Multi-Family Lease-Repair Program (Puerto Rico)

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

This is a Request for Information (RFI). To support this mission, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is soliciting property owners to participate in Multi-Family Lease and Repair (MLR) where multiple firm-fixed priced contracts will be awarded to provide housing assistance to families effected by Hurricane Irma and Maria on the Island of Puerto Rico. However, only those municipalities approved by FEMA for temporary direct housing assistance will be eligible for MLR. Under MLR, FEMA is seeking potential owners of rental properties (apartment complexes primarily) that with FEMA financial assistance, could be quickly repaired to local, state and federal codes/standards and offered as temporary housing for FEMA applicants. The properties should be large scale complexes that are able to accommodate a considerable number of people in a single location. Each site must have been previously used as a multi-family housing unit and contain three or more rental units. The site must be repairable within a four month period, cannot be located in a Flood Plain and be available to be leased to FEMA allowing FEMA exclusive use as temporary housing for eligible FEMA applicants for a term of no less than 18 months. Within this program, there is no rental cost for the eligible applicant. The repair costs are funded by FEMA and the value of these repairs are deducted from the value of the lease agreement between FEMA and the property owner. If you are a property owner and are interested in MLR, please provide the following information:

 a. Complex name, location, property owner name, and phone number;

b. Number of units vacant and the number of bedrooms each unit contains;

c. Number of units compliant with the American Disabilities Act;

d. Number of units that contain a separate bathroom, kitchen, and living space;

e. Description of repairs and improvements required to make the units habitable;

f. Projected length of time required to make units habitable (from execution of lease agreement);

g. History of the building's use;

i. Dates the building was used for multifamily housing;

ii. Rental rates during the last year of operation (state whether utilities were included);

h. Any applicable pet restrictions, such as what pets are allowed in the units and any restrictions on number of pets or size of pets, and any applicable pet deposits; AND

i. Number of parking spaces available for each unit.

THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTES
Responses to this notification will be used to determine which properties meet MLR criteria and provide the timeliest most cost effective means of providing direct assistance to eligible disaster survivors. The Government wants to obtain market information or capabilities for planning purposes. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. All responses must be in writing and received no later than 5:00 PM EST, December 1, 2017. Verification of receipt of electronic transmission is the sole responsibility of the contractor/interested party. The Government will not pay for information submitted.

If interested, please call 202-705-9140 or email FEMA-MLR-PR@fema.dhs.gov. Calls will only be accepted between the hours of 7:00 am and 7:00 pm.