Disaster Recovery Services

Cobb County (“County” or “Owner”) is issuing this Request for Qualifications ("RFQ") to solicit proposals from qualified firms to perform selective Disaster Recovery Services for the citizens and businesses of Cobb County when recommended by Cobb County Fire & Emergency Services (CCFES). Proposals shall be received before 12:00 pm on Thursday, August 13, 2026, via the County's eProcurement Portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/cobbcoga. Late Proposals will not be accepted.

Background

Disaster Recovery Services are defined as services provided by a properly licensed and approved company to provide victim assistance to County citizens and businesses during and after times of disaster and to protect personal and real property to include securing property from additional damage, theft, vandalism or trespass. The company must also provide housing and meal vouchers to affected citizens.

After reviewing the information submitted in response to this RFQ, Cobb County intends to establish a list of three (3) contractors capable of meeting the County’s requirements (“Call List”). Contractors included on the Call List will generally be selected for work on a rotating basis, although the County reserves the right to use any contractor on the Call List at any time.

Project Details

• Reference ID: 26-7002
• Department: Procurement Services
• Department Head: Roger Ball (Director)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-08-04T21:00:00.000Z

Evaluation Criteria

• Qualifications and Expertise (30 pts) —

  Awardee shall have training programs that ensure their employees have the knowledge, skills, and ability to meet the requirements of the RFQ.

• Response Timeliness (20 pts) —

  The awardee shall have adequate staff to consistently meet the response time standards.  This includes call center agreements, and adequate staffing resources.

• Experience (30 pts) —

  Awardee will be evaluated on their historical experience in providing the services within the RFQ.

• References (20 pts) —

  Work from previous entities.

• Local Vendor Presence (1 pts) —

  Three (3) qualitative evaluation criteria points will be given to each local vendor that meets the approved qualifications where the estimated cost of professional services is expected to exceed $100,000.

Submission Requirements

• Company Background
• Authorized representative contact information: (required) —

  Please provide the name, title, phone and email of the authorized representative

• Total number of firm’s full-time employees: (required)
• Number of years in business: (required)
• Has your company been involved in any litigation in the past 5 years? (required)
• Include any litigation history for the past five (5) years, including for each case: style of the case, parties to the litigation, court in which the litigation was filed, and civil action number; nature of claims; whether the case is pending or resolved, and, if resolved, the date and manner in which it was resolved (e.g., relief granted by court, settlement by or among parties, dispositive motion, trial verdict.) (required)
• Proposal
• CONTRACTOR AFFIDAVIT & AGREEMENT (EXHIBIT A) (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete and have notarized. An online notarization option will be provided for you when responding.

• Local Vendor Presence Affidavit (EXHIBIT B) (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete and have notarized. An online notarization option will be provided for you when responding.

• Do you have any substitutions/deviations from the specifications? (required)
• Please upload any substitutions/deviations here (required)
• Proposal (required) —

  Please upload your proposal here.

• Will you be including any supplementary documents with your submission? (required)
• Please upload any supplementary documents here (required)
• Advertisement dates? (required)
• What is the intended bid opening date? (required)
• Solicitation type? (required)
• Please list the evaluation committee members if known: —

  Please include the first name, last name and email. Leave blank if unknown

• Purpose of RFQ? (required) —

  Format: Cobb County (“County” or “Owner”) is issuing this Request for Proposals ("RFP") to solicit proposals from qualified firms to _________________.

  Example: implement eProcurement Software

• E-Verify required? (required)
• Will there be a pre-bid/pre-proposal conference? (required)
• Will the pre-bid/pre-proposal meeting be mandatory or not? (required)
• Will you be using the electronic pricing table or have vendors upload pricing? (required)
• Will there be a contract term? (required)
• Will there be any renewals? (required)
• Funding source(s)?
• Is there a separate SOW from the attachments? (required) —

  Select yes to show Scope of Work section in the Document Editor

• Will you allow substitutions/deviations for this project? (required) —

  Select yes to show vendor question for substitutions/deviations