Specifications include, but are not limited to: The City of Rochester is seeking proposals from qualified consultants to evaluate the City of Rochesters Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP). The consultant will evaluate the current plan and will assist in updating the plan to ensure compliance with City, County, State, and Federal requirements related to emergency planning. All assessment, evaluation, and development will be completed in conjunction with the City of Rochester emergency management planning committee and relevant stakeholders. The primary responsibility for emergency response in the City of Rochester is vested with the Mayor as the Chief Elected Official. The Mayor has designated an Emergency Manager with the authority to direct and coordinate emergency operations within the City of Rochester and delegate this authority through the appointment of Emergency Interim Successors. A Deputy Chief of the Rochester Fire Department (RFD) functions as the Emergency Manager. The assigned Deputy Chief of RFD works closely with Departments to ensure that emergency plans are effective and meet appropriate regulations. The Rochester Police Department (RPD) is an active participant in assisting the City of Rochesters Emergency Manager to ensure that RPD plans are an effective part of the Citys EMP. The services required of the consultant will be an evaluation of CEMP to include a revised CEMP and a written report documenting findings that, at a minimum, address the following: a. Solicitation of input from key internal and external City Stakeholders b. Evaluate and Assess the City of Rochesters CEMP for compliance with current Federal, State, and Local guidance c. Evaluate the format of the current CEMP and make recommendations for improvement to ensure conformity with New York State Office of Emergency Management guidelines d. Evaluate current CEMP annexes for effectiveness and necessity e. Make recommendations for improvements and additions to annexes f. Provide a summary document of findings and recommendations (written report) g. Produce a reformatted CEMP that incorporates evaluation and assessment of current plan (revised CEMP) h. Produce reformatted annexes as necessary to properly incorporate them into the reformatted CEMP i. Provide reformatted CEMP in digital format that allows the City of Rochester to adjust and make corrections to ensure that the document remains current j. Provide technical writing as necessary to complete document k. Reformatted plan should address preparedness plan, response plan, and recovery plan l. Submitted CEMP should be capable of being integrated into the Monroe County WebEOC software system
