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.....w.-: RFP No. 18-04-03: Disaster Debris Monitoring Services& Financial Recovery Assistance I . 8. Project Understanding and Technical Approach A. Approach and Process To Successfully Complete The Work • Tidal Basin understands and has answered the questions in this RFP completely, outlining the skills, resources, methodologies, and solutions available to the City. We are clear on the City's Ineeds and will continue to deliver our services with the same quality and care as we have in the past. We acknowledge the clear and concise requirements in this RFP and will bring the best I team and resources forward in the timeframe needed to deal with debris management and financial recovery issues and we look forward to our continued progress together. IProvide Debris Specialists Tidal Basin will provide staff to assist City with debris-related PA activities and provide recommendations and support to ensure consistency and compliance with FEMA debris Imanagement requirements and responsibilities. Our team is thoroughly trained to assist grantees and applicants in capturing and accounting for all aspects of their debris removal and I monitoring operations per FEMA requirements, including force account and contract labor, FEMA-acceptable procurement and contract formats, and compliance with environmental regulations and other special considerations. I Our ongoing training program includes specialized seminars augmented by our staff's constant, hands-on field experience.Almost every disaster we have worked during the past 15 years has involved extensive debris management. In addition to our thorough understanding of the issues Iinvolved with debris management, we continually consider how these issues may impact funding strategies. I Our proactive debris management approach and project formulation strategies led to a successful test case which predated FEMA's Pilot Program. Our team worked with Lee County, Florida, and FEMA program managers during the 2004 hurricane season to develop a model I under which a single estimated PW would be written for county-wide debris operations. This model was put to the test following Hurricane Wilma in 2005, when a single $10 million PW was written for debris operations prior to the applicant briefing and was subsequently reviewed by I FEMA and obligated within 28 days of the disaster. In addition to the immediate financial relief afforded the City, it was estimated that the City's administrative burden was reduced by approximately 90% as compared to the City's debris program implementation for Hurricane ICharley. Debris Monitoring 1 Our team has the capability, experience, capacity and commitment to complete all debris monitoring requirements and needs outlined in the City's Request for Proposal. We have I extensive debris monitoring experience and meet all of the minimum qualifications in the RFP. We have served dozens of communities following major disasters including Hurricanes Ike, Rita and Katrina. TIDALEvery Catastrophe,Every Recovery 30 I BASIN, •I