Federal Emergency Management Agency; Acquisition Operations Division;Flood, Fire, & Mitigation Branch; 500 C Street, SW, Room 350; Washington DC 20472

T -- REVISED COASTAL CONSTRUCTION MANUAL AND ACCOMPANYING INTERACTIVE CD-ROM SOL EMW-97-RP-0012 DUE 040197 POC Curtina Arnold, Contract Specialist, 202/646-4686, Patricia A. English, Contracting Officer 202/646-4257 REVISED COASTAL CONSTRUCTION MANUAL AND ACCOMPANYING INTERACTIVE CD- ROM FY 97 POC Curtina Arnold, Contract Specialist (202) 646-4686; Patricia A. English, Contracting Officer (202) 646-4257. The Federal Emergency Management Agency intends to award one contract in FY 97 for the above project. The estimated period of performance of the project is 24 months. This is not an RFP, but a survey to locate potential sources capable of performing the following services: (a) gathering and reviewing the present collection of available information and experiences with respect to the design and construction of coastal residential buildings, (b) developing an illustrated manual containing up-to-date information that local building, zoning, and floodplain management code enforcement officials, as well as public and private sector engineers, and architects can use that presents a uniform national criteria for the design and construction of coastal flood-prone residential buildings, and (c) using the material from the manual, develop an interactive CD-ROM. The contractor must: (1) have knowledge in the performance of residential 1 to 4 family structures impacted by hurricanes and Nor'easters by having been involved in post-storm assessments of damage and knowledge of proper state-of-the-art design and construction techniques for 1 to 4 family residential structures to mitigation against high winds and flooding associated with Nor'easters and hurricanes in coastal areas; (2) have knowledge in the coastal geomorphology, with extensive knowledge of coastal processes including long-term erosions and storm-induced erosion and scour as well as methods of protection of natural coastal features that reduce flooding; (3) have knowledge of all model building codes and coastal land use management programs currently being used and the insurance and floodplain management provisions and policies of the National Flood Insurance Programs; (4) have experience in developing technical government documents, including the use of digital graphic production and current Government Printing Office requirements for digitially-produced documents. Firms with these capabilities are invited to submit complete information to the procuring office identified in this notice in three (3) copies within 15 days of the date of this notice. Information furnished shall include: (a) the number and professional qualifications of the technical and other appropriate personnel; (b) company experiences related to the proposed project; (c) a description of general and special facilities; (d) a current financial statement, and (e) other literature which demonstrates the capabilites 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. If the evaluation of responses received concludes that none of the responding firms have the necessary capabilities, then this acquisition will be re-synopsized as being available for full and open competition. Responses shall reference "Revised Coastal Construction Manual and Accompanying Interactive CD-ROM." Firms submitting responses must allow several extra days for mail handling since late submissions will not be considered except as noted in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 14.304. (0076)

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