Fiscal Year 2026 National Incident Management System (NIMS)
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- DHS-26-NPD-107-00-01
- Agency
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
Department of Homeland Security
- Applications due
- Award size
- $3,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Disaster Prevention and Relief
- Eligible applicants
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- State Governments
- Points of contact
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- FEMA GO Help Desk femago@fema.dhs.gov (877) 585-3242
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is soliciting applications for a cooperative agreement to support the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC), a congressionally ratified mutual aid system, with an application deadline of August 20, 2026. Only the EMAC administrator is eligible to apply as the primary recipient, though subapplicants with legal authority for administering EMAC are permitted. No cost share is required.
The award is a single $3 million cooperative agreement with a period of performance from August 31, 2026 through August 30, 2027. The anticipated award date is August 27, 2026.
Required activities include supporting implementation of the National Qualification System among member states, reporting progress on NQS-qualified personnel deployment, providing analytical support from EMAC activations, promoting NIMS and NQS content adoption, and implementing NQS capabilities into EMAC systems. Recipients must maintain API/Data Services Connections with PrepToolkit National Resource Hub components including the Resource Inventory System and OneResponder, with data refresh rates of at least every two days. EMAC must ensure operational reliability by developing and maintaining qualified personnel cadres to support 24-hour mutual aid operations at the National Response Coordination Center and FEMA Regional Response Coordination Centers, with a minimum 90 percent qualification rate for EMAC A-Teams. Recipients must develop comprehensive After-Action Reviews following large-scale activations, formalize corrective action processes within 90 calendar days, produce daily and historical reports on filled and unfulfilled EMAC requests, and conduct annual transition exercises for the National Coordinating State.
Management and Administration costs are allowable up to 3 percent of the award. Indirect costs are permitted with current negotiated rate agreements. Recipients must maintain NIMS implementation, comply with federal procurement and financial reporting standards, and submit quarterly financial and performance reports. Applicants must register with SAM.gov and Grants.gov prior to submission and apply through the FEMA Grants Outcomes system.
The CFDA number is 97.107.
Synopsis
The purpose of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 NIMS Cooperative Agreement is to support EMAC, which is a congressionally ratified mutual aid compact (Pub. L. No. 104-321). The "purpose of the compact is to provide for mutual assistance between the states entering into the compact in managing any emergency disaster that is duly declared by the Governor of the affected state, whether arising from natural disaster, technological hazard, man-made disaster, civil emergency aspects of resources shortages, community disorders, insurgency or enemy attack." The FY 2026 NIMS Cooperative Agreement The NIMS-EMAC NOFO addresses the challenge of closing funding gaps for EMAC operations, ensuring a swift and coordinated response to emergent threats and disasters. The success of EMAC rests on sustaining, maintaining and improving its operational capability and the capabilities and implementation of its members. It seeks to solve the problem of fragmented emergency management efforts by strengthening interconnectivity and collaboration between federal agencies and non-federal partners. The NIMS-EMAC NOFO supports Mission 5: Build a Resilient Nation and Respond to Incidents, Objective 5.2: Strengthen National Resilience, and Objective 5.4: Enhance Training and Readiness of First Responders, of the DHS 2023 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR). Specifically, it aims to streamline the integration and coordination of resources during crises, allowing for quicker adaptation and mobilization across various jurisdictions.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 03-FY2026_NIMS_NOFO_Terms and Conditions_Final_06-24-2026.pdf | ||
| FY2026_NIMS__508C_NOFO_Final_06-24-2026.pdf |
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