Assessment on Agencywide Fraud Oversight

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) / SOURCES SOUGHT NOTIFICATION (SSN) FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS & INSPECTIONS DIVISION This is a Request for Information/Sources Sought Notice. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the 1) availability and capability of qualified sources and 2) availability of capable firms, specifically small businesses, to provide the contemplated requirement listed below. The information provided herein is for informational purposes only. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. This notice is issued for information and planning purposes only and does not itself constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP). The Government does not intend to award a contract based only on responses to this Request for Information/Sources Sought Notice. Responses to the notice will not be returned. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this notice. FEMA will not pay for information received in response to this notice. There is no commitment by the Government to issue an RFP, make an award or awards, or to be responsible for any monies expended by industry responses to this notice. The Government does not request any proprietary information be submitted, nor shall it be liable for any consequential damages for proprietary information. Any information submitted for this notice (e.g. capability statement) is subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 USC 552 (a). All information received in response to this notice marked - Proprietary will be protected and handled accordingly. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. BACKGROUND OF REQUIREMENT: FEMA is headquartered in Washington, D.C., employs more than 20,000 people nationwide and obligates and/or disburses billions in federal funds each year. The FEMA, Mission Support (MS), Office of the Chief Security Officer (OCSO), Fraud Investigations and Inspections Division (FIID) is responsible for leading and overseeing FEMA's anti-fraud efforts and investigating external allegations of fraud, waste, and abuse of FEMA funds. FIID is requesting information on contractor services to review internal and external federal agency policies, directives, guidance, government and private industry best practices, organizational structures, and executive orders to determine if the agency should develop and implement a more centralized, senior leadership oversight of fraud/risk within the agency. This effort includes reviewing internal and external documents, directives, policies, procedures, laws, regulations, organizational structures, and executive orders, identifying best practices, legal requirements, and proposing recommendations to the FEMA Mission Support (MS) Associate Administrator (AA). DRAFT PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES: Review and assess internal and external documents, directives, policies, procedures, executive orders, laws, regulations, and organizational structures related to the centralized oversight of fraud. Identify potential internal policy, procedural, and/or structural vulnerabilities and weaknesses, government wide and private industry policies, procedures, and organizational structures, best practices, legal requirements, make recommendations and provide courses of action for FEMA senior leadership review and action. QUESTIONS TO INDUSTRY: For what agencies have you conducted fraud oversight assessments? How much time was required to complete those assessments? What were the results of those assessments? What is your experience with federal, state, or local government agencies centralizing their agency's fraud oversight? How did you deliver centralized fraud oversight recommendations/courses of action at other agencies? What information, documents, and data are captured during agency fraud assessments? What information, documents, and data about FEMA's Enterprise and current fraud oversight is needed/would need to be furnished to you to provide the requested services? What types of skill sets/labor categories are required for this kind of assessment effort? What level of effort would be required to complete these services? RESPONSE FORMAT: In order to better assist in the review of submittals to this RFI, respondents are encouraged to prepare a capabilities statement and respond to questions in a format that closely adheres to the following format: The document format shall be either Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx), or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) formats. Responses shall be prepared using 12 pt. font, 1-inch margins, and 8.5 by 11 paper and shall not exceed five (5) pages in length, including images, data displays, charts, graphs, and tables. Respondents are encouraged to ensure that their submittals are complete and address all items outlined within this notice. Respondents may provide additional promotional literature in addition to their response as long as the literature conforms to the response format. RESPONSE DEADLINE & POINT OF CONTACT INFORMATION: FEMA will only consider submissions in response to this notice that are in the form of Microsoft Word and/or PDF (searchable format) documents attached to emails received no later than 3:00 PM Eastern, Friday, May 5, 2023. No phone calls will be accepted or returned. Please submit capability statements to Bryan McCreary at Bryan.McCreary@fema.dhs.gov. Interested parties are also encouraged to submit a summary of past work that is related to this requirement. Administratively, the capability statement shall also include the information listed below. Company Name/Division, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone, and website Single point-of-contact name, title, telephone, and email address UIE number, CAGE Code, Tax Identification Number (TIN), and company structure (Corporation, LLC, partnership, joint venture, etc.). Please note that companies must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be considered potential sources (https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/). Applicable NAICS code under which the company customarily does business. Business size for NAICS Code 541690. Socio-economic status, if qualified as one or more of the following: 8(a) firm (must be certified by SBA) Small Disadvantaged Business (must be certified by SBA) Woman-Owned Small Business HUB Zone firm (must be certified by SBA) Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business