FEMA Support Services Section

The Federal Emergency Management Agency Support Services Section is a sub-agency within the Department of Homeland Security's civilian disaster-response and preparedness apparatus that procures contracts for emergency-management operations, personnel augmentation, logistics, and related support services. FEMA Support Services Section has awarded 3,135 federal contracts totaling $5.65 billion in combined potential value since 2003, with $862.6 million obligated to date. Recent activity has declined: the agency issued 230 awards in 2017, 132 in 2018, 147 in 2019, 153 in 2020, and 109 in 2021; the most recent recorded award closed on September 28, 2021, placing it five years and three weeks in the past.

The competitive base is highly fragmented across 1,159 distinct prime contractors, reflecting FEMA's reliance on a broad network of support vendors rather than consolidation around a few dominant primes. The portfolio is heavily weighted toward unrestricted procurement: 85 percent of awards carried no set-aside designation. Small-business set-asides account for 10 percent of awards total, with the largest small-business subcategory being total small business awards at roughly 10 percent of the portfolio. 8(a) awards (both sole-source and competitive combined) represent 4 percent of all awards. HUBZone, WOSB, SDVOSB, and other minority or disadvantaged designations each represent less than 1 percent of the award count.

No recent federal contract opportunities or contract awards are recorded against the agency as of today. The most-recent-award date of September 2021 indicates that activity tracking against this agency in the FEMA Support Services Section sub-office is stale. Prospective contractors should verify whether activity has migrated to a different FEMA contracting office, whether procurement authority has been consolidated, or whether this sub-agency remains active in new solicitation cycles before committing business-development resources.