Federal Emergency Management Agcy, National Emergency Training Center, Procurement Branch, 16825 South Seton Avenue, Emmitsburg, MD 21727

R -- FIRE FIGHTER FATALITY LIST AND ANALYSIS FOR 1997 SOL EME-97-RP-0059 POC Contact Point, Veronica E. Keane, Contract Specialist, (301) 447-1190/Contracting Officer, Bryan S. McCreary, (301) 447-1058 E-MAIL: click here to contact the contract specialist via e-mail, Veronica.Keane@fema.gov. The Federal Emergency Management Agency intends to award on contract for the above project. The estimated period of performance of the project is approximately 12 months with two (2), one (1) year option periods. This is not an RFP, but a survey to locate potential small businesses capable of performing the following services: (a) gathering and compiling complete and accurate information on the numbers, names, and incident details concerning all firefighter on-duty deaths on a national level during the 1997 calendar year; (b) developing detailed, accurate lists based on criteria provided by U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) to determine eligibility for the National Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial and for the annual report produced by USFA to analyze firefighter fatalities; (c) writing pertinent special topic reports on various related issues or concerns based on the types of fatalities and identified through research in compiling lists above for inclusion in the annual analysis reportl (d) providing National Fire Information Reporting System (NFIRS) incident reports completed with information regarding death of each firefighter to the USFA on disk; (e) providing reports and lists in Microsoft Word for USFA use in distributionl (f) providing USFA project officer with professional level briefing of information to be included in the final report. The contractor must: 1) have a thorough and complete understanding of the fire service on a national level; 2) understand and have experience with fireground operations and standard operating procedures used in firefighting; 3) have experience writing technical and detailed information regarding factual incidents on a national level; 4) have extensive experience dealing with individuals and groups who have expereinced similarly traumatic professional and personal losses; 5) have a complete and thorough understanding of the NFIRS stytem, its uses and code structure. Small businesses with these capabilities are invited to submit complete information to the procuring office identified in this notice in three 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 available to perform the project; (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 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 buniness concerns. If the evaluation of responses received concludes that responding small businesses have the necessary capabilities, then this acquisition will be re-synopsized as being set aside for small businesses only. Responses shall reference Fire Figher Fatality List and Analysis for 1997. The information requested above must be received within 15 days of this notification to be considered except as noted in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 14.304. The SIC code for this requirement is 7389 for which the size standard is $5.0 million. (0211)

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