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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is seeking the services of a vendor to assist the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs and the Resilience Massachusetts Action Team, with conducting
the FEMA required 5-year update to the Massachusetts State Hazard Mitigation & Climate Adaptation Plan. See below for details. Please pass along to your networks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The release of the <a href="https://www.commbuys.com/bso/external/bidDetail.sdo?docId=BD-22-1013-RMS00-MITAG-69713&external=true&parentUrl=bid">
RFR for the State Hazard Mitigation & Climate Adaptation 2023 update</a> <b>is live</b>! We are very excited to be re-releasing this RFR and are hoping you can help us promote the opportunity as widely as possible. With your help, we are hoping to get a number
of strong proposals this time. Please share with your networks as you see fit. See below for more information:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline">The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, in coordination with the
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;background:white">Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA)</span></span> is seeking the services of a vendor for the development of the first 5-year update of the integrated State Hazard
Mitigation & Climate Adaptation Plan (SHMCAP). The update, due in June 2023, will be developed
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;background:white">in accordance with 44 CFR Part 201 and the current Emergency Management Accreditation Program ANSI/EMAP Emergency Management Standard</span><i><span style="color:#1F4E79;background:white"> </span></i><span style="color:black;background:white">for
natural hazards<i>.</i></span></span><span class="eop"> </span> The 2023 SHMCAP update will include the incorporation of EEA’s
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">MA Climate Change Assessment, projected to be completed by October 2022, as the
</span><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">foundation of the <span style="color:black">
Risk Assessment for this 5-year update. In addition, we are looking for the vendor to conduct</span></span><b><span style="color:black"> a complete and iterative planning process, including robust stakeholder processes, with a heavy focus on the development
of a State Capability and Adaptive Capacity Analysis, State Agency Vulnerability Assessments, Funding Analysis, and the Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Strategy.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The <a href="https://www.commbuys.com/bso/external/bidDetail.sdo?docId=BD-22-1013-RMS00-MITAG-69713&external=true&parentUrl=bid">
Request for Responses (RFR) can be found here</a><span class="eop"><b><span style="color:black;background:white">, and closes at 9am on February 14, 2022.</span></b><span style="color:black;background:white">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864">Marybeth Groff, CFM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864">Hazard Mitigation & Climate Adaptation Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864">MA Emergency Management Agency<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#17365D">400 Worcester Road</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#17365D"> |
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#17365D">Framingham, MA 01702-5399</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#17365D">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#17365D">Phone: (508) 820-1435 | Mobile: 617-413-6974</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#17365D">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Email: </span><a href="mailto:marybeth.groff@mass.gov">marybeth.groff@mass.gov</a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://resilientma.org/">https://resilientma.org/</a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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