SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS) - RFI
- Notice Date
- 7/28/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Washington, District of Columbia, 20528, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20528
- Solicitation Number
- HSHQDC-09-R-00105
- Point of Contact
- Susan Eicher,
- E-Mail Address
-
susan.eicher@dhs.gov
(susan.eicher@dhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes; it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP or Broad Area Announcement (BAA). This RFI does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Directorate for Science and Technology (S&T) is not at this time seeking proposals. Responders are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay any cost incurred in response to this RFI. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party’s expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP or BAA. If a solicitation is released, it will be via the Federal Business Opportunities (http://ww.fedbizopps.gov). It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor these websites for any information that may pertain to this RFI. The information provided in this RFI is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. All submissions become the property of the Federal Government, and will not be returned. Background The U.S. Congress Passed the Warning, Alert, and Response Network (WARN) Act as Title VI of the SAFE Port Act in the fall of 2006, which was signed into law by President George W. Bush on Friday, October 13, 2006. To establish initial thinking around a Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS) capability, the WARN Act required the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee (CMSAAC) within 60 days of enactment. The CMSAAC was made up of wireless industry, emergency management, first responders, Federal Government stakeholders, and other subject matter experts working together to provide the FCC with recommendations for standards, protocols, procedures, and basic functionality for CMAS. The FCC adopted these recommendations in a set of three Reports and Orders that were codified in 47 C.F.R. Part 10. The complete listing of FCC proceedings, including CMSAAC recommendations, is located at http://www.fcc.gov/pshs/services/cmas.html. The WARN Act provides specific requirements for mobile operators for the transmission of emergency alerts over commercial mobile networks, including cellular and paging networks. The WARN Act requires that the transmission of these alerts be voluntary for the mobile operators. Operators informed the FCC of their elections in September 2008. Operators elected in whole, in part, or not at all. Elections in whole or in part indicated that carriers will deploy technologies to transmit alerts on a best-effort basis over their networks and notify subscribers that they will receive emergency alerts on their devices at the point of sale. The WARN Act also gives the mobile operator important liability protections for any act or omission related to or any harm resulting from the transmission of, or the failure to transmit, an emergency alert. Please see attached document for the Request For Information in its entirety.
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