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

R -- BUREAU AND STATISTICAL AGENT FOR THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM SOL EMW-1998-RP-0004 POC William M. Roberson, Assistant Contract Specialist, V-(202)646-3622 Fax-(202)646-3846; Chandra G. Lewis, Lead Contract Specialist/Contracting Officer WEB: Click here to download a copy of the RFP (if available), http://www.fema.gov/ofm/bidinfo.htm. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Assistant Contract Specialist via e-mail, bill.roberson@fema.gov. The Contractor shall maintain, in an uninterrupted manner, support to the implementation of the Write Your Own (WYO) Financial Control Plan (FCP), which includes operations of the Transaction Record Reporting and Processing (TRPR) Plan for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The Contractor will also help coordinate operations of the NFIP with government hazard mitigation and disaster response activities. Furthermore, the firm will be required to provide the capability for training, assistance, and the preparation and provision of materials to achieve continued expansion of the NFIP policy base. The Contractor will also operate as the financial reporting agent for premium and other NFIP funds collection, and coordinate deposit and other WYO FCP requirements of the NFIP. Also, the firm will operate as data depository and statistical analyst for all aspects of the program, including NFIP policy and claims experience, and provide expert actuarial, underwriting, planning and financial management analysis and assistance to the Government. The firm will also be responsible for coordinating communication and information dissemination with the WYO companies and other firms. In addition to the aforementioned requirements, the successful contractor will also be responsible for coordinating claims quality control, reinspection, salvage, and subrogation activities on behalf of the Government. It is anticipated that the period of performance of the contract will be for five years. The Government intends to use performance-based contracting methods for this procurement. In addition, in awarding this contract, the Government will use the procedures established in the final rule for the FAR 15 rewrite. All responsible sources may receive a copy of the solicitation by sending a written request to the aforementioned address. All requests for the RFP package must be in writing, and telephone requests will not be honored. To expedite requests for the solicitation, please furnish a self-addressed gummed label; including the full solicitation number at the bottom edge of the label. Although it is expected that the RFP package will be made available on FEMA's World Wide Web page (http://www.fema.gov/ofm/bidinfo.htm), prospective offerors are still requested to provide their company name, address, telephone number, and fax number, in writing. It is anticipated that proposals will be due 45 days after the date of issuance of the RFP. (0297)

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