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

R -- SUPPORT TO THE CHEMICAL STOCKPILE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXERCISE PROGRAM SOL EME-2000-RP-0059 POC Contract Specialist Gregory S. Blair (301) 447-1455, Contracting Officer Bryan S. McCreary (301) 447-1058 WEB: http://www.fema.gov/ofm/bidinfo.htm, http://csepp.apgea.army.mil. E-MAIL: Click Here, greg.blair@fema.gov. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) currently has a requirement for, and intends to award a contract for support of the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP). The contractor will be required to provide technical assistance support to FEMA in the development, conduct, and evaluation of joint FEMA/U.S. Army sponsored exercises. This support will also involve support that FEMA's Preparedness Training and Exercise's Directorate, Chemical and Radiological Preparedness Division provides to other federal agencies, State, county and local governments, as well as the U.S. Army in managing the program initiatives. The Department of Defense Authorization Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-145) directs the chemical demilitarization program to provide maximum protection for the public, post personnel, and the environment. To achieve this directive, funds have been allocated to improve on-post emergency preparedness and to assist State and local governments in developing their emergency response capabilities. These exercises are in support of the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) and FEMA's increased emphasis on emergency preparedness at each chemical storage site and its surrounding community. Specific tasks to be performed include the evaluation of CSEPP exercises, development of exercise scenarios and related documents, on-site training of exercise evaluators, providing clerical and administrative support at exercises, hazard plot modeling, set up and execution of a Simulation Cell (SIMCELL) for conducting the exercise, moulage of accident victims for medical evaluation and treatment, and exercise report compilation, printing and distribution. The CSEPP Exercises will be held in the area of eight Army facilities located in Anniston, Alabama; Pine Bluff, Arkansas; Pueblo, Colorado; Newport, Indiana (including a portion of Illinois); Richmond, Kentucky; Aberdeen, Maryland; Umatilla, Oregon (including a portion of Washington); and Tooele, Utah. There are normally eight exercises a year, with ongoing work being required at up to six exercises at any one time. The contractor will be required to coordinate with all jurisdictions in the affected community, which may include the FEMA Region, the U.S. Army and the depot/arsenal involved, up to two States, and up to twelve counties and city governments and their Joint Information Center. This includes the development of Extent of Play Agreements, scenario development, the writing and coordination of implementers driving exercise play, all applicable exercise documents, and hazard development and relevant plume data depicting the areas affected by a chemical release. Also required are the Exercise Plan (EXPLAN), the Controller Instructions (COSIN), the Master Scenario Events List (MSEL), the implementers, communication directories for both the Evaluators/Controllers and the Players, Evaluator Packets, Support Rosters, and pre-formatted computer disks for report writing. The development of plume data, which includes the various levels of chemical effects, the times that the tip and tail of the plume crosses the depot boundary and into the off-post community emergency planning zones, is critical in determining the exercise participation of all jurisdictions. For some exercises, the contractor will be responsible for producing exercise implementers that cover actual weather conditions, thus requiring an increased number of implementers to cover all weather conditions, re wind directions. Depending on the requirements of the FEMA and Army Exercise Co-Directors, administrative support services may be required at two geographically separated locations in order to support the exercise evaluators preparing the exercise report. In some cases, the exercise administrative location will move from the exercise location to the FEMA Regional Offices in order to compile the report. Compiling the report will involve individual segments provided from the exercise evaluators from each jurisdiction, the production of a draft report and its publication withinfive days and its distribution to each jurisdiction for comment and the correlation and publication of the final report within 45 days of the exercise, all this while supporting other exercise commitments. After the exercise, the contractor will produce a comprehensive exercise timeline with information developed and submitted by individual exercise evaluators. The contractor will correlate, print, and distribute the final exercise reports according to program guidance. On site training will include a comprehensive presentation of items in the Exercise Plan, a scenario briefing consisting of the accident scenario with the work plan maximum credible event (MCE) and the actual ground truth hazard analysis plots for the exercise. The contractor will, at the direction of the Exercise Co-Director, coordinate/contract for exercise workspace, lodging, office supplies, computer equipment, copiers, fax machines, etc. The contractor will be responsible for maintaining the database of CSEPP Evaluators and publishing iton a regular basis. The contractor will maintain an electronic library of all CSEPP Exercise Reports and provide copies, as required, on CDROM. The current contract for these services, EMW-96-CO-0307 will enter its last option year beginning in August of 2000. The incumbent contractor as originally awarded was BDM International, now known as TRW Systems & Information Technology Group located in Fairfax, VA. The total estimated dollar amount of the existing contract once the last option year has been exercised will be approximately $5,000,000.00. The solicitation EME-2000-RP-0059 will be issued on or about May 19, 2000, as an unrestricted full & open competitive procurement. The proposal due date will be on or about June 19, 2000. FEMA anticipates award of an ID/IQ Task Order -- Time & Material Fixed-Rates For Services type contract on or about August 20, 2000. A copy of the RFP may be obtained by sending a written request to the attention of Gregory Blair at the above address, by FAX (301) 447-1092, or by e-mail at the address shown below. Please reference the solicitation number on your request. Telephone requests for this solicitation will not be allowed or honored.***** Posted 04/20/00 (W-SN447229). (0111)

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