SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Develop Course Modules and Exercises for IEMC, Natural Hazareds, Tornados
- Notice Date
- 6/26/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 611710
— Educational Support Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, NETC Acquisition Section, 16825 South Seton Avenue, Emmitsburg, MD, 21727
- ZIP Code
- 21727
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-E392840Y
- Response Due
- 8/1/2006
- Archive Date
- 9/30/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/FEMA, Emergency Management Institute (EMI), National Emergency Training Center (NETC) has a requirement for development of course modules and exercises for a new Integrated Emergency Management Course (IEMC), Natural Hazards, Tornado. This requirement will be set aside 100% for small business. The NAICS code is 611710, Educational Services, and the small business size standard is $6.5 million [average annual receipts for three preceding fiscal years]. Award of a firm-fixed-price purchase order, using simplified acquisition procedures, is anticipated. The award will be made based on Best Value to the Government, in accordance with the evaluation factors and minimum qualifications set forth herein and in the Request for Quotation (RFQ) package. Quotes will be due 14 working days from the release date of the RFQ package. Potential offerors must request the Request for Quotation package in writing, no later than July 12, 2006, by sending their request to ATTN: Teresa Dingle, Contract Specialist, via email to teresa.dingle@dhs.gov. RFQ packages will be sent to potential offerors via email only; therefore, offerors shall include a point of contact name and email address with their request for the RFQ package. The IEMC program has been in existence for over 24 years and offers various courses with concentration in specific hazard areas such as earthquakes, hurricanes, hazardous materials and homeland security. Over time courses require materials to be updated and new scenarios need to be developed in order to provide functional exercises to be used to provide experiential training to a diverse audience of students from many professional disciplines involved in responding to, and supporting emergency operations in times of disasters, inclusive of the disciplines of law enforcement, fire service, public works, emergency medical services, emergency management, schools, voluntary agencies, and elected officials. The existing IEMC All Hazards Preparedness and Response Course (E900) needs to be updated and this project will entail reviewing the existing course materials and scenarios for this course and developing a new course that will be entitled IEMC-Natural Hazard Tornado Course. This new course will require a new unit sequence similar to the E900 course. Some existing E900 course modules could be incorporated into the new course; however, it is envisioned that some new course modules will need to be developed. New course modules will include a 1-hour module on the tornado hazard (a case study of a recent major tornado and its impact on a specific community). Another module would include recovering from a tornado strike to include recovery problems such as debris management and restoring infrastructure and economic normalcy to the community The Natural Hazard Tornado Course shall contain three exercises: Exercise One (approximately 90 min.) serves to introduce the course participants on how the course exercises are conducted and shall address preparedness issues as well as some normal response issues involving first responders; Exercise Two (main exercise, approximately 4 hours) involves responding to the consequences of a large tornado strike and shall involve first responders, support agencies, volunteer organizations, and mutual aid organizations from surrounding communities; Exercise Three (short-term recovery exercise, approximately 2 hours) shall be built on the previous exercise and address follow-up issues such as sheltering, public health issues, debris removal and returning economic viability to the community, etc. While most incidents are handled on a daily basis by a single jurisdiction at the local level, there are important instances in which successful domestic incident management operations depend on the involvement of multiple jurisdictions, functional agencies, and emergency responder disciplines. These instances require the effective and efficient coordination across the broad spectrum of organizations and activities. To accomplish this, the IEMC series uses exercises to test the skills and abilities of the course participants (composed of first responders and support organizations from public works, EMS, Fire Service, law enforcement, emergency management, and volunteer agencies) to respond to and recover from situations created as a result of a specific hazard. Exercises developed for the Natural Hazards Tornado Course shall use the existing exercise format used by the IEMC Program The Central City Model Community as the community impacted. The new course materials and exercises shall be consistent with the National Incident Management System (NIMS). The NIMS uses a systems approach to integrate the best of existing processes and methods into a unified national framework for incident management. Two of the key components of the system include the Incident Management Team (IMT) concept and its integration with the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) as part of the NIMS multi-agency coordination system. The IMT concept is the foundation of incident management outlined as part of the Incident Command System (ICS) in the NIMS document. The IMT includes the incident commander and appropriate command and general staff personnel assigned to an incident. ICS is a management system designed to enable effective and efficient domestic incident management by integrating a combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications within a common organizational structure. The course development is designed to accomplish the following objectives: provide students with a knowledge of tornado hazard to include preparing for, responding to, and recovering from a major tornado strike; through course exercises, provide an opportunity to show how first responders, municipal and state support agencies, and community volunteer agencies can provide essential roles in responding to and recovering from major tornado strike(s); highlight the importance of establishing a clear line of communications with the IMT, the EOC, and other elements of the multi-agency coordination system; highlight the importance of chief elected and appointed officials in the integration of IMT and EOC concepts; provide students with practice in implementing an IMT and activating an EOC; provide students with practice in establishing procedures for the gathering, verification, coordination, and dissemination of public information; provide students with practice in the management of resources during a simulated incident. The Contractor shall follow the listed steps in order to successfully complete this course development: (1) Initial Project Meeting; (2) Work Plan Development; (3) Conduct a Focus Group Meeting; (4) Develop a Draft Plan of Instruction; (5) Develop Draft Student Materials; (6) Develop Draft Instructor Materials; (7) Develop Draft Course Visuals; (8) Develop Exercise/Scenario Materials; (9) Participate in the Evaluation of Pilot Offering #1; (10) Revise Draft Student Materials, Instructor Materials, and Visuals as needed after the Pilot Offering; (11) Finalize Student Materials, Instructor Materials, and Visuals for the course. In order to be qualified for award of a purchase order for this requirement, the offer must demonstrate the following minimum qualifications: (1) Knowledge and experience in developing IEMC-type exercises; (2) Knowledge of first responders and support disciplines, roles, and responsibilities in responding to a major tornado strike; (3) Knowledge and understanding of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and how it would be applied by local government in responding to a major tornado strike; (4) Knowledge of Incident Management Teams (IMT) and how they would be used in response to a major tornado strike; (5) A basic knowledge of hurricane meteorology to include weather conditions likely to spawn tornados and the appropriate use of tornado watches and tornado warnings.
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