FEMA Information Technology Section

Federal Emergency Management Agency Information Technology Section is a civilian sub-agency within FEMA that procures information technology goods and services to support the agency's disaster response, mitigation, and preparedness operations. The FEMA IT Section has recorded 5,523 federal contract awards totaling $5.38 billion in combined potential value since 2004, with $1.91 billion obligated across the portfolio.

Contract activity at the FEMA IT Section has declined substantially over the past five years. Annual award counts fell from 727 awards in 2017 to 199 in 2021; the most recent award on record is dated September 30, 2021, making the portfolio inactive for the past five years. No recent contract awards, opportunities, or competitive concentration data are available in the current digest. The decline reflects either a shift in FEMA IT's procurement strategy, consolidation into parent-level or enterprise-wide contracting vehicles, or migration to other acquisition channels not captured in this source.

The portfolio is heavily weighted toward unrestricted competition. Seventy percent of all awards carried no set-aside designation, indicating open solicitation to any contractor regardless of business size or ownership class. Small business set-asides account for 22 percent of awards; HUBZone set-asides represent 3 percent; and service-disabled veteran-owned small business awards comprise 2 percent. Sole-source 8(a) awards total 78 (1 percent of the portfolio), with competitive 8(a) adding 46 awards. Woman-owned and economically disadvantaged woman-owned small business designations appear in fewer than 1 percent of awards combined.

With the portfolio dormant since September 2021, current pursuits at the FEMA IT Section are not supportable from this digest. Firms interested in FEMA IT contracting should confirm whether the section remains an active procurement office, whether IT work has migrated to FEMA's parent contracting structures, or whether solicitation activity has resumed outside the five-year window reflected here.