Attachment 1a - Peformance Work Statement - DOTS GU CNMI AS

Performance Work Statement

DOTS – Guam/CNMI/AS

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS)

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA)

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

FOR
Disaster Overseas Transportation Support (DOTS) for Guam, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa

1.0 GENERAL

1.1 BACKGROUND

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region IX has the responsibility of supporting Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), and American Samoa (AS) with Disaster Response and Recovery efforts. A major part of the initial response effort revolves around supplying the affected area with Initial Response Resources (IRR). These resources include life supporting, life sustaining IRR commodities such as, but not limited to; water, meals, cots, tarps, plastic sheeting, blankets, generators, and fuel needed to lessen damage before or after a disaster. FEMA requires additional commodities on these islands, due to unavailable warehousing space, and minimum full time FEMA personnel in Guam, CNMI, and AS.

1.2 OBJECTIVE

The objective of this PWS is to establish a multiple award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle to obtain all-inclusive, multimodal transportation and shipping services from a Continental United States (CONUS) and/or Outside Continental United States (OCONUS) point of origin to Guam, CNMI, and AS. It may also encompass transportation and shipping services in-between islands. Task Order award and execution will be driven by the response to a disaster. The implementation of this contract vehicle will institute a strategic transportation approach to pre-positioning IRR. This will mitigate the above-mentioned shortfalls by ensuring there are IRR commodities immediately available post/incident (after a hurricane’s landfall; post-earthquake; post tsunami, etc.) in Guam, CNMI, and AS. This includes, but is not limited to:
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20-, 40-, and 53-foot containers, trailer chassis, specialized trailers (e.g. flatbeds, lowboys, refrigerated);
container/material handling equipment including crane capabilities; specialized trucks (e.g. box trucks, boom trucks, 20 ft. pups and lift gates); drayage services and a robust cross docking operations; surface line haul services;
catch yards (including staging yards) and warehouse storage; continuous sailing/shipping without interruption, with the exception of U.S. Coast Guard restrictions or the ship’s captain, on vessels due to hazardous weather;