Database for housing inspection
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FEMA
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency is seeking to acquire expert service in providing a database that is capable of providing real and personal property repair and replacement prices for each declared disaster. As part of disaster relief efforts, FEMA conducts residential housing inspections for disaster victims. These inspections are completed in a line item method, each required repair and or replacement is recorded as a residential repair construction or personal property component (with an associated unit cost), and a quantity. The data is collected for use by the FEMA's Individuals' and Household Program (IHP) as well as other agencies involved in disaster relief such as the Small Business Administration (SBA). The database must be capable of providing prices for line items for both residential damage real and personal property on a county by county basis, independent cities within states, Alaskan Rural Education Areas, Puerto Rican municipios, and individual islands within US Trust Territories and other US Possessions that may be declared, and each would require localized pricing. Each of these areas would be associated and have identified the FIPS code data to associate pricing with. The disaster housing line item set will be the same for all regions, but the Contractor will need to remain aware of varying local code requirements and building techniques in order to provide FEMA with more accurate pricing data. Database must operate under Windows 98/2000/NT/XP Pro.
