nebraska, Department of Administrative Services, Materiel Division, State Purchasing Bureau

Solocitation No.: 123919 O5 | March 3, 2026 iDisaster Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery Programs

CONTENTS

COVER LETTER 2

ATTACHMENT A - BIDDER QUESTIONNAIRE 4

CORPORATE OVERVIEW 5

TECHNICAL RESPONSE 23

HOURLY RATES 50

CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT FORM 51

SECTIONS II - IV 53

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 68

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6550 Sprint Parkway, Suite 200 Overland Park, KS 66211

Telephone: 703.862.7674 www.atkinsrealis.com

March 3, 2026

Craig Palik and Clinton Paul, Procurement Contract Officers State Purchasing Bureau 1526 K Street, Suite 130 Lincoln, Nebraska 68508 Telephone: 402.471.6500 Electronic Submittal: as.materielpurchasing@nebraska.gov

Subject: Solicitation No. 124469 O5, Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Program Services

Dear Selection Committee:

AtkinsRéalis USA Inc. (AtkinsRéalis) is poised and ready to support the State of Nebraska with professional services for Solicitation 124469 O5, Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Program Services.

AtkinsRéalis offers the State of Nebraska a mission driven, technically focused team that delivers fresh thinking informed by decades of real-world disaster response, recovery, mitigation, and preparedness work. We understand FEMA’s programs because we have executed them, on the ground and at scale, bringing engineering rigor and data driven insight that strengthen continuous improvement.

In a dynamic environment of change at the federal level and increasing risk posed by natural hazards, we understand the need for the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to seek a partner that can provide experience, staff augmentation, and specialized skills in times when disasters can overwhelm staff.

AtkinsRéalis is that firm that can support NEMA through these times and in preparation for them by helping to increase capacity and capability across the state. We are a world-class design, engineering services, and program management organization with unparalleled experience providing risk assessment, disaster preparedness, response, recovery and resilience services across the country.

We recognize the challenges faced by Nebraska residents in understanding and responding to the multitude of natural hazards in the state. We bring highly experienced FEMA program and technical staff along with experts with extensive knowledge of the state’s flood risk having served as the Cooperating Technical Partner (CTP) in the development of flood risk maps the last five years. We also bring experienced staff that have worked in Nebraska and surrounding states, including the former State Hazard Mitigation Officers (SHMOs) of Iowa and South Dakota. To meet these challenges, our team includes recovery specialists, engineers, construction managers, cost estimators, BCA specialists with a deep understanding of the type of hazards Nebraska faces.

Notable experience we bring includes:

• Assisting the Florida Division of Emergency Management with managing Public Assistance (PA) in the hardest hit counties after consecutive major hurricanes.

• Serving as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ contractor for all Hazard Mitigation grant programs including the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP).

• Helping the City of Houston with massive PA and HMGP infrastructure projects to reduce flood risk.

AtkinsRéalis, in partnering with our subcontractors, Synergy Disaster Recovery, LLC; Indelible; and Project Advocates, has added to its team firms with extensive experience in project management, FEMA recovery and mitigation programs, speciality services like cost estimating and Nebraska construction practices.

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Our team is also prepared to help states make any necessary transitions to a state-centric disaster response and recovery model if the FEMA recovery and mitigation grant programs shift that way. We currently support a state with a state-centric recovery model and two states participating in the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Program Administration by States (PAS) program. PAS allows the states to create a streamlined grant review approval process. We are well-positioned to help other states make the transition to greater responsibility for multiple aspects of the recovery and mitigation programs, from eligibility review to financial management, if necessary.

We look forward to growing our partnership with the State. Please contact me at matt.talley@atkinsrealis.com or

703.862.7674 if you have any additional questions about our submission or need more information.

Sincerely, Matt Talley, JD PMP Senior Vice President AtkinsRéalis USA Inc.

Through our understanding of applicable challenges, the AtkinsRéalis team helps clients navigate recovery and response requirements. Our team will require no ramp-up or training period. We are committed to supporting the state of Nebraska and to that end have presented a local-based team available to be onsite in less than 24 hours’ notice. Our focus is immediate mobilization.

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Attachment A - Bidder Questionnaire

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Attachment A Bidder Questionnaire

RFP 124469 O5

Bidder Name: AtkinsRéalis USA Inc.

Bidder should provide a response to all questions in this attachment to meet the requirements of the RFP.

CORPORATE OVERVIEW

1.1

BIDDER IDENTIFICATION AND INFORMATION

The bidder should provide the full company or corporate name, address of the company's headquarters, entity organization (corporation, partnership, proprietorship), state in which the bidder is incorporated or otherwise organized to do business, year in which the bidder first organized to do business and whether the name and form of organization has changed since first organized.

Response:

Effective September 23, 2023, Atkins North America, Inc. was changed to AtkinsRéalis USA, Inc., (AtkinsRéalis USA or AtkinsRéalis) which is a publicly traded corporation, originally incorporated in Florida. Founded in Florida in 1960 as Post, Buckley, Schuh and Jernigan (PBS&J), AtkinsRéalis has more than 5,750 employees and 70 offices located across the United States. The address of the AtkinsRéalis USA Headquarters is 4030 W Boy Scout Boulevard, Suite 700; Tampa, Florida 33607-5713.

The name of our organization has changed since 1960 as shown below:

• PBS&J (1960-2010)

• Atkins North America, Inc. part of WS Atkins plc (2010 – 2017)

• Atkins North America, Inc., a SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. Company (2017 - 2023)

• AtkinsRéalis USA, Inc. (2023 – present)

1.2

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The bidder should provide financial statements applicable to the firm. If publicly held, the bidder should provide a copy of the corporation’s most recent audited financial reports and statements, and the name, address, and telephone number of the fiscally responsible representative of the bidder’s financial or banking organization.

If the bidder is not a publicly held corporation, either the reports and statements required of a publicly held corporation, or a description of the organization, including size, longevity, client base, areas of specialization and expertise, and any other pertinent information, should be submitted in such a manner that solicitation evaluators may reasonably formulate a determination about the stability and financial strength of the organization.

Additionally, a non-publicly held firm should provide a banking reference.

The bidder must disclose any and all judgments, pending or expected litigation, or other real or potential financial reversals, which might materially affect the viability or stability of the organization, or state that no such condition is known to exist.

The State may elect to use a third party to conduct credit checks as part of the corporate overview evaluation.

Response:

See our signed financial statements and additional financial information in completed Sections II-IV in the Appendix.

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1.3

CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP

If any change in ownership or control of the company is anticipated during the twelve (12) months following the solicitation response due date, the bidder should describe the circumstances of such change and indicate when the change will likely occur. Any change of ownership to an awarded bidder(s) will require notification to the State.

Response:

No change in ownership or control at AtkinsRéalis is anticipated within 12 months of the response due date.

1.4

OFFICE LOCATION

The bidder’s office location responsible for performance pursuant to an award of a contract with the State of Nebraska should be identified.

Response:

The office responsible for our performance is in Kansas City at: 6550 Sprint Parkway, Overland Park, KS 66211.

1.5

RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE STATE

The bidder should describe any dealings with the State over the previous ten (10) years. If the organization, its predecessor, or any Party named in the bidder’s solicitation response has contracted with the State, the bidder should identify the contract number(s) and/or any other information available to identify such contract(s). If no such contracts exist, so declare.

Response:

Our team’s dealings with the State during the past 10 years.

• AtkinsRéalis: Nebraska Department of Transportation (DOT); 2017 for the Nebraska DOT Panel Delivering a 21st Century Transportation System. AtkinsRéalis was a panel participant for the transportation session of the 2nd annual Nebraska Governor’s economic development summit. Speaker Agreement

• AtkinsRéalis: Nebraska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) FloodMap Desktop (FMD) software sales; 2017.

Purchase Order #: 292884

• AtkinsRéalis: Nebraska DNR FY21 Task Order / Contract for Cooperating Technical Partner (CTP) Floodplain Mapping Services (2022-2025); Contract #: NeDNR Contract #1297

• AtkinsRéalis: Nebraska DNR NECTP FY 2023752 Floodplain Mapping Services for 2-Dimensional (2D) Base Level Engineering (BLE) for the Republican HUC-6 Watershed. Development of rain-on-grid methodology. (2024-2027);

Contract #: NEDNR Contract #1491

• Project Advocates (our proposed subcontractor): Nebraska Game & Parks Commission; “Construction Budgeting Services for the Weigand Marina Expansion at the Lewis & Clark SRA”; Completed in 2024; Project #23-013

• Project Advocates as a sub to Holland Basham Architects; University of Nebraska Lincoln; “UNL City Campus:

Housing Master Plan”; 2024 - 2025; UNL Project #: 14127

• Project Advocates; University of Nebraska Lincoln “Nebraska Union Facility Conditions Assessment”; October 2025 to present; PO Number: 4800082399

• Project Advocates; University of Nebraska Lincoln; “Nebraska Union Master Plan Project Assist”; January 2026 to present; PO Number: 900004120; UNL Project Number: 12469

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1.7

CONTRACT PERFORMANCE

If the bidder or any proposed subcontractor has had a contract terminated for default during the past ten (10) years, all such instances must be described as required below. Termination for default is defined as a notice to stop performance delivery due to the bidder’s non-performance or poor performance, and the issue was either not litigated due to inaction on the part of the bidder or litigated and such litigation determined the bidder to be in default.

It is mandatory that the bidder submit full details of all termination for default experienced during the past ten

(10) years, including the other Party’s name, address, and telephone number. The response to this section must present the bidder’s position on the matter. The State will evaluate the facts and will score the bidder’s solicitation response accordingly. If no such termination for default has been experienced by the bidder in the past ten (10) years, so declare.

If at any time during the past five (5) years, the bidder has had a contract terminated for convenience, non-performance, non-allocation of funds, or any other reason, describe fully all circumstances surrounding such termination, including the name and address of the other contracting Party.

Response:

To the best of our knowledge, AtkinsRéalis USA does not have any contract terminations for default in the past 10 years nor do we have any terminations for convenience or other reasons in the past 5 years. None of the subcontractors on our team have had a contract terminated for default during the last 10 years.

1.6

BIDDER'S EMPLOYEE RELATIONS TO STATE

If any Party named in the bidder’s solicitation response is or was an employee of the State within the past twelve

(12) months, identify the individual(s) by name, State agency with whom employed, job title or position held with the State, and separation date. If no such relationship exists or has existed, so declare.

If any employee of any agency of the State of Nebraska is employed by the bidder or is a subcontractor to the bidder, as of the due date for solicitation response submission, identify all such persons by name, position held with the bidder, and position held with the State (including job title and agency). Describe the responsibilities of such persons within the proposing organization. If, after review of this information by the State, it is determined that a conflict of interest exists or may exist, the bidder may be disqualified from further consideration in this solicitation. If no such relationship exists, so declare.

Response:

To the best of our knowledge this response does not contain any individuals who were employed by the State of Nebraska within the last 12 months.

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1.8

SUMMARY OF BIDDER’S CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

The bidder should provide a summary matrix listing the bidder’s previous projects similar to this Solicitation in size, scope, and complexity. The State will use no more than three (3) narrative project descriptions submitted by the bidder during its evaluation of the solicitation response.

The bidder should address the following:

i. Provide narrative descriptions to highlight the similarities between the bidder’s experience and this Solicitation.

These descriptions should include:

a) The time period of the project,

b) The scheduled and actual completion dates,

c) The bidder’s responsibilities,

d) For reference purposes, a customer name (including the name of a contact person, a current telephone number, a facsimile number, and e-mail address); and

e) Each project description should identify whether the work was performed as the prime Vendor or as a subcontractor. If a bidder performed as the prime Vendor, the description should provide the originally scheduled completion date and budget, as well as the actual (or currently planned) completion date and actual (or currently planned) budget.

ii. Bidder and Subcontractor(s) experience should be listed separately. Narrative descriptions submitted for Subcontractors should be specifically identified as subcontractor projects.

iii. If the work was performed as a subcontractor, the narrative description should identify the same information as requested for the bidders above. In addition, subcontractors should identify what share of contract costs, project responsibilities, and time period were performed as a subcontractor.

Response:

Continue reading on pages 9 - 21 for the response to 1.8.

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AtkinsRéalis USA Inc. (AtkinsRéalis) is a world-leading design, engineering, and project management organization that connects people, data, and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. The company delivers quality services across the globe.

Figure 1 below depicts AtkinsRéalis’ corporate organizational structure which is based upon markets. In our Resilience & Emergency Management (REM) market, which falls within the Infrastructure Solutions Business Unit, we have groups overseeing production, operations, and growth. The majority of REM staff (over 100) are in production demonstrating our dedication to serving our clients. This structure is designed to optimize our delivery of customized services to meet each client’s unique needs, allowing the AtkinsRéalis production group to align employees with specific technical disciplines needed for resilience, mitigation, emergency management under one national organization to facilitate assignments of staff resources.

AtkinsRéalis is prepared to support the State of Nebraska in delivering high quality response, recovery, and resilience services, bringing extensive experience in disaster recovery, response, mitigation supporting more than 50,000 projects and over $100 billion in federal grants management over the last 30 years. Where there are disciplines needed but not currently present in REM, we can easily reach across into other groups or business units to obtain the needed expertise. This streamlined resource management translates to time and cost savings for clients, while promoting technical excellence and development of quality products.

How we’re ORGANIZED

In 2025, AtkinsRéalis acquired David Evans and Associates (DEA), a successful design firm providing engineering, transportation, and hazard response services for states and communities across the nation for many different hazard types ranging from floods and wildfires to geologic hazards like landslides and earthquakes. DEA also includes the response staffing agencies Disaster and Emergency Management Services International, LLC (DEMSI) and Flux Resources, which will allow AtkinsRéalis to quickly ramp up its staffing in the face of catastrophic disasters, providing as-needed, rapid deployment.

Figure 1. AtkinsRéalis Corporate Organizational Structure.

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Over 30 years of Disaster Recovery and Hazard Mitigation Experience AtkinsRéalis enjoys working closely with federal, state, and local agencies on a wide variety of projects. We are proud of our 90 percent repeat business rate, which we attribute to our long history of providing clients with responsive and reliable emergency management, planning, and engineering services. We are especially proud of our lengthy service to emergency management clients such as FEMA as well as state and local emergency management agencies in times of need following disasters. As part of an ongoing effort to reduce the disaster damage cycle, we have worked extensively with these types of clients and more, helping them reduce their risk to natural hazards through mitigation and resiliency plans and projects.

With more than 30 years of experience in response, recovery, and hazard mitigation working with local, tribal, and state entities to respond quickly, lower their risk and supporting post-disaster reconstruction to meet the latest building codes and standards, AtkinsRéalis offers an unmatched level of understanding of the FEMA process, programs, culture, specifications, and goals. We serve an array of state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) clients with post-disaster work focused on the delivery of Public Assistance (PA) programs (and PWS development) in addition to developing grants, technical guidance publications, designing and delivering technical training programs, and preparing hazard mitigation plans.

At the federal level, in addition to our demonstrated flood risk modelling and floodplain management expertise as a FEMA Risk MAP, Production and Technical Services (PTS) contractor (the STARR and STARR II Joint Ventures) for over 15 years, we have served FEMA on important FEMA response and recovery national contracts. These include the Individual Assistance- Technical Assistance (IA) Contract (IA-TAC) and Housing Inspection Services (HIS) contracts as partners on two separate joint venture teams.

For PTS, we provided PA 406 services to the Houston JFO after Hurricane Harvey and USVI JFOs (St. Thomas and St.

Croix) post-Hurricanes Irma and Maria. With both support efforts, AtkinsRéalis provided the field lead as well as technical engineering staff.

We are leaders in providing technical and engineering support (including cost estimation and grant program support) through the FEMA Technical Assistance Research Contract (TARC), and since the mid-1990s, the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Technical Assistance Program (HMTAP) contract.

In summary, we have worked at all levels of government providing FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) to include the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), IA, and PA, and are ready to share the lessons learned that has come from projects such as:

� FEMA Headquarters Support: Providing support to FEMA’s Building Science Program analyzing building performance after major disasters including the Lahaina fire in Hawaii; conducting HMA training nationwide; providing floodplain mapping, modelling, engineering, and mitigation support as part of the FEMA PTS Contract. As a Joint Venture providing Housing Inspection Services (HIS) for FEMA, we are managing thousands of post disaster housing inspections.

� Statewide Recovery: Managing HMA and/or PA programs for North Dakota, Iowa, California, Florida, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and North Carolina, including managing $3.5 billion over 4 years for Florida.

� Comprehensive Resilience for Communities: Working closely with local authorities, stakeholders, and communities from IA missions to project closeout providing comprehensive financial grant management across state and federal programs. To date we have provided grants management support to the City of Mexico Beach, which has a $4M annual budget, aiding them with the receipt and implementation of over $100 million in reimbursements without ever taking out a loan. For the City of Houston, Texas, we had oversight for over $2 billion of PA 406 applications.

� State Floodplain Engineering and Risk Modelling. Including the State of Nebraska, AtkinsRéalis has supported FEMA and Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for more than 20 years, including development of more than 30,000 FIRM panels across the country. We are currently supporting 12 CTP programs across the nation, including the State of Nebraska, and have almost blanketed support across the country within the last five years (see Figure 2).

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In summary, our services include:

� Complex cost estimates and Project Worksheets (PWs)

� Data analytics, insurance analytics, and quantitative risk analysis

� Technology and tool development (for hazard risk assessment)

� Grants preparation, review, and management

� Training for mitigation, Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA), and technology applications

� Hazard mitigation planning, identification, and long-term recovery planning

Our resources are deep, and our professionals are adept at rapid response to disasters that span from floods, severe storms and tornadoes in the Midwest, wildfires in California, and winter storms in the Northeast to hurricanes and severe weather throughout the Gulf Coast. Our proposed staff for this project were selected because of their extensive state-level experience and work in Nebraska and neighboring states in the central part of the US. Figure 3 below shows our overall experience across the nation in managing disasters and disaster-related programs starting in 1992 with Hurricane Andrew.

Figure 2. FEMA PTS and CTP Support.

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Meet Our Talented Partners AtkinsRéalis follows a structured vetting process to identify and onboard the right subcontractors for our state recovery pursuits. Our approach includes an analysis of each firm’s technical capabilities, past performance, staffing qualifications, financial stability, safety record, and proven experience delivering high-volume, community-focused programs. We assess not only capacity and compliance, but also alignment with our values, commitment to quality, and ability to integrate seamlessly into a collaborative delivery model. To our experienced team, we added three specialty subcontractors to provide a comprehensive team that provides additional value to NEMA: Synergy Disaster Recovery, Indelible, and Project Advocates, details below.

Figure 3. Locations and types of AtkinsRéalis’ comprehensive post-disaster services.

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Mitigation and Recovery

Mitigation Only

Recovery Only

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Synergy Disaster Recovery (Synergy) is a woman-owned (WOSB) boutique consulting firm specializing in disaster recovery, emergency management, and grant administration services for local and state governments. With a team of seasoned professionals—including former emergency managers, finance officers, and public works leaders—Synergy provides expert support across all phases of disaster recovery. Core services include FEMA PA consulting, debris management advisory, EOC staffing, project formulation, grant compliance, and closeout. Synergy is known for its hands-on leadership, client-first philosophy, and ability to rapidly scale operations during complex disaster events. By combining technical expertise with responsive service, Synergy helps communities maximize funding, streamline recovery processes, and build long-term resilience.

Synergy uniquely provides both field work and administration of debris related activities. Our experience and expertise on both sides of debris missions provides our clients with an unparalleled level of comfort for what may be your biggest expense in the months following a disaster. For communities to stay compliant with FEMA, monitoring of debris removal activities is required. For more than a decade state and local governments have relied on the Synergy Team to manage and document the disaster debris removal process to ensure compliance with stringent and ever-evolving FEMA requirements.

As an example of our work, following the strongest storm to strike the Big Bend region of Florida in more than a century, the Florida Department of Transportation’s District 2 activated Eisman & Russo, Inc.’s pre-event Disaster Monitoring contract to oversee emergency access and debris removal operations. As a first tier subconsultant, Synergy provided critical field and data management support throughout the operation, working across seven fiscally constrained counties in North Florida.

Synergy deployed over 125 field and office personnel to support FEMA Category A and B recovery efforts, ensuring accurate documentation and compliance with all federal and state guidelines. The team contributed to certifying more than 750 trucks, 11,000 miles of roadway processed first pass in 3 months, and documenting over 350,000 debris tickets across 41 debris management sites. Our monitoring and data teams helped manage the removal and disposal of millions of cubic yards of vegetative and C&D debris and 230,000 hazardous trees. Synergy’s meticulous reporting, reconciliation, and QA/QC processes were instrumental in expediting FEMA reimbursement documentation and maintaining operational transparency across all contracted work.

Established in Florida with deep experience managing complex disasters, Indelible has since earned a strong reputation as a trusted provider of emergency management, strategic consulting, regulatory compliance, grant administration, and community-centered solutions.

Since inception, our mission has been to support public and private sector clients across the country in addressing complex challenges by delivering technical expertise, personalized assistance, and a compassionate, culturally aware approach.

Indelible is proud to be among the fastest-growing firms in its industry, with a dynamic team of full-time dedicated professionals. Our firm has a cadre of seasoned professionals who have created and managed multiple state-wide programs. Our team’s capabilities include direct experience in disaster response and recovery, grants management, program and project management, public assistance, and emergency and disaster response - spanning both government-related and private industry sectors. This depth of knowledge allows us to deliver comprehensive and effective support across a broad spectrum of emergency and recovery operations.

As an example of our recent Individual Assistance experience, in the aftermath of Hurricanes Debby, Helene, and Milton, Indelible partnered with the Florida Division of Emergency Management and FEMA’s Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) team to support critical recovery efforts across the state. Recognizing the urgent need to reach impacted communities quickly, Indelible deployed personnel to supplement FEMA’s manpower in conducting door-to-door outreach in some of the hardest-hit areas. Our teams worked alongside FEMA staff to identify disaster survivors, assess immediate needs, and provide on-the-ground support during a critical phase of the recovery process. As part of this effort, Indelible staff were responsible for assisting residents with application intake for FEMA Individual Assistance funding, ensuring that survivors were informed of available resources and were able to initiate their recovery process without delay. Through our collaboration with the DSA team, we helped expedite the delivery of aid, increase the reach of federal assistance programs, and strengthen overall community resilience in the wake of widespread storm impacts. The combined efforts with the DSA team allowed for approximately 25,000 interactions with hurricane survivors across the state of Florida.

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Indelible’s deep insight into Federal and State programs and community dynamics, guiding disaster recovery, mitigation, and resilience strategies goes beyond just at the state level. Our team has delivered outreach, case management, and advisory services for Federal programs. Additionally, Indelible has successfully led large-scale initiatives for the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) and FEMA in response to major hurricanes, including Ian, Idalia, Debby, Helene, and Milton. With a history of rapid mobilization, precise planning management, and seamless multi-agency coordination, Indelible is a trusted leader in disaster recovery consulting.

Our group of professionals effectively serves disparate populations by bridging the gap between resource availability in a community and the individuals in need. Indelible has a history of executing federally funded projects in accordance with federal regulations while encouraging equitable solutions. We understand the State of Nebraska’s need to engage its citizens and have a transparent process that keeps its citizens and state staff, informed and engaged. Indelible’s priorities as a firm aligns with the state’s need to have a robust outreach and community engagement process that is compassionate, empathetic and committed ensuring that information is disseminated to the citizens of the State of Nebraska. Indelible’s team has programmatic knowledge; extensive manpower; and the right approach, tools, and technology needed to successfully and efficiently complete complex, large-scale projects.

Project Advocates, with a primary office in Omaha, is focused on providing high-level Project Management and Owner Representation services. This is our core business, we are not a real estate, development, design firm, or construction contractor that offers Project Management as an additional service. Our specialities are project development, programming, planning, and design management. Project Advocates has the experience and expertise to offer sophisticated, state-of-the-art development, programming, planning and design collaboration services. The value of providing accurate cost and constructability input during design is often the best investment that can be made during the design and decision-making process. Project Advocates provides this value without the unintended consequences of incongruent objectives.

Since the company’s inception in 2010, Project Advocates has managed over 900 projects with over 250 clients. We have collaborated with more than 25 local design firms and 20 construction companies to deliver these projects. Our projects have ranged from $50,000 to $300 Million in size in various markets including Municipal, Non-Profit, and Education. Project Advocates has strong experience in Nebraska including with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Creighton University, and College of St. Mary.

Our passion and experience bring ideas to life. We work to help our clients define and communicate project objectives using detailed cost and programming analysis. We help assemble and lead teams to achieve our client’s validated project objectives by providing realistic information in formats that are easy to understand. Conceptual/detailed cost planning with a procurement strategy in sync with the project objectives brings cost and schedule certainty to every project.

We are inspired, determined, and highly motivated estimators, engineers, managers, and construction professionals that have united with purpose — provide Concept-to-Completion Program, Design, and Construction Project Management services that save more than they cost. We are Trusted Advisors committed to achieving our client’s project objectives.

Project Advocates will help this team by providing boots-on-the-ground support from their Omaha office after a disaster and lend their construction management and cost estimating expertise and Nebraska-specific experience to assist with complex PA and HMGP projects, both pre- and post-award.

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Table 1. AtkinsRéalis’ experience delivering similar services. All work in Table 1 performed by AtkinsRéalis; subcontractor experience is highlighted on previous pages and in the Technical Response.

Project Summary Matrix AtkinsRéalis is the firm that provides NEMA with a wide range of experience in the FEMA PA, IA, and HMGP Programs. As demonstrated in Table 1, AtkinsRéalis offers its substantial experience and dedicated resources to NEMA at all levels of government across the nation addressing different types of hazards and different scale events. In addition to providing FEMA programmatic expertise, we have the technical resources to determine engineering feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and accurate costing.

Client and contract Program(s) and Duration Experience highlights

Spartanburg County, SC, FEMA Public Assistance Program Support.

PA technical assistance and grant management consulting for Hurricane Helene

PA

Dec 2024 - present

� Supported development of Damage Inventory and all subsequent PA projects

Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) Multiple Public Assistance Consulting Contracts, Providing PA grant management and technical assistance support on multiple disasters: COVID-19 Pandemic, Hurricane Ian, Hurricane Idalia, Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Milton

PA

2020- present

� PA technical assistance and grant management services to state PA recipient entity (FDEM)

� Providing cradle to grave PA Program implementation services for multiple disasters

� Supporting interpretation and compliance with FEMA policy changes under DRRA of 2018

applicants North Dakota Department of Emergency Services (NDDES) HMA and PA 406 Support Contract.

Comprehensive hazard mitigation services for HMA recipient on consecutive task orders which ranges from local mitigation plan review, HMGP application review, and BCA preparation to 406 hazard mitigation proposal development under FEMA PA.

HMGP

2011 to present (through 2026)

Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency HMA Support Contract. Providing comprehensive HMA grant management support to

MEMA.

HMGP, FMA, BRIC

2020 to present (through 2029)

Maine EMA Emergency Management and Planning Services Contract.

Subcontractor for contract to provide PA consulting services

PA

2018-2025

� PA consulting services including grant administration, technical assistance, and closeout for multiple disasters

Mississippi Emergency Management Agency PA Support Contract.

Comprehensive technical assistance and grant management services under multiple federal programs (PA and CDBG-DR) services since Hurricane Katrina

PA, CDBG-DR

2005 - present

and nearly 13,000 Project Worksheets (PWs).

� Comprehensive HUD CDBG-DR and FEMA PA program administration for the State of Mississippi since Hurricane Katrina

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Client and contract Program(s) and Duration Experience highlights

City of Mexico Beach, FL.

Comprehensive Disaster Recovery Services for FEMA PA, HMA, and HUD

CDBG-DR/MIT.

PA, HMGP

CDBG-DR

2018 to present

� PA technical assistance and grant management from RPA to closeout

South Carolina Emergency Management Division PA Support Contract. Prime contractor to provide disaster recovery and mitigation consulting.

PA

2014 to 2022

� Comprehensive PA technical assistance and grant management consulting services

disasters including hurricanes, fires, floods, and COVID-19 State of Montana Disaster & Emergency Services PA/HMA Grant Management Contract. As a subcontractor, assist the State with development of HMA applications.

HMGP

2024 to 2025

State of Iowa Department of Administrative Services Statewide HMA Support Contract. On behalf of the State, prepared a BRIC application for the City of Cedar Rapids.

BRIC

2023 to 2024

Florida Department of Financial Services, My Safe Florida Home Program. Implementing intake applications, assigning inspections, and coordinating inspections and repairs, as well as grant management activities.

State-funded mitigation

2022 to present (through 2026)

CODEFIN (non-profit in San Juan, PR) HMGP Support Contract. Reviewed potential Microgrid project in downtown business district for HMGP.

HMGP

2024 to 2025

Texas Water Development Board (TWDB). Statewide Flood Modeling and Mapping Services.

FDEM HMGP Support Contract. Lead technical subcontractor providing technical assistance, application review, outreach, and development support for

HMGP.

HMGP

2023 to 2024

FEMA Headquarters HMA and Floodplain Management National Training Contract. As leading technical support subcontractor to small business, supporting FEMA for all HMA and BCA trainings.

HMGP

2020 to present

� Conduct all BCA, HMA and Floodplain Management training and provide technical input to course revisions

� HMA programmatic compliance

City of Houston, TX Disaster Services Support Contract. PA and HMA technical assistance and grant management consulting, which includes providing HMA program compliance and application/project development.

PA, HMGP

2022 to present (through 2027)

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Client and contract Program(s) and Duration Experience highlights

North Carolina Emergency Management Disaster Support Contract. Provided PA and HMA technical assistance, PA project development, HM application review, and grant management.

HMGP, PA, IA

2018 to 2022

Johnston County, NC HMA/HMGP Support Contract. Provided HMGP support services including case management.

HMGP

2018 to 2021

Town of Longboat Key, FL HMA Support Contract. Assisting Longboat Key in responding to Requests for Information (RFI) for HMGP support.

HMGP

2025 to present

City of Crystal River, FL HMA Support Contract. Comprehensive Recovery and Mitigation Support, including HMGP and FMA Swift Current.

HMGP, FMA

2023 to present

� HMGP and FMA Swift Current application/project development

FEMA, Hazard Mitigation Technical Assistance Program (HMTAP).

Subcontractor to provide nationwide HMA support under the HMTAP.

HMGP

2015 to 2024

City of Miami, FL Grant Management Support Contract. Implementing all areas of the ARPA Fiscal Recovery Funding (FRF) program, including project review and compliance.

ARPA

2022 to 2026

California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES). Provided BCA training and technical assistance for HMGP projects

HMGP

2018 to 2023

FEMA Production and Technical Services (PTS). Joint Venture (JV) partner to support FEMA’s national mitigation programs to FEMA’s Risk MAP PTS Contract

Alabama Emergency Management Agency Disaster Services Contract.

Provided PA and HMA technical assistance, applicant liaison, PA project development and review, HM application review, and BCA analysis.

HMGP

2011 to 2013

� PA policy support, technical assistance, and program implementation

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Detailed Project Descriptions & References As requested in the RFP, AtkinsRéalis provides the following references for previous projects of similar size, scope and capacity. Through these representative projects, we demonstrate our responsiveness to disaster-driven timelines, our extensive knowledge of and attention to detail in programmatic and grant management regulations, and technical abilities to drive value and get eligible projects approved and in the ground. Our extensive experience shown here and in Table 1 continually enhances our knowledge and processes to the benefits of clients. Should NEMA require any additional references, AtkinsRéalis will gladly supply those upon request.

In the project experience starting on this page, the duration in the table for each project expresses the time period as well as scheduled and actual completion dates. All of these projects are on-going so no final completion dates as of yet. The bidder’s responsibilities and project description are found in the narrative for each project. Because these projects are on-going and actual budgets are a moving target, we are able to provide more details on the budgets of these framework contracts on request. AtkinsRealis was the prime contractor for all three of these projects. Subcontractor project experience narratives provided previously on these pages: Synergy on page 13; Indelible on pages 13-14, and Project Advocates on page 14.

Figure 4. Devastation from Hurricane Michael resulted in damage to 80 percent of infrastructure for the City of Mexico Beach.

AtkinsRéalis was on-site supporting within 10 days of landfall.

City of Mexico Beach, Florida Comprehensive Recovery Services

AtkinsRéalis professionals, as the prime contractor, were on the ground supporting City of Mexico Beach with comprehensive recovery, mitigation, and resiliency

We have assisted Mexico Beach receive nearly $100 million in PA projects (obligated) with another approximately $20 million in PA projects in development.

We developed $16 million in additional successful grant applications under other federal and state assistance programs including: CDBG-DR: $5 million, HMGP: $10 million, Natural Resources Conservation Service: $3 million, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: $500,000, Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP):

$100,000. This is all for a city with annual budget of $4 million which did not have to take out loan in these reimbursement-oriented programs.

Duration 2018 - Present (Contract ends 2028)

Contact Mell Smigielski, City Administrator

Address 201 Paradise Path, Mexico Beach, FL 32410

Telephone 850.648.5700, extension 5

Email mell@mexicobeachfl.gov

Facsimile # 850.648.8768

Total Contract Value $7.5 Million efforts since Hurricane Michael made landfall. In addition to leading PA efforts providing disaster assessment assistance, training, project formulation, professional cost estimating (including 428 project formulation), policy, 19Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery Programs and compliance reviews, our team was instrumental in all mitigation efforts on behalf of the City, including the completion of successful HMGP and Community Development Block Grant – Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) applications.

Our team managed relationships with all City stakeholders, including Bay County, FDEM, FEMA, and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), to maximize recovery, mitigation, and resilience efforts. Our team was successful in pushing the first Hurricane Michael project through for $2 million obligation and continues to provide grant management support across state and federal resources, including those from FEMA, NRCS, and FDEP, as well as donated resources.

In addition to developing a Resiliency and Redevelopment Plan for the City, AtkinsRéalis created successful BCAs and conducted feasibility review for projects working in concert with consultant engineers and architects.

Disaster Recovery and Consulting Services, City of Houston, Texas

As a grant manager providing staff augmentation to the City of Houston since March 2022, the team is responsible for assistance across all FEMA recovery and mitigation services, and we have supported increases in recovery funding of over $100 million through detailed BCA review and project analysis. We are responsible for the management of all HMGP projects from Hurricanes Harvey and Beryl, and the development of new HMGP, BRIC, and FMA grants for projects including technical assistance and training, code enforcement, and floodplain management standards.

Figure 5. Representatives from the City of Houston at the groundbreaking of the Inwood Detention Basin HMGP project valued at $80M based on the efforts of AtkinsRéalis.

Our team was able to successfully grow a project previously projected at

$50M to over

$900M in 406 Hazard Mitigation

Duration 2022 - Present (Contract through 2027)

Contact Luci Correa, Assistant Director of Public Works

Address 611 Walker St, Suite 1010, Houston, TX 77002

Telephone 832.395.2677

Email luci.correa@houstontx.gov

Facsimile # 832.393.8758

Total Contract Value $6 Million

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AtkinsRéalis has overseen multiple $100+million infrastructure projects in response to Hurricane Harvey.

When we started in 2022, one infrastructure project, Inwood Detention Basin, did not initially have a favorable BCA for this project. The City faced the possibility of pulling the project out altogether. The AtkinsRéalis team, led by our BCA lead Hilary Kendro helped the City to not only achieve a positive BCR and application approval in two months’ time but supported an amendment to increase the project value from $58 million to $80 million.

AtkinsRéalis is also managing the City’s homeowner elevation program working with homeowners and stakeholders to elevate homes in compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). While the team is responsible for assistance across all FEMA recovery and mitigation services, currently we have supported the management of the City’s home elevation program. This includes:

� Developing HMGP, FMA, and FMA Swift Current applications for home elevations

reviews, contracting, inspection, and closeout.

closeout.

As a prime contractor, the team managed the home elevation program for the City in all phases. The team processed over 250 homes for elevation, the largest amount the City had ever received in funding and prior processes as the City dictated approving every single homeowner contract.