Individual Assistance Support Contract (IASC)

FEMA Incident Support Section established a master IDIQ on March 8, 2018, to procure Individual Assistance Support Contract (IASC) services including steady-state planning, mobilization, sheltering, feeding, emergency supply distribution, evacuee services, reunification, construction, and staffing support; ordering closed on May 6, 2023, and no new task orders may be placed against the vehicle.

The vehicle is no longer active for new business. The last task order was awarded on November 7, 2022, more than three years ago. The combined potential value across all 26 task orders is $259.1 million, of which $52.9 million (20%) has been obligated, indicating substantial work remains under existing orders but no additional ordering authority exists.

Competition is bifurcated between two equal primes, Aptim Federal Services, LLC and Ch2M Facility Support Services, LLC, each holding 13 task orders and roughly 55% and 45% of combined potential value respectively. Ordering activity declined markedly in the final year: two orders in 2022 following 7 orders in 2021, 5 in 2020, 4 in 2019, and 8 in 2018. Task orders are unrestricted and all 26 lack set-aside designations.

FEMA funds all orders. The parent organization, Federal Emergency Management Agency Incident Support Section, placed 14 orders valued at $13.7 million combined potential, while the broader Federal Emergency Management Agency placed 12 orders valued at $245.4 million combined potential. Orders reflect both steady-state operational support (recurring annual base and option periods at $1.3–$1.5 million per contractor annually) and disaster-specific mission work. Notable large orders include permanent housing construction for Guam and Northern Mariana Islands recovery (two task orders totaling approximately $31.2 million) and COVID-19 vaccine administration support (three orders with combined ceilings exceeding $207 million, though most funds were de-obligated). Representative steady-state orders and pandemic-related work are firm fixed price or time-and-materials arrangements with durations of six months to one year.

New business development against this vehicle is not viable. Firms with existing awards may pursue modifications or final exercised options, but no new prime positions or task orders are available.

The Individual Assistance Support Contract (IASC) is intended to improve the quality and delivery of IA program services through the provision of rapidly deployable resources to bridge shortfalls between the organic capabilities of government and NGO stakeholders. Services include: 1) Steady State and Planning Support Services; 2) Mobilization and Deployment; 3) Congregate and Non-congregate Sheltering Services; 4) Feeding Services; 5) Distribution of Emergency Supplies; 6) Evacuee Services; 7) Reunification Services; 8) Construction Services; and 9) Staffing Support Services.