PL-INT-2023-005741 06.30.23 TETRA TECH INC CAT PL.4

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It TETRA TECH County of Hawaii,Planning Department: PL.4 Community Planning[Plans]Qualifications—FY 2024 past Tetra Tech has delivered a wide variety of training and exercises in Hawaii, with topics including hazardous materials, pesticide releases, environmental response and catastrophic hurricane scenarios. In 2015, Tetra Tech developed and provided an Executive Leadership Seminar/Exercise to the mayors and executive staff on each of the four counties. Tetra Tech has broad capability to deliver basic, advanced, and specialized training courses whether using existing approved curriculum or designing training courses from the ground up. E. LOGISTICS PLANNING As an island-based community, Hawaii faces unique logistical challenges. Drawing upon experience with numerous logistics planning projects undertaken across the globe,Tetra Tech has specific insight into Hawaii's challenges based upon work done as part of the project developing Hurricane Response Frameworks.As part of this project,Tetra Tech conducted numerous stakeholder meetings and planning sessions to fully understand the intricacies and challenges associated with Hawaii's hub-and-spoke logistics model.As part of this project, Tetra Tech oversaw the production of county-level logistics annexes for each county, as well as specific sections tied to state-level objectives. In addition, Tetra Tech has the ability to provide solutions to evolving logistics and resource management challenges.As part of a project for the Chicago Area Regional Catastrophic Planning Team (RCPT), an area comprising multiple counties as well as the states of Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana, Tetra Tech developed a Resource Database and web interface designed to assist in pre-event logistics planning as well as responses to natural or manmade disasters. F. COMMUNICATIONS PLANNING Having conducted multiple communications planning and validation projects, including Tactical Interoperable Communications Plans(TICP)at the State Level,Tetra Tech has the skillset and experience to provide this specialized planning to the State of Hawaii. Combining both technical understanding, as well as efficient data collection methodologies, Tetra Tech is able to quickly compile a picture of existing communications capabilities, identify gaps, and recommend further actions needed to meet objectives. Furthermore,Tetra Tech also understands the importance of redundancies, and has had great success in designing HSEEP compliant exercises in order to test and validate not just primary systems, but their backup components as well. G. PLANNING ASSESSMENTS As a foundational element of most projects, especially those requiring a Gap Analysis, Tetra Tech frequently reviews and assesses existing plans for sufficiency. In some cases plans may be inconsistent with existing capabilities, or fail to meet legal and regulatory requirements. This has been especially evident in recent years as federal lawsuits have been filed in major metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles and New York City,alleging planning deficiencies in respect to certain laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Tetra Tech is acutely aware of these issues and includes them in all planning assessments. H. OPERATIONS PLANNING With a strong cadre of professionals spanning all disciplines, most of Tetra Tech's staff have previous experience in the public sector, and have strong operational backgrounds.This understanding of how plans translate into real-world applications is one of the reasons Tetra Tech's clients have repeatedly reengaged us to support operational planning efforts. Rather than providing theory-based plans, Tetra Tech works with our clients to understand their needs and tailor plans based upon the realities of their operational environment in relation to their existing capabilities. Tetra Tech's portfolio contains multiple projects at the State-level, supporting both steady state and emergency response operational plans. PAGE 3