Federal Emergency Management Agcy, Acquisition Operations Division, 500 C Street, S.W., Room 350, Washington, DC 20472

R -- MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF HOUSING INSPECTION SERVICES IN DISASTER AREAS NATIONWIDE. SOL EMW-1999-RP-0081 DUE 022200 POC Nancy A. Costello, Contract Specialist, (202) 646-4373; Chandra G. Lewis, Contracting Officer, (202) 646-3118 WEB: click here to download a copy of the RFP, http://www.fema.gov/ofm. E-MAIL: click her to contact the Contract Specialist via email, nancy.costello@fema.gov. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is authorized pursuant to the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (P.L. 93-288), as amended by the Robert T. Stafford Act (P.L. 100-77), to provide assistance to applicants of Presidentially declared disasters and emergencies. The Disaster Housing (DH) Program (directly administered by FEMA), and the Individual and Family Grant (IFG) Program (administered by the State) with partial funding from FEMA, provide grant assistance to disaster applicants in accordance with the Act. In order to accomplish this mission, FEMA contracts out for the management and performance of individual housing inspection services. Firms must be capable of providing services anywhere in the United States and it territories. The inspection information obtained by contractors is used by FEMA to determine the type and amount of assistance that FEMA will provide to applicants of the disaster areas. The applicable SIC code is 6411. FEMA intends to issue multiple, Performance Based, Fixed Price, Indefinite Quantity type contracts based on Full and Open Competition. Contract award will be based on best-value to the Government where technical merit is more important than cost/price. Limited written technical proposals, oral presentations, and business proposals will be required. The estimated award date is October 1, 2000. The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued on or about 30 days following publication of this announcement. The RFP will be mailed to all firms that responded in writing to the Request for Information (RFI). All other interested parties must provide a written request for the RFP package. Requests must identify the RFP number, "EMW-1999-RP-0081" and be submitted to the following address: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Office of Financial Management, Recovery and Preparedness Division, Attention: Nancy Costello (FM-RP), 500 C Street, S.W., Room 350, Washington, DC 20472. Electronic requests emailed to nancy.costello@fema.gov, or tele-faxed to (202)646-2970 will also be honored. ". Telephone requests will NOT be honored. The RFP, including HIS Historical Data, may also be viewed on FEMA's World Wide Web home page and downloaded. The Internet address is http://www.fema.gov/ofm; under "Procurement Information" click on "Details", then select "EMW-1999-RP-0081". Questions regarding this RFP should be directed to Nancy Costello on (202) 646-4373. Collect calls will not be accepted. Posted 11/10/99 (W-SN399791). (0314)

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