Federal Emergency Management Agency, Mt. Weather Emergency Assistance Center, 19844 Blue Ridge Mountain Road, Bluemont, VA 20135

D -- NOTICE OF INTEND TO AWARD ON A CONTRACT ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS POC Maria L. Martin, contract specialist, 540-542-2300 E-MAIL: Housing repair and personal property database, maria.martin@fema.gov. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Mt. Weather Emergency Assistance Center (MWEAC), Bluemont, VA intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Marshall & Swift, Princeton, NJ for services to update FEMA's housing repair and personal property database. As part of disaster relief efforts, FEMA conducts residential housing inspections on disaster victims. These inspections are completed in a line item method, each required repair is recorded as a construction component (with an associated unit cost), and a quantity. The data is collected for use by FEMA Disaster Housing Program, State Individual and Family Grant Programs as well as other agencies. The database must be capable of providing prices for line items for both real estate and personal property for any geographical area in which FEMA or other agencies are tasked to provide disaster assistance. The contractor shall provide a database capable of providing the real estate and personal property prices for each declared disaster. These disasters may be declared in any U.S. state, Trust Territory, or other U.S. possession. The disaster housing line item set will be the same for all regions, but the contractor will need to remain aware of varying local code requirements and building techniques in order to provide FEMA with more accurate pricing data. Database must operate under Windows 95 and be Year 2000 compliant. An extensive market research had previously been performed by FEMA and a determination was made that Marshall & Swift database was the best value to the Government, in addition to meeting FEMA's requirements in regards to disaster support provided by their database. The database is a commercial type service, therefore it is anticipated that simplified acquisition procedures will be utilized in accordance with FAR 13.6 -- Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. The period of performance will be for one year with two option years. SIC Code: 7389, size standard $5.0M. Interested persons may respond by identifying their capabilities to provide the required database to include descriptive literature. Responses shall be in writing and sent to the address identified above, ATTN: Mar a L. Martin. Responses must be received no later than 15 calendar days from date of publication of this synopsis. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received by the date identified above will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Posted 12/30/98 (W-SN284100). (0364)

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