Disaster
declarations have been made for the following states: Virginia, West
Virginia, Delaware, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, and Washington, DC, making
federal funding available to supplement state and local response
efforts. Once a disaster has been declared, under FAR ruling,
preference shall be given to local firms.
An
excerpt from the FAR ruling:
When
awarding emergency response contracts during the term of a major disaster or
emergency declaration by the President of the United States under the
authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121, et seq.), preference shall be given, to the
extent feasible and practicable, to local firms. Preference may be given
through a local area set-aside or an evaluation preference. 26.202-1 Local
area set-aside.
The
contracting officer may set aside solicitations to allow only local firms
within a specific geographic area to compete (see 6.207).
(a) The contracting officer, in consultation with the requirements
office, shall define the specific geographic area for the local set-aside.
(b) A major disaster or emergency area may span counties in several
contiguous States. The set-aside area need not include all the counties in
the declared disaster/emergency area(s), but cannot go outside it.
(c) The contracting officer shall also determine whether a local
area set-aside should be further restricted to small business concerns in
the set-aside area (see Part 19).
Where
can you find opportunities?
FEMA contracts over $25,000 are posted on FedBizOpps
(FBO) granted, if you are seeing the opportunity for the first time -
you are probably too late to win. Posting in some cases is a formality, the
contracting officer has a vendor waiting in the wings already. So what can
you do? Review the opportunities, they include buyer contact data- this is
invaluable information. Contact the buyer let the CO know 1) you are local
2) you are available 3) if you are a GSA schedule holder- play that card
right away. Award data for Sandy contracts is available at the Federal Procurement Data System
(FPDS) website, here you will find information on the winning vendor,
very often disaster recovery contracts mandate the prime contractor
sub-contract with local small businesses.
Contact the prime and let them
know you are ready and available to perform subcontracting opportunities .
Fedmarket
has been helping companies win government contracts in 1996. Our product
and service offerings cover all aspects of government sales. Call 888
661 4094, Ext.2 for more information and to learn how we can help you
win in the government marketplace.
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