RFI_CH_04292021_RBS.pdf

Notice Type:

Sources Sought

Synopsis:

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) Number:

FEMA/Federal Insurance Mitigation Administration (FIMA) Reinsurance Broker System.

NAICS Code: 518210 – Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services

The purpose of this sources sought is for market research purposes for the transfer of ownership the Reinsurance Broker System, and continued system administration and maintenance.

Background:

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency

(FEMA) Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA) is responsible for the modeling and management of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)’s financial risk due to flooding. The key programs that are responsible for modeling and managing that risk are the

Actuarial Risk Rating Program and the Catastrophic Modeling Program, which houses the catastrophe modelers and operates the Reinsurance Broker System (RBS). RBS is currently hosted in an Azure Cloud Environment. FEMA has a requirement to migrate the Reinsurance

Broker System ownership to a FEMA-FIMA owned system, and to procure continued system administrative services.

Objectives:

Through this requirement, FEMA looks to achieve the following high-level objectives:

1) Independence from contractor owned technology.

2) Support system administration, to include management of servers, model software updates, and troubleshooting

3) Assistance with meeting FEMA IT Cyber Security Requirements, including management of the

Authority to Operate (ATO)

With this RFI, FEMA seeks to understand what is available in industry to provide cloud administrative services to obtain RBS ownership and maintain the system moving forward. FEMA is not looking to substantially change the functionality of the current system or move it from the Azure hosting platform. FEMA may require incremental changes and upgrades to the system in the future.

RFI Questions:

In order to effectively respond to the questions below, please review the Current RBS Con-Ops document.

1. Please provide a capability statement that would support providing, maintaining and administering the RBS as described in the documentation provided.

2. Please describe any previous experience helping the government with a similar effort.

3. The government desires to take ownership of a cloud-based RBS as described in this

RFI. What services does your company offer to meet the needs of the government?

4. What do you believe will be the major challenges with moving to a government owned RBS?

5. What is an appropriate scope or level of effort for a project like this? What would be the biggest cost drivers?

This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the U.S. Government, nor will the U.S. Government pay for information solicited. The information from this notice will help the FEMA, Acquisition Operations

Division Mitigation Branch, plan their acquisition strategy.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, NO SOLICITATION

EXISTS AT THIS TIME.

The requirement will be within the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code, 518210 – Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services. The small business size standard for this NAICS Code is $35.0M. The government will consider other NAICS Codes for this effort.

Responses should include your company’s capability statement. Oral Communications ARE

NOT acceptable in response to this notice. However, follow-up discussions / market research may be performed.

Responses should provide the following information:

A. Company Information (e.g. name, business address, point of contact, telephone number, e-mail address). Also include DUNS Number or CAGE Code;

B. Summarization of projects showing capabilities and past performance in the applicable areas and list relevant projects.

C. Statement of current business size status (ie HUBZone small business concern, service-disabled veteran-owned small business firm, 8(a) contractor, woman-owned small business, small business, or large business concern). Also business size in relation to the NAICS code size standards assigned to this acquisition.

D. Please disclose any Organizational Conflict of Interest concerns that you foresee at this time.

E. Do you currently have a DHS Strategic Sourcing Vehicle or a GSA schedule that would be able to provide the required services? If yes, please provide your Strategic Source Contract

Vehicle or GSA schedule.

Submission requirements:

1. Page limit – ten (10) pages (20 pages front and back) 8 ½ x 11 pages

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

3. Times New Roman font – 12 point

4. Page limitation does not include: 1 cover page or 1 letter of introduction

5. Do not include promotional materials

Any proprietary information should be clearly marked.

Questions pertaining to this RFI are due to Emily Slater, Emily.Slater@fema.dhs.gov and

Nichol.Clayton@fema.dhs.gov, not later than 10:00 AM (EST) May 7, 2021. The subject line of the email shall contain the following: Questions for Sources Sought Notice RFI-CH-04292021 –

RBS.

Only electronic submissions will be accepted and are to be sent only to Emily Slater, Emily.Slater@fema.dhs.gov and Nichol.Clayton@fema.dhs.gov, not later than 10:00 AM (EST)

May 21, 2021. The subject line of the email shall contain the following: Response to Sources

Sought Notice RFI-CH-04292021 – RBS.

This Sources Sought is an advance notice for informational and acquisition strategy planning purposes only and is not a solicitation. 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.

This Sources Sought synopsis notice should not be construed in any manner to be an obligation to issue a contract or result in any claim for reimbursement of costs for any effort you expend in responding to this request. No solicitation is currently available. Any future solicitation package will be made available on the Contract Opportunities website https://www.beta.sam.gov.

Interested parties are solely responsible for monitoring the Contract Opportunities website for the release of a solicitation package and/or any updates/amendments.

The Government will NOT provide funding to the interested party or submitter in response to this notice. The Government will not pay for any costs incurred in preparing a response to this sources sought notice.