UNSPSC 57020000: Services related to humanitarian relief actions

This family describes services related to humanitarian relief actions.

UNSPSC 57020000 Services related to humanitarian relief actions is a Family code encompassing disaster debris management, emergency response coordination, and disaster recovery support services that state and local governments activate following declared emergencies or natural disasters. State and local procurement under this code centers on debris removal and monitoring, disaster logistics, emergency catering, emergency restoration, hazard mitigation planning, and recovery consulting—work typically funded by FEMA Public Assistance, HUD Community Development Block Grants for Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR), or state disaster appropriations. Counties, cities, and regional authorities dominate recent activity, with Texas, Florida, and Georgia jurisdictions posting the heaviest volume of solicitations. Debris removal and monitoring represent the dominant subcode activity: Montgomery County and Harris County in Texas, Collier County and Indian River County in Florida, and multiple Georgia counties (Macon-Bibb, Clayton, Gordon, Thunderbolt, Liberty, Lowndes, Columbia, Cherokee, and Garden City) have all solicited pre-event and on-call debris removal, reduction, and monitoring contracts within the past four months. These procurements typically award tiered contractors (primary, secondary, tertiary) under RFP or IFB structures with response dates through June and July 2026, unit-price fee schedules, and FEMA compliance mandates. Secondary activity includes disaster logistics support (Lowndes County Georgia RFP, Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority South Carolina), disaster recovery and restoration services (Collier County emergency catering, City of St. Petersburg disaster remediation, Volusia County recovery and restoration), hazard mitigation planning (Forsyth County Georgia, Cherokee County Georgia), and disaster recovery consulting (Columbia County Georgia, City of Detroit CDBG-DR training).

Geographic concentration is heaviest in the Southeast—Georgia counties account for roughly one-quarter of recent solicitations—with secondary activity across Texas coastal and major metropolitan counties and Florida's Gulf Coast jurisdictions. The code shows sustained procurement activity through mid-2026 with multiple concurrent solicitations from the same issuing bodies, indicating rolling pre-event contracting cycles. Representative current opportunities include Harris County RFP 260066 for emergency debris removal and management (due June 8, 2026), Collier County RFP 25-8412 for disaster debris removal and disposal services with initial five-year term and one-time five-year renewal option (pre-proposal conference July 25, 2025, proposals due August 15, 2025), Montgomery County Texas RFP 2634 for debris monitoring across 135 miles of waterway in San Jacinto Watershed (due July 22, 2026), and Columbia County Georgia trio of RFPs (2026004, 2026005, 2026009) for disaster debris management, monitoring, and recovery consulting services (due April 9, 2026). Work is consistently activated on task-order or as-needed basis with no retainer fees; payment flows from actual services rendered following disaster declaration. Insurance and bonding requirements are substantial—$1 million to $5 million general liability minimum and performance bonds matching 100 percent of estimated work value are standard. Federal compliance (Davis-Bacon, Section 3, debarment, 2 CFR Part 200, FEMA Public Assistance guidelines) and automated debris management systems capability are near-universal prerequisites.