SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Large Fire Cost Review
- Notice Date
- 2/5/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541620
— Environmental Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Interagency Fire Center, 3833 S. Development Avenue, Jack F. Wilson Bldg., Boise, Idaho, 83705-5354
- ZIP Code
- 83705-5354
- Solicitation Number
- SN-2010-07
- Archive Date
- 2/17/2010
- Point of Contact
- Matthew D. Olson, Phone: 208-387-5835
- E-Mail Address
-
mdolson@fs.fed.us
(mdolson@fs.fed.us)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Forest Service is trying to determine if there are any interested businesses willing to provide services for a review of large fire cost expenditures within the U.S Forest Service. Requirements for Large Fire Cost Review: The contractor will be responsible for bringing together a diverse team with expertise in the areas of wildland fire management, land management, risk management, and wildfire suppression strategies. The contractor will recruit skilled personnel from other land management and response agencies, and possibly other countries, to review the agency’s response to wildfires. This might include specialists from the military, academia, industry, and emergency agencies for expertise in land management, wildland fire management, risk management, and large field operations involving ground and air assets and catastrophic threats to the public. The contractor will coordinate and oversee the work of the Independent Panel. The panel is tasked with examining and reporting on fire suppression costs for wildfire incidents during Fiscal Year 2009 where federal expenditures exceeded $10,000,000. The panel’s purpose will be to determine if the agency exercised fiscal diligence in managing specific incident suppression activities. This panel is not expected to complete an exhaustive fiscal audit of all incident phases. Rather, the focus will be on evaluating how these large fires were managed. The Review objectives for this year’s panel should focus, as possible, on the following areas: • Evaluating the risk-based management of these large fires from a systems standpoint – from planning and decision-making through implementation and the outcomes that resulted. For each of these stages, people, skills, and technology should be assessed and what in the system worked well and what in the system needs to be improved should be identified. • Assessing the utilization of new processes, guidance, expectations and tools that have changed the business of fire management in recent years in an effort to determine the impact these changes have had and develop a baseline for comparison in future years as these efforts mature. • Determining whether the agency’s current review process is yielding positive changes and identifying ways to improve the agency’s current fire review processes. If the panel finds instances where the agency may not have executed prudent fiscal decisions with respect to public/firefighter safety, natural resource, and private property protection, estimate the proportions of appropriate and excess suppression costs (recognizing that “excess costs’ would be earmarked for return to the treasury based on end of fiscal year 2009 balances). Summarize findings in a report to the Secretary of Agriculture. Respondents are requested to provide information on services that address the above requirements. Include the following information in your responses: 1.Description of similar contract services provided in the past. 2.References and contact information of customers that have utilized similar services. 3.Company size status in relation to NAICS code 541620 and size standard ($7 Mil). 4.CCR profile information (if currently registered) Responses will be used to determine if the Forest Service will proceed with a Request for Quote. Only written responses will be evaluated. Any questions must be submitted in writing or via e-mail. Voicemails and telephone calls will not be permitted and may not be answered.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/FS/024B/SN-2010-07/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: N/A - Site Visits throughout US may be required. Most work will be accomplished at contractor facilities., Boise, Idaho, 83705, United States
- Zip Code: 83705
- Zip Code: 83705
- Record
- SN02059170-W 20100207/100205235059-a8d0cc3e92d965d9aae0b5ed61c34464 (fbodaily.com)
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