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B -- EVALUATION OF EROSION HAZARDS SOL EMW-97-RP-0004 DUE 050297 POC William Roberson, Contract Specialist 202/646-3622; Chandra G. Lewis, Contracting Officer 202/646-3118 Conduct a study, which evaluates the economic impact that erosion and erosion mapping has on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), its policyholders, and communities prone to erosion. Section 577 (entitled "Evaluation of Erosion Hazards") of the National Flood Insurance Reform Act (NFIRA) mandates that a study be conducted which includes the mapping of erosion hazard areas for a "statistically valid and representative number of communities with erosion hazard areas throughout the United States, including coastal [and] Great Lakes...areas." This mapping effort is currently being conducted by 18 State Coastal Zone Management (CZM) agencies or their designees, who are mapping the 27 counties. The purpose of this project is to have the Contractor conduct an inventory of structures located within the mapped erosion hazard areas; and using the data collected in the inventory, evaluate the economic impact that erosion and erosion mapping has on the NFIP, its policyholders, and coastal communities. Section 577 of the NFIRA requires that the economic impact analysis "shall be conducted by a private independent entity." Therefore state or local governments or publicly funded institutions will not be considered for this proposed contract. A private entity applying as a prime contractor will not be considered for this contract if it has a current contract with FEMA through the NFIP or if it has had such a contract within 10 years of the date of this notice. Entities with current or past contracts with FEMA through the NFIP cannot qualify as subcontractors if their income from those contracts has exceeded 2.5 million dollars over the last 5 years or their earnings from such contracts have exceeded ten percent of the entity's gross annual income over the past 5 years. However, entities with contracts with FEMA through the NFIP within the last 5 years that qualify as subcontractors will not be permitted to conduct or assist in the economic impact analysis portion of this study. Their participation, subject to the above conditions, will be limited to the structure inventory portion of the contract, and other scientific, geomorphologic, geologic, technical, and mapping issues. Respondents will be required to identify prospective subcontractors in their proposals. All responsible sources may receive a copy of the solicitation by sending a written request to the aforementioned address. (0070)

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