SOE Support

This is a Notice of Intent to Sole Source a short-term contract to SAIC for a period of performance of no more than 75 days in length. The short-term sole source award will be made to the incumbent contractor for continuation of services currently ongoing until competitive acquisitions currently posted to FedBizOpps for FEMA exercise support as described below are awarded. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/FEMA, National Exercise Division (NED), has a requirement for continued technical and administrative support services for the implementation, management and administration of various high profile emergency preparedness exercise initiatives under the purview of the Senior Officials Exercise (SOE) Program. The SOE Program includes Senior Level Exercises (SLE), National \Special Security Events (NSSE), US Government senior leadership initiatives, and program management support including technical assistance for the DHS Exercise and Evaluation Program. The contractor is required to provide continued critical support services for the planning, conduct, and evaluation of emergency preparedness exercises at the direction of the White House/National Security Staff, the Secretary of DHS, and the FEMA Administrator. These exercises will involve stakeholders at all levels of government and shall be designed, conducted, and evaluated in accordance with the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program. The continuation of this technical assistance is needed to fulfill standing requirements placed upon the FEMA National Exercise Division from US government leadership. Specifically, the contractor is required to continue and finish support for the execution of two previously scheduled functional exercises. The contractor is required to complete support for the development, conduct, and evaluation of several senior leadership exercises and tabletop exercises. The proposed vendor is uniquely qualified as they are currently providing support to FEMA for the continuation of the Senior Official Exercise Program. The contractor has the immediate expertise and a richly developed support system already in place to continue support and completion of the exercises due to the fact that they are the incumbent contractor currently providing these services. SAIC is the only contractor capable of providing these services in the time and at the level of performance required. This award will be a short term award to allow for the continuation of required services while the larger FEMA exercise program solicitations are awarded. The solicitations for these services are currently posted to FedBizOpps and will be acquired under HSFE20-12-R-0030; HSFE20-12-R-0031 and HSFE20-12-R-0035. Anticipated awards are not later than 09/30/12. Total anticipated duration and value of this acquisition is 75 days total and less than $300,000.00. Any response to this notice must be submitted by July 12, 2012 at 2:00 PM Local Time. The Government will not pay or otherwise reimburse respondents for information submitted. Based upon the information provided above it is the intent of the Government to make a sole source, short term award to the incumbent contractor for continued services. The Government reserves the right to issue a Sole Source Procurement with SAIC and no further synopsis will be issued. SEE NUMBERED NOTE 22.