U -- Training Course

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Mt. Weather Emergency Operations Center (MWEOC), Mt. Weather, VA intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, with Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) to provide FEMA with a 9-day course, Introduction to Business Continuity Planning course. Course number BCLE 1000. This course will be delivered at a FEMA facility. The DRII Qualifying Examination is on the final day of the course. DRII is the qualifying and certification body for business continuity planning for both private and public sectors. Interested parties may respond by identifying their capability to provide the required training to include descriptive literature and pricing. Responses shall be sent via email to [email protected] and must be received no later than 3:00 PM/EST, 09/12/06. This is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all responses received by the date identified above will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.