FEMA Response Section

The Federal Emergency Management Agency Response Section is a civilian sub-agency within FEMA that procures emergency response and disaster-management support through federal contracts. The Response Section's contract activity has been dormant for over a decade, with the most recent recorded award dated December 2015.

The Response Section holds a cumulative portfolio of 71 federal contract awards spanning from March 2004 through December 2015, totaling $165.8 million in combined award potential value and $160.7 million in obligated dollars (97% of potential value). Activity peaked in 2006 with 21 awards, declined sharply to 8 awards in 2007, fell to 1 award in 2008, and then effectively ceased — only 2 awards recorded in 2014 and 1 in 2015. No recent contract awards are recorded against the agency since 2015.

Across the portfolio history, 60 distinct prime contractors have been awarded contracts. The agency awards contracts without set-asides: all 71 awards are designated "No Set-Aside Used," indicating open competition to all eligible contractors without small-business, 8(a), WOSB, HUBZone, or SDVOSB restrictions.

The Response Section has issued no recent contract opportunities. No grants are awarded or funded by this agency.

The absence of contract activity for more than a decade, combined with no recorded open solicitations, signals that the Response Section either operates under a different acquisition vehicle (such as standing task orders, Blanket Purchase Agreements, or GSA Schedule calls administered through another office) or has substantially curtailed direct contracting operations. Firms interested in FEMA emergency-response contracting should verify whether work is flowing through parent-agency contracting offices, regional FEMA disaster-response procurement channels, or other federal logistics and response mechanisms, rather than pursue direct opportunities against the Response Section itself.