Accreditation Services under CEM Program

This is a Notice of Intent to award a non-competitive contract to the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), 201 Park Washington Court Falls Church, VA 22046.  The International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) created the Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) Program and Associate Emergency Manager Programs to raise and maintain professional standards. It is an internationally recognized program that certifies achievements within the emergency management profession.

The contractor shall provide accreditation to emergency managers using the professional standards of the CEM Program and develop and maintain a list of National Incident Management System (NIMS) compliant emergency managers in accordance with the CEM Program.  Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) determined that IAEM is very uniquely qualified to perform this work.  

Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to provide these services via e-mail to Monique Matthews, no later than 3:00 PM, EST, Thursday, September 22, 2011.  E-mail address:  monique.matthews@fema.dhs.gov.  Capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis.  A determination not to compete this proposed procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.  This Notice of Intent is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP) for competitive proposals.