Inactive 8(a) Set-Aside (FAR 19.8)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), on behalf of the Center for Domestic Preparedness(CDP), has developed this Request for Information (RFI) to solicit market research information from ind... The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), on behalf of the Center for Domestic Preparedness(CDP), has developed this Request for Information (RFI) to solicit market research information from industry. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY. It is not a Request for Proposal, a Request for Quotation, an Invitation for Bids, a Solicitation, or an indication the CDP will contract for the items contained in the RFI. This RFI is part of a Government market research effort to determine the scope of industry capabilities and interest and will be treated as information only. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responses to this RFI are strictly voluntary and the Government will not pay respondents for information provided in response to this RFI. Responses to this RFI will not be returned and respondents will not be notified of the result of the review. If a Solicitation is issued, it will be announced on the Federal Business Opportunities, website www.fbo.gov, at a later date, and all interested parties must respond to that Solicitation announcement separately from any response to this announcement. This RFI does not restrict the Government's acquisition approach on a future Solicitation. NO PROPOSALS ARE BEING REQUESTED OR ACCEPTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS SYNOPSIS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED AS A RESULT OF THIS RFI. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this RFI or any follow up information requests. The purpose of this RFI is to receive industry comments on the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) including (but not limited to) technical questions and comments, contract pricing considerations, contract type, and potential award fee incentives for the competitively contracted services for Medical Support Services for the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Alabama. The CDP is a national training facility located in Anniston, Alabama that prepares state and local emergency response personnel to respond to all hazards, including terrorist attacks using weapons of mass destruction, by providing advanced, hands on training. This national training program was developed for state, local, tribal, Federal, private sector and international responders from Fire Service, Law Enforcement, Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Management, HazMat, Public Health, Healthcare, Public Communications, Public Works and Government Administrative and other emergency response personnel, their trainers and supervisors. Training courses provided by the CDP provide specific knowledge and expertise for deterrence, prevention and response to Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) incidents; mass casualty incidents; and incidents involving hazardous materials by providing advanced, hands-on and classroom-based state of the art training. Medical Support Services as described in the attached draft PWS includes but is not limited to functions to be performed are facility-based medical support services that include but not limited to occupational health and all ancillary services; emergency ambulatory transport but are not limited to occupational health and medical surveillance; emergency response to medical and trauma emergencies; laboratory operations to conduct Red Blood Cell (RBC) Cholinesterase (ChE) testing; evaluation and stabilization of injured CDP employees and students; provide emergency stabilization and transport of students, contractors and federal staff resulting from an exposure to Chemical or Biological Agent(s) at the Chemical Ordinance Biological Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF); and other medical emergencies to a designated local area medical facility. Historically this requirement has been a competitive 8(a) small business set aside and a competitive 8(a) small business set aside is anticipated for this new requirement. The NAICS code is 621999- All Other Miscellaneous Ambulatory Health Care Services. The Small Business Size Standard for this NAICS is $16.5 million. The Government desires that respondents offer their experience and recommendations on the following questions and issues related to the CDP requirements. The Government recommends that you first review the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) so that you may have a better insight on the questions below. (1) Is the Performance Work Statement (PWS) clear, concise, and/or sufficient enough to develop and submit the required information in response to a Request For Proposal (RFP)? (2) What is the business size standard of your company (small business, SDB, SDVOSB, HUBZone, 8(a), Large, etc.)? If 8(a) eligible, please provide current status regarding your scheduled graduation date from the 8(a) program under this NAICS code. (3) Is 45 days a sufficient amount of time to submit a proposal? Note: This 45 days includes a site visit at CDP within 15 days of solicitation posting in FBO, with proposals due approximately 30 days after completion of the site visit. A best value trade-off source selection is planned and requires a technical and price proposal and past performance references? If 45 total days (including a site visit) is not sufficient, please provide a reasonable timeframe to prepare a proposal. (4) Respondents to this RFI should describe their interest and ability to perform the requirements summarized within this notice. (5) Discuss any concerns, comments or recommendations you may have with the attached draft Performance Work Statement. No inquiries will be answered at this time and respondents shall not be notified of the results of the market research. Again, this document is merely for market research and planning purposes only and does not constitute a commitment, implied, or otherwise, that a procurement action will be issued nor will the Government pay or reimburse for information solicited or produced and may not be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter into a contract. In the event a solicitation is developed, it will be assigned a formal RFP number and the announcement will be published on www.fbo.gov. Vendor comments may be incorporated and used to develop the final PWS as well as the solicitation. Responders to this RFI will not automatically be notified of any potential solicitation; therefore interested parties should be vigilant in looking for and must respond to the official solicitation announcement when it is posted on www.fbo.gov. Submissions must be submitted electronically as a Microsoft Word or an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF); no other document format or type will be accepted. It is important to note that there is a system wide size limitation on e-mail attachments of 5MB per e-mail message. It is highly recommended that respondents check the total size of the response before sending and if necessary submit responses on sequential e-mails. All responses to the RFI shall be submitted by email to Laura Harshbarger, Contract Specialist, DHS/FEMA, Emmitsburg, MD. E-mail address: laura.harshbarger@fema.dhs.gov no later than February 12, 2020, 4:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. No phone calls accepted.