FEMA Incident Support Section

The Federal Emergency Management Agency Incident Support Section is a civilian sub-agency within the Department of Homeland Security that funds emergency response and disaster relief support contracts. The Incident Support Section procures goods and services to enable FEMA's response to declared disasters, emergencies, and significant incidents nationwide and internationally.

The agency has awarded 4,139 federal contracts since 1998, with combined potential value of $17.14 billion and combined dollars obligated of $5.54 billion (32 percent of potential value). Contract activity has declined significantly over the past five years: 451 awards in 2017, 182 in 2018, 119 in 2019, 174 in 2020, and 59 in 2021. The most recent recorded award closed on September 14, 2021, indicating no contract awards in the portfolio since that date. Across the portfolio history, the Section has worked with 1,162 distinct prime contractors.

Competitive concentration is highly fragmented. The top five prime contractors by award count hold no more than 15 percent of recent awards, and the portfolio shows 1,162 distinct vendors with no dominant player, reflecting the distributed nature of disaster-response contracting across hundreds of small, regional, and specialized suppliers. The set-aside mix is heavily weighted toward open competition: 82 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation. Small-business set-asides account for 13 percent of awards combined, with the remainder split among service-disabled veteran-owned small business (2 percent), HUBZone (1 percent), and various 8(a) and woman-owned small business categories (together, less than 2 percent).

No recent contract opportunities are recorded against the agency. The absence of awards since September 2021 and lack of active solicitations suggest limited procurement activity in the current cycle. Firms evaluating this agency should verify directly with FEMA whether the Incident Support Section has reinitiated contracting activity or transitioned its procurement function to another office within DHS.