UNSPSC 93131801: Disaster warning services

UNSPSC 93131801 Disaster warning services (Commodity) encompasses the consulting, planning, training, logistics coordination, and operational support that state and local governments purchase to prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies and disasters. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers treating this code as a catch-all for on-call disaster preparedness and recovery services, including debris removal and monitoring, emergency management consulting, logistics coordination, exercise design and facilitation, continuity planning software, and specialized mortuary and family assistance services. The mix of issuing bodies spans state purchasing divisions, counties, cities, transit authorities, special-purpose water authorities, and school districts, with no dominant repeat buyer pattern emerging across the recent opportunities. South Dakota, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Oregon, and Nevada all show active procurement activity under this code over the past six months, with Florida appearing most frequently across multiple jurisdictions including Marion County, Hillsborough County, and the Cities of Port Orange and Tampa. Work being solicited ranges from temporary specialized services—such as the South Dakota Department of the Military's RFP 26RFP20087 (posted October 15, 2026, due November 10, 2026) for an Emergency Management Program Coordinator to guide Army National Guard all-hazards preparedness and training—to multi-year standby contracts like Marion County's Phase 3 and Phase 4 debris monitoring solicitations (26P-117 and 26P-118, both due September 3, 2026) covering damage assessment and debris clearance during recovery operations, and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017352v3 (posted October 14, 2026, due October 28, 2026) establishing mortuary strike teams and trailer storage for mass fatality response.

Geographic concentration in the recent six months skews toward the Gulf Coast and Southeast (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina) and interior states managing multi-jurisdictional emergency frameworks (South Dakota, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Pennsylvania). The Orange County Transportation Authority's RFQ 260574 (posted October 9, 2026, due October 9, 2026) for disaster supplies under a $45,000 three-year budget illustrates the lower end of opportunity scope; by contrast, the City of Tampa's RFP 26-P-00222 (posted April 24, 2026, due May 26, 2026) for on-call emergency management consulting with three-year term and renewal options, or Nevada's statewide multi-award pre-positioned disaster response services RFP 01GOS3906 (posted July 15, 2026, due August 21, 2026 originally, with vendor presentations September 7–18, 2026), show broader scope and longer commitment windows. Many recent solicitations carry federal compliance riders—FEMA Public Assistance, Davis-Bacon prevailing-wage, 2 CFR Part 200 Uniform Guidance—signaling that disaster recovery work is increasingly federally co-funded, shifting procurement risk and requiring national debarment checking, E-Verify, and documented labor-rate ceilings. Set-asides and local preferences appear selectively (San Bernardino County's exercise program includes 5% local preference; Liberty County Georgia offers 10 points for local vendors), but most recent opportunities do not impose formal disadvantaged-business set-asides, creating open competition among consultants and contractors with relevant NIMS/ICS certifications and prior disaster recovery project experience.