Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Crisis Management System - Notice of Intent

Please be aware, This Notice of Intent is NOT a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for competitive quotes.  

In accordance with FAR 6.3, FEMA intends to award a Firm Fixed Price, sole source contract using authority at FAR 6.302-1, “only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) intends to award a Bridge Contract to  ESI Aquisitions, Inc, Duns # 133560511 for continued  WebEOC software license updates and renewals, technical support services for the successful operations, support, and system evolution of FEMA’s Crisis Management System in the following areas: network systems support, installations, integrations, external interconnections, board development, maintenance, system security, documentation, training, hosting services on their Amazon Cloud.  

On September 3, 2020, FEMA issued a contract to the ESI Acquisitions, Inc. to continue use of the software and services listed above. On October 23, 2020, the award to ESI Acquisitions, Inc. was protested―B-419377.  After the protest, FEMA agreed to take corrective action: to conduct additional market research and to modify the underlying contract to provide for a five-month period of performance beginning on the date of the GAO dismissal. 

The bridge contract is necessary to allow for: (1) adequate time for FEMA to solicit and compete the Crisis Management System software requirement as well as the requirement for any other related services; (2) adequate time for the incumbent to transfer data from the current system―WebEOC―to any new contractor system, if necessary; and (3) adequate time for any new contractor to complete the DHS Authority to Operate (ATO) requirements, if necessary, which generally takes six to twelve months for approval.  The current ESI Acquisitions, Inc. system and any new CMS would have to run concurrently until an ATO is approved and all necessary data is transferred, if necessary.  ESI Acquisitions, Inc. is the only source that can provide WebEOC and the related services without disruption to FEMA operations until the competitive CMS requirement can be solicited and awarded. 

The efforts  listed above shall be performed in accordance with the DRAFT Statement of Work (SOW) for this requirement.

Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement by submission of their Capability Statement.  All responses recieved with three (3) days of the issuance of this notice will be considered by the Government.