It looks like the Ferguson event was planned way out in advance. They were just waiting for the right scenario to come up, and the shooting of Michael Brown was it. Meanwhile, the secretive grand jury proceedings will never reveal the actual story. We will be left with an official story, emotional scars, and more oppression. And no doubt more to come.
Ferguson Erupts in Chaos as Planned by the Zionist Owned Government
Frank Ancona, of the TAKKK, a branch of the Ku Klux Klan, appears to be quite the liberal Imperial Wizard. Not only does he embrace African-Americans in front of confederate flags, but he is very concerned about Jews being killed.
If you followed the antics between Anonymous and TAKKK on Twitter, it appears that they were actually the same group. This is why Anonymous was able to steal the TAKKK Twitter account, but NOTICE THEY NEVER BROUGHT UP THE JEWISH QUESTION or the SPLC CONNECTION. Plus they are working with Freemason Jesse Jackson.
After that, the Southern Poverty Law Center saw fit to run a denial about Frank Ancona's heritage. As a general rule, if a government agency puts out a denial, I tend to believe the opposite.
No one would expect the KKK and SPLC to work together. And the "liberal" agenda is advancing, which truly translates as turning the United States into an extension of Palestine. The Zionists feel entitled to kill off the Goyim, and get together to discuss this.
If they get the herd to stampede, new wonderful solutions, such as a total police state, will be demanded by the sheeple.
The SPLC even provides this handy KKK jargon guide. This TAKKK seems a government PSYOP. We are being turned into China!
Klan glossary
AKIA: A password meaning "A Klansman I Am", often seen on decals and bumper stickers. Alien: A person who does not belong to the Klan. AYAK?: A password meaning "Are You a Klansman?" CA BARK: A password meaning "Constantly Applied By All Real Klansmen." CLASP: A password meaning "Clannish Loyalty A Sacred Principle." Genii: The collective name for the national officers. Also known as the Kloncilium, or the advisory board to the Imperial Wizard. Hydras: The Real officers, with the exception of the Grand Dragon. Imperial Giant: Former Imperial Wizard. Imperial Wizard: The overall, or national, head of a Klan, which it sometimes compares to the president of the United States. Inner Circle:
Small group of four or five members who plan and carry out "action."
Its members and activities are not disclosed to the general membership. Invisible Empire: A Ku Klux Klan's overall geographical jurisdiction, which it compares to the United States although none exist in every state. Kalendar:
Klan calendar, which dates events from both the origin and its 1915
rebirth Anno Klan, and means "in the year of the Klan," and is usually
written "AK." Kardinal Kullors: White, crimson, gold and black. Secondary Kullors are grey, green and blue. The Imperial Wizard's Kullor is Skipper Blue. K.B.I.: Klan Bureau of Investigation. KIGY!: A password meaning "Klansman, I greet you!" Klankfraft: The practices and beliefs of the Klan. Klanton: The jurisdiction of a Klavern. Klavern: A local unit or club; also called "den." Kleagle: An organizer whose main function is to recruit new members. In some Klans, he gets a percentage of the initiation fees. Klectokon: Initiation fee. Klepeer: Delegate elected to Imperial Klonvokation. Klonkave: Secret Klavern meeting. Klonverse: Province convention. Kloran: Official book of Klan rituals. Klorero: Realm convention. SAN BOG: A password meaning "Strangers Are Near, Be On Guard." Terrors: The Exalted Cyclops' officers.
Facility Holding Terrorism Inmates Limits Communication
By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, February 25, 2007; A07
The Justice Department has quietly opened a new prison unit in Indiana that
houses a hodgepodge of second-tier terrorism inmates, most of them Arab
Muslims, whose ability to communicate with the outside world has been tightly
restricted.
At the Communications Management Unit, or CMU, in Terre Haute, Ind., all
telephone calls and mail are monitored, the number of phone calls limited and
visits are restricted to a total of four hours per month, according to special
rules enforced by the Justice Department's U.S. Bureau of Prisons. All inmate
conversations must be conducted in English unless otherwise negotiated.
The unit appears to be a less restrictive version of the "supermax"
facility in Florence, Colo., which holds some of the United States' most
notorious terrorists, including al-Qaeda operative Zacarias Moussaoui and
Unabomber Theodore J. Kaczynski.
The Indiana unit, by contrast, is part of a medium-security facility and
includes inmates set to be released in as little as two years. Prisons
spokeswoman Traci Billingsley said the unit's population will not be limited to
inmates convicted of terrorism-related cases, though all of the prisoners fit
that definition.
Prison officials said they already seek to fully monitor the mail and other
communications of all 213 "terrorist inmates" in the system. "By
concentrating resources in this fashion, it will greatly enhance the agency's
capabilities for language translation, content analysis and intelligence
sharing," the bureau said in a summary of the CMU.
The unit, in Terre Haute's former death row, has received 17 inmates since it
was launched in December and eventually will hold five times that number,
officials said.
Defense lawyers and prisoner advocates complain that the unit's communication
restrictions are unduly harsh for inmates not considered high security risks.
They also say that the ethnic makeup of the CMU's population may indicate
racial profiling. "If they really believed these people are serious
terrorists, they wouldn't be in this unit," said David Fathi, staff counsel
for the National Prison Project at the American Civil Liberties Union.
"They'd be in Colorado with [Atlanta Olympics bomber] Eric Rudolph and the
Unabomber and the rest of the people that the Bureau of Prisons thinks are
serious threats."
The prison bureau has come under sharp criticism in recent months for failing
to adequately monitor terrorist inmates' communications. The Justice
Department's inspector general reported in October that three terrorists
imprisoned for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing had sent nearly 100 letters
to alleged terrorists overseas from the maximum-security facility in Colorado.
"The inclusion of this unit is one of the many things we're doing to
improve our monitoring capabilities," Billingsley said.
According to prison records, current residents at Terre Haute include five
members of the so-called Lackawanna Six, a group of Yemeni natives from Upstate
New York who attended an al-Qaeda training camp. The unit also houses Randall
Royer, a defendant prosecuted as part of the "Virginia jihad" case in
Alexandria, and Enaam M. Arnaout, an Islamic charity director who pleaded
guilty to diverting money to Islamic military groups in Bosnia and Chechnya.
The only non-Muslim inmates are an unidentified Colombian militant and Zvonko
Busic, 61, former leader of a Croatian extremist group that hijacked a jetliner
and set off a bomb that killed a police officer in 1976, according to prison
records and defense lawyers.
Another CMU resident is Rafil Dhafir, 58, an Iraqi-born physician from
Syracuse, N.Y., who was sentenced to 22 years for defrauding charity donors and
conspiring to violate U.S. economic sanctions against Saddam Hussein's
government.
In a recent letter to supporters, Dhafir recounted his abrupt, heavily guarded
transfer to Terre Haute in December and described it as part of "a
nationwide operation to put Muslims/Arabs in one place so that we can be
closely monitored regarding our communications."
"We are all concerned about the close intrusion on our
communications," Dhafir wrote. "We knew all along that our calls,
mail and visits were monitored, but with the new system we will have absolutely
no privacy including our visits. This is causing a great deal of anxiety and
resentment especially among those whose families speak no English."
Dhafir wrote that prison officials "are allowing us total freedom for our
religious activities" and appear to be working with inmates to improve
conditions.
Prisoner advocates and prisons officials generally agree that the bureau is within
its rights to monitor prisoners' mail, phone calls and visits. They differ on
whether the intensive use of these tactics is justified for these inmates.
Some lawyers and prison advocates said there are important problems with the
CMU, including a lack of public notice about its formation and a lack of
clarity about how inmates are chosen to be sent there.
Washington lawyer Carmen Hernandez, who represents Busic and is president-elect
of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, noted that being sent
to the unit is not considered a punitive measure by prisons officials. As a
result, authorities do not have to provide hearings and other procedures that
are required when punishments are to be administered.
"They claim it's not a punitive measure, but when you start restricting
access, it certainly would appear to be punitive," Hernandez said.
"If you're going to restrict people's liberties beyond what they already
are, it ought to be for a good, particularized reason, and there does not
appear to be one here."
Howard Kieffer, a Santa Ana, Calif., defense lawyer who runs a Web site focused
on federal prisons, also argues that the unit "screams racial
profiling."
"It's highly suspect that basically all of the people in this program are
of Middle Eastern descent," Kieffer said.
Billingsley said inmates are not placed in the unit based on ethnicity or
religion. She said the facility will eventually house a variety of prisoners,
including sex offenders who attempt to communicate with victims and others who
have abused mail or phone privileges.
"What they all have in common is a demonstrated need to more closely
monitor their communications," Billingsley said.
During a tour of the Colorado prison last week, Attorney General Alberto R.
Gonzales said the monitoring problems there had been solved, although prison
guards say the facility remains understaffed.
Staff researcher Julie Tate contributed to this report.
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by (2/25/2003 3:52:00 PM)
Concentration Camps in Okanagon County?
Okanogan County Commissioner Dave Schulz says he's convinced his county is a
designated home for a ``concentration camp'' in case of civil unrest.
Schulz says he has copies of documents, although he hasn't been able to confirm
the rumor.
Federal officials say they have no idea where the commissioner got the notion
of civilian detention camps.
A Federal Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman says it sounds like an urban
legend and a Pentagon spokesman says he's not aware of any planned camps in
Okanogan County or elsewhere.
Rumors of planned U.S. detention facilities appear on dozens of Web sites.
Schulz says he thinks the plan has been written in the event of a national
emergency where martial law is necessary, and hopes it never becomes necessary.
Press Release Source: The Daedalus Project, Inc.; AT&T Government
Solutions; Radian Inc.
As SARS, Bioterror Fears Grow, Prototype Isolation and Treatment Facility to Be
Built in Pittsburgh Area Beginning Mid-August
Thursday July 24, 12:00 pm ET
150-Bed Prototype of 500-Bed Facility to Be Assembled From Polymer Composite
Panels
The Daedalus Project, Inc.; AT&T Government Solutions; Radian Inc.
Collaborate on Demonstration project
ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Three northern Virginia companies
today announced plans to assemble a prototype facility outside of Pittsburgh
next month that could be used for isolating patients in the event of a
terrorist attack with weapons of mass destruction, containing a SARS outbreak,
or providing shelter for victims of natural disasters.
Assembly of the approximately 6,000 square-foot, 150-bed building, called an
Emergency Isolation and Treatment System (EITS), will begin in mid-August and
will be open to the public during the last week of August.
The Daedalus Project, Inc., of Alexandria, Va., (www.daedalusproject.com) developed
the polymer composite panels to meet the requirement for low-cost housing in
developing countries. Corporate partners in the project include AT&T
Government Solutions, of Vienna, Va., which is providing leading edge voice and
data communications, and Radian, Inc., also of Alexandria, Va., which is
providing engineering and technical support. The group is currently seeking a
hospital supply company to join the consortium.
The EITS project is part of federally-funded effort that is being conducted through
the Allegheny County Bureau of Emergency Service, and RISC, Inc., a non-profit
organization located in the county. The prototype will be assembled on the
grounds of a Westinghouse facility in Monroeville, Pa., outside of Pittsburgh.
The companies involved said the EITS, a 150-bed prototype of a 500-bed
facility, could be used to provide observation, quarantine, isolation, and
treatment to victims of weapons of mass destruction, outbreaks of infectious
diseases (such as SARS), temporary shelter in the event of a natural disaster,
and a variety of other purposes for which the facility will be evaluated. The
lightweight polymer panels used to construct the facility are easily assembled
and have applicability to a broad range of structures, both temporary and
permanent. They are impervious to all types of infestation and contamination
and may be re-used or recycled. Additionally, EITS is field-site deployable.
"This government-funded effort is based, among other things, upon the
simple economic notion that response to emergencies implies recovery, which
entails costs," said Dr. Edward McCulloch, president of Daedalus. He
pointed out that the cost to decontaminate the Hart Senate Office building
after the anthrax contamination were estimated to be upwards of $30 million and
that the Brentwood mail facility in Washington, D.C. has yet to reopen and the
costs are not yet known.
"The prevailing approach of pressing schools, public buildings or sports
complexes into service in the event of emergency is very costly," he said.
"Similarly, the fragile economic profile of many hospitals makes them very
vulnerable to the impact of contaminating emergency wards or the loss of
revenue from having to close a section during long-term reconstruction. Those
events could also have devastating effects upon hospital insurers. The costs of
the fully-functional emergency isolation and treatment facility are anticipated
to be less than 5 percent of a modern hospital."
"Communications and information sharing are essential components of any
emergency facility," said Michael Polmar, AT&T Government Solutions
sales vice president, National Information Systems. "That's where AT&T
Government Solutions comes in. Our experience as a solutions integrator and
networking leader is invaluable for projects requiring the full range of IT
capabilities. We believe this temporary building approach is a very viable
alternative for public officials trying to respond and prepare for a range of
requirements that will be evaluated within this facility -- including temporary
command and control centers."
Radian's President, Richard P. Dacey, said, "Radian is delighted to
participate in this project and to coordinate all aspects of the non-medical
life support systems. We intend to assist in developing the full national
potential of this most valuable and essential project."
In preparation for next month's construction, a prototype section of the EITS
has been assembled and is undergoing modification at the Radian facility in
Newington, Va.
Other participants in the EITS project are Composite Technologies Company LLC
of Dayton, Ohio; Alban Cat (Caterpillar) Rental Solutions of Elkridge, Md.;
Optimus Corp. of Silver Spring, Md.; Marconi's Broadband Routing &
Switching group, headquartered in Pittsburgh; Avaya Inc., of Basking Ridge,
N.J.; StageRight, Inc. of Clare, Mich.; and Dialogic Communications of
Franklin, Tenn.
AT&T Government Solutions, headquartered in Vienna, Va., is a
long-standing, trusted source of information technology solutions for federal,
state and local governments, integrating unmatched network resources and
professional service expertise with innovative technologies from AT&T Labs
and industry-leading partners. Best known for network leadership in voice,
data, video and managed services, AT&T Government Solutions is a proven
solutions integrator, with professional service expertise in areas such as
enterprise architecture, business transformation, knowledge management,
training, program management, systems engineering and security. www.att.com/gov.
Radian Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Engineered Support Systems, Inc.
(Nasdaq: EASI - News) is a defense contractor supplying advanced systems
integration, physical security and access control, and logistic support, with
its corporate offices located in Alexandria, Va. Radian is a recognized leader,
providing full-service engineering and logistic support to the U.S. Defense
Department for electrical power systems, environmental control systems, water
supply/distribution systems and fully-integrated systems for detection and
mitigation of weapons of mass destruction. Radian designs and manufactures
mobile and air transportable 1Mw power generation and distribution solutions
for the military. Radian www.radian.com maintains several GSA Schedules for
government procurement and access to its technical services.
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Source: The Daedalus Project, Inc.; AT&T Government Solutions; Radian Inc.
A member of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission said in Detroit on Friday he
could foresee a scenario in which the public would demand internment camps
for ArabAmericans if Arab terrorists strike again in this country.
If there's a future terrorist attack in America "and they come from the
same
ethnic group that attacked the World Trade Center, you can forget about
civil rights," commission member Peter Kirsanow said.
The reason, he said, is that "the public would be less concerned about any
perceived erosion of civil liberties than they are about protecting their
own lives."
Kirsanow, who was appointed to the commission last year by President George
W. Bush, said after the session that he personally doesn't support such
camps and the government would never envision them. He said he was merely
saying public opinion would so strongly favor the idea that it would be
difficult to prevent. There would be a "groundswell of opinion" for
the
detainment, he said.
The remarks came during a raucous commission hearing in Detroit in which
Kirsanow and another conservative member, Jennifer Braceras, defended U.S.
antiterrorism efforts after Sept. 11.
"They had their own political agenda," said Kary Moss, executive
director of
the Michigan chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, referring to
Braceras and Kirsanow.
A White House spokesman said Friday night that he could not respond
specifically to Kirsanow's comments without seeing a full transcript of
them, but said that the possibility of Arab internment camps has never been
discussed at the White House.
"The president has said repeatedly and often that this is not a war
against
Arabs or Islam, this is a war against terror," White House spokesman Scott
Stanzel said. "We have very close allies in the Arab world who are integral
partners in the war against terrorism. . . . The president has said that
ours is a war against evil and extremists and that the teachings of Islam
are the teachings of peace and good."
Stanzel said that as of Friday he was "still looking into the matter"
of
Kirsanow's comments.
The seven-member commission, based in Washington, D.C., was at the Omni
Hotel in Detroit for its monthly meeting, and heard testimony from
Arab-American leaders who said the government abused civil rights following
Sept. 11.
"It's becoming really ugly," said Imad Hamad, regional director of
the
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, during his testimony.
Hamad and others expressed concern about mass interviews of Arab men, secret
immigration hearings and profiling of drivers and airplane passengers.
Kirsanow was unmoved, arguing that Arab and Muslim Americans should accept
the country's new antiterrorism laws and complain less about infringements
to their civil rights.
If there's another attack by Arabs on U.S. soil, "not too many people will
be crying in their beer if there are more detentions, more stops, more
profiling," Kirsanow said.
"There will be a groundswell of public opinion to banish civil rights. So
the best thing we can do to preserve them is by keeping the country safe."
At one point during the hearing, Roland Hwang, a Lansing attorney, recalled
how Japanese-Americans were interned during World War II and said this
country needs to prevent that from happening again.
It was at this point that Kirsanow broached the possibility of a rising
public sentiment for internment camps if the U.S. were attacked again.
Braceras, another Bush appointee, said:"There's no constitutional right
not
to be inconvenienced or even embarrassed."
Kirsanow, a Cleveland labor attorney, is the former head of the conservative
Center for New Black Leadership.
After the meeting, Hamad said he felt insulted by some of the commission's
remarks.
Braceras said she didn't intend to upset the Arab-American community of
metro Detroit, the largest concentration in the United States. "I was
trying
to be a devil's advocate," she said.
Contact NIRAJ WARIKOO at 734-432-6501 or warikoo@freepress.com.
[Editor's Note: The following is a replica of the draft bid proposal on FEMA's
Web site.]
DRAFT
SUBJECT: STANDBY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR DISASTER RELATED OPERATIONS
POC: Ms. Linda A. Sudhoff, Contracting Officer, (202) 646-4672, Linda.sudhoff@fema.gov;
Ms. Virna L. Evans, Contract Specialist, (202) 646-7591, Virna.evans@fema.gov
DESC: NAICS 541990 (Professional, Scientific and Technical Services) applies to
this acquisition, with a size standard of $6.0 million. The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) intends to award three (3), Indefinite-Delivery,
Indefinite-Quantity, Task Order contracts starting in fiscal year 2003, subject
to the availability of funds. Each basic ID/IQ contract will have an ordering
period of five years. The basic ID/IQ contract will be structured to allow for
the issuance of Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF), Time and Materials (T&M), and
Firm Fixed Price (FFP) task orders. The method used to allocate task orders
will include: consideration of experience, workload, and the firm's performance
on other task orders. The estimated cost for services is approximately $300
million per five-year contract.
The selected firms will be required to provide services associated with Standby
Technical Assistance for the purpose of providing technical support, consultant
and project management resources to perform disaster related operations in
accordance with the statutory authorities of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. § 5121 et seq. ("the
Stafford Act"), PL 93-288, as amended. The program activities of the
Stafford Act are highly visible and require coordination with Federal, State,
and local governments and/or voluntary organizations.
The selected firm shall be required to provide the necessary resources to
adequately support disaster operations throughout FEMA Regions I - X. The
resources and support includes technical assistance, consultant services and
project management services. The Contractor will provide technical assistance
to support the Public Assistance Program and provide project management
resources and expertise to support the Disaster Housing Program. Additionally,
the Contractor will provide support in efforts such as catastrophic planning;
develop training materials; provide technical support for the Community Block
Grant; provide technical support for the Fire Management Program; and other
program areas of the Stafford Act. The Contractor shall provide support
capability for all types of disasters with emphasis on riverine and coastal
flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, and tsunamis. The
Contractor shall provide technical assistance and project management resources
on large, unusual, high-dollar value, and controversial or complex projects. The
Contractor shall provide technical assistance and project management resources
to the Recovery Division and its Regional counterparts. The goals and
objectives of this requirement are to provide: technical assistance and
consultant services; project management resources; forms, handbooks, criteria
guidelines, and reports relating to disaster operations; training for
personnel; and optimal customer satisfaction by providing exemplary service.
The Contractor shall have personnel on-site at the disaster office within 48
hours of tasking notification. Due to the nature of FEMA's work, the Contractor
must be accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Selections will be in conformance with the provisions of Public Law 92-582 and
based on the criteria and evaluation points. Responding firms and proposed
teams should demonstrate specialized experience and technical competence in the
following areas:
1. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (40 POINTS). The firm must have expertise in the
disciplines listed below. The number in parenthesis ( ) next to the skill
indicates the estimated maximum number of personnel per skill which may be
required at any given time, with the exception of surge requirements. There
will be a need for First, Mid and Senior Levels in many of the listed skills.
The expected Senior Level skill usage is estimated at 30 percent and Mid Level
at 40 percent. A Senior Level professional shall possess either a professional
registration (such as Professional Engineer and Certified Public Accountant)
and a minimum of ten (10) years of experience in their field of expertise with
complex projects of similar size and scope as this contract, or a Bachelor of
Science (BS) degree or equivalent (i.e., 4-year degree) and fifteen (15) years
of experience in their field of expertise. A Mid Level professional shall
possess either a professional registration and a minimum of five (5) years of
experience in their field of expertise with complex projects of similar size
and scope as this contract, or a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree or equivalent
and ten (10) years of experience in their field of expertise with complex
projects of similar size and scope as this contract. A First Level professional
shall require a BS degree or equivalent and a minimum of two (2) years of experience
in their field of expertise. Senior and Mid Level professionals are expected to
have specific knowledge in their field of expertise on any Federal regulatory
requirements, e.g., an Environmental Planner must be familiar with Federal
environmental regulatory requirements. The primary skills are listed in
descending order of importance: Civil Engineer (50); Structural Engineer (40);
Construction Inspector (20); Architect (14); Sanitary Engineer (12); Flood
Insurance Adjuster (12); Engineering Technician (12); Estimator (12);
Environmental Planner (10); Soils/Geotechnical Engineer (6); Insurance
Specialist (5); Environmental Engineer (4); Program Manager (4); Architectural
Historian (4); Historical Architect (4); Planner, General (4); Accountant (4); Certified
Public Accountant (4); Accountant (4); Coastal Engineer (3); Mechanical
Engineer (3); Electrical Engineer (3); Financial Analyst (3); Arborist (3);
Real Estate Specialist (3); and Procurement Specialist (3). The firm must also
have, on an as needed basis, one (1) each of the following skills: Geologist;
Principal; Landscape Architect; Horticulturist; Art Conservator; Appraiser;
Archaeologist; Biologist; Chemical Engineer; Draftsman; Graphic Artist;
Hydrologist; Technical Writer; Surveying Technician; Surveyor;
Telecommunications Specialist; GIS Specialist; Computer Specialist; Wetlands
Specialist; Health Scientist; and Word Processor.
2. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCE (50 POINTS). The firm must
demonstrate successful specialized experience of firm and key personnel in the
following (tasks are listed in descending order of importance):
(a) Project management of contract of like size and type. Experience should
include planning project management services including services for phase of
design and construction - from beginning through project completion and
closeout. Experience should include providing technical engineering services,
project planning, emergency procurements, budget adherence and cost control,
scheduling, identification and adherence to project time constraints while
meeting quality requirements. Project management includes monitoring of project
performance as well as related subcontracts. The experience must demonstrate
capability of establishing group housing developments (designing, developing,
constructing, and acquisition of property) and maintenance of complex(s) for
periods exceeding 2 years (max. 15 pts); (b) Developing the cost estimate for
disaster related damages for damage survey reporting and related activity (cost
estimate of major construction projects). Other related activity include:
evaluating projects for compliance with environmental regulations and preparing
environmental documents (environmental assessments or environmental impact
statements); conducting historical or archeological reviews, biological and
endangered species surveys, or insurance adjustment (all hazards); developing
hazard mitigation alternatives for projects; developing cost benefit analyses;
and evaluating hazardous waste and debris removal issues, etc. (max. 15 pts);
(c) providing a technical review of appeals (max. 3 pts);
(d) estimating disaster related damages (max. 3 pts);
(e) financial analysis of budgets for State and local government entities or
projects (max. 3 pts);
(f) providing technical or management expertise to coordinate on-site contract
management activity (max. 3 pts);
(g) preparing handbooks, criteria, guidelines, reports, or other related
technical engineering assistance (max. 3 pts);
(h) developing and conducting training courses (max. 3 pts);
3. CAPACITY TO ACCOMPLISH WORK WITHIN REQUIRED TIME (40 POINTS). The firm must
demonstrate (tasks are listed in descending order of importance) the ability
to: a) provide and coordinate the activities of teams of professionals with
expertise in restoring damaged infrastructure systems (e.g., roads, schools,
hospitals, and power and water systems); and to provide project management
staff with the expertise to support major capital projects; i.e., technical
advice or assistance, project and construction management, property management,
and mobilization and de-mobilization of resources; (b) have personnel on-site
within 48 hours of notification; (c) field up to 250 professionals,
simultaneously, for technical assistance support taskings from within the
skills listed under Criteria #1; (d) have staffing capability to respond to two
concurrent project management assignments (namely temporary housing missions)
and provide adequate staff (defined as 100 professionals from within the skills
listed under Criteria #1) to continue temporary housing missions at four
concurrent disaster field office operations; and, (e) field and conduct initial
training for up to 100 additional professionals beyond requirements listed
above, concurrently, for two months, to meet surge requirements.
4. PAST PERFORMANCE (50 POINTS). The offer's past performance on contracts with
Government agencies and private industry in terms of project management, cost
control, quality control and compliance with performance schedules. Submittals
must include the names, affiliations and telephone numbers for five references.
The references must be within the past five years and be related in scope and
magnitude. The Government reserves the right to use information outside of the
response in evaluating past performance.
5. LOCATION IN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF THE PROJECTS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE
LOCALITY OF THE PROJECTS (20 POINTS). a) Location (10 Points). In order to facilitate
management and timely deployment, the firm must have at least one permanent and
adequately staffed and equipped office located in the Washington Metropolitan
area, and two (2) additional offices in other geographic locations within the
United States with the capability supporting deployment operations in the event
that one area is incapacitated. An adequately staffed office is defined as one
that is capable of satisfactorily performing the necessary project management
operations and administrative tasks (personnel, finance and accounting,
logistics, task order assignment coordination, communications, etc.,) to
sustain the field representatives and for the duration of the contract. b) The
Firm must be knowledgeable on high disaster risk localities (10 points). The
firm must demonstrate in-house expertise with all types of disasters to include
flood, hurricane, earthquake and typhoon type disasters.
Engineering firms interested in performing this work are to submit one (1)
original and seven (7) copies of their Standard Forms (SFs) 254 and 255 showing
project experience and personnel, which will perform the work. Strict adherence
to the submission instructions will be enforced. Firms not performing all work
in-house must identify subcontractors in their submittal. Qualifications of
subcontractors will be considered only in the evaluation for rating Criteria #1
and #2 as appropriate Firms using subcontractors must submit separate SFs 254
and 255 for each subcontractor. The submittal, including subcontractors, must
not exceed thirty (30) pages, 8 1/2" x 11" front side only. Charts
and drawings will be counted. All pages following the first thirty (30) pages
will be discarded upon receipt. All submittals, to include portions from
subcontractors, must use a type pitch that is twelve characters per inch for
ease of reading and evaluation. All other material such as brochures or samples
of work, attachments or extra pages will be discarded upon receipt.
Joint ventures must include a copy of the legal joint venture signed by an
authorized officer from each of the firms comprising the joint venture with the
chief executive of each entity identified. Copies of agreements between firms
participating in a prime/subcontractor relationship must also be included in the
submittal. The joint venture and the prime/subcontractor documents will be
subject to the page limitation set forth above. All interested large firms are
reminded that the successful firm will be expected to place subcontracts to the
maximum practicable extent with small and disadvantaged firms in accordance
with Public Law 95-507. If a large business firm is selected, a small business
subcontracting plan, describing how it will manage their subcontractors and
ensure quality control, will be required prior to award.
The Government intends to enter into a voluntary partnership arrangement with
the awardees and its subcontractors on this procurement. Our objective is to
identify and achieve reciprocal goals, insure effective and efficient contract
performance, and resolve disputes in a timely, professional and non-adversarial
manner through the use of voluntary Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
methodologies. Responses must reference "EMW-2002-TAC, Technical
Assistance Contract", on the face of all forms. No other announcement is
anticipated for this requirement. To assure consideration, all information must
be received by the Contracting Officer no later than 3:00 PM local time, at
FEMA, 500 C Street, S.W., Room 350, Washington, DC 20472, on Jan 15, 2003. Late
submissions will be subject to the provisions of FAR Part 14.304. This is not a
Request for Proposal. *****
Mass evacuation plan for London
By Local London Reporter
Plans have been drawn up for a massive evacuation of London in the event of a
major terrorist attack.
Government experts have drafted a proposal that would relocate Londoners to
‘rest and reception’ areas in the Home Counties, in the event of the Capital
suffering from a chemical or biological terrorist attack.
Transport Secretary Alistair Darling confirmed the evacuation plan, following a
report in the Sunday Times.
Mr Darling said the Government was looking at ‘various scenarios’ involving
moving people out of London and areas around major airports.
The plans would involve Londoners being ferried out of the city to safe areas
using special rail, tube, and road transport.
The confirmation of Government plans to evacuate London in response to a major
terrorist attack comes after emergency services held a massive exercise in the
centre of the city, to test their response to such an incident.
An attack was simulated at Bank Tube station, and police, fire, and ambulance
services spent several hours yesterday removing ‘victims’ from the station, and
decontaminating them.
Hundreds of emergency services workers donned protective suits for the
exercise, which was hailed a success.
