This Sources Sought is for "Market Research" only. The purpose of this Sources Sought is to determine if there are qualified firms interested in this requirement. All interested and qualified parties are requested to submit required information by the closing date listed below. The Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, is seeking qualified small businesses to provide Architect and Engineering Services in support of the Hazard Mitigation Technical Assistance Program (HMTAP). These services include benefit cost, technical report writing, environmental and historical preservation reviews, training development, software and systems design, losses avoided studies, engineering review of mitigation grant applications, mitigation plan review, training development, hydrology, open channel hydraulics; in working with state and local governments in floodplain or storm-water management. The NAICS code for these services is 541330 - Engineering Services. To qualify as a small business under this NAICS code, your firm must have had an average of less than $4.5 million in revenue over each of the past three years. This Sources Sought notice is for information and planning purposes only. The government will not pay or otherwise reimburse respondents for information submitted. It is anticipated that multiple, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contracts may be awarded from this solicitation. These contracts will be for a 60 month period and will be capped at a maximum of $150 million per contract. The exact number of contracts to be awarded and the maximum contract value cap shall be determined at the time the contract is awarded. Based upon evaluation of responses received by the closing date, the government reserves the right to set-aside any and all procurements that may result hereunder for small or minority-owned business; or to open the follow-on solicitation to full and open competition. Minimum capabilities must include documented evidence of experience and expertise in all of the following areas: (1) Benefit cost, technical report writing, environmental and historical preservation reviews, training development, software and systems design, losses avoided studies, engineering review of mitigation grant applications, mitigation plan review, training development, hydrology, open channel hydraulics; in working with state and local governments in floodplain or storm-water management; (2) Demonstrated integration of engineering and geographic information systems (GIS) staff in project implementation; (3) Demonstrated capacity to accomplish the effort in the required time and ability to direct, manage, and control the entire project; (4) Past Performance on contracts of comparable size with government agencies and private industry in terms of: (a) cost control; (b) quality of work; (c) compliance with performance schedule; (5) Experience of firm and key personnel in the coordination and facilitation of public relations/outreach involving technical issues with local officials, private citizens, Federal and State entities, and private industry; (6) Experience of firm and key personnel demonstrating the capability to maintain adequate product quality control of contract of comparable size; (7) Demonstrated ability to provide state-of-the-art technical guidance and advice to transform existing methodologies and processes, and to keep pace with future technological advancements; (8) Experience and knowledge in the development and maintenance of Internet sites, including the distribution of spatial and text data via File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and the World Wide Web; (9) Demonstrated experience in developing and applying new hydrologic, hydraulic, and general engineering approaches to unique or specialized flood risk situations; (10) Experience and/or capability in current remote sensing technologies (i.e. LIDAR, IFSAR, GPS) used to develop high-resolution digital elevation models (11) Experience of firm as a technical review contractor for Local, State and Federal or other Architect-Engineer firms (12) Experience and capability to design, build, maintain, and operate library reporting and storage systems for both manually and digitally produced spatial text data from these systems in both hard copy and electronic format. Small businesses with these capabilities who are interested in performing the proposed effort are invited to submit one original and 4 copies of complete information to the following mailing address: Federal Emergency Management Agency Acquisition Operations Branch Mitigation Section 500 C Street SW, PP 5th Floor Washington, DC 20472 Information furnished should include: (1) The number and professional qualifications of scientists, engineers, technical and other appropriate personnel; (2) Company experience related to the proposed project; (3) A description of general and special facilities; (4) A current financial statement, and (5) Other literature that demonstrates the minimum capabilities listed above. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and the government will not pay or otherwise reimburse respondents for information submitted. Based upon responses received, the government reserves the right to set-aside any and all procurements that may result hereunder for small or minority-owned businesses. Information packages must be received no later than 3:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, February 14, 2008. Point(s) of Contact Lois Jones - Contract Specialist Email: lois.jones1@dhs.gov Phone: 202-646-7590 Veronica Key - Contracting Officer Email: veronica.key@dhs.gov Fax: 202-646-1765 The Small Business Administration may be used to verify business size.
