Accession Number:

AD1167983

Title:

2017 Disaster Contracting: Actions Needed to Improve the Use of Post-Disaster Contracts to Support Response and Recovery

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Congressional Report]

Corporate Author:

United States Government Accountability Office

Personal Author(s):

• Mak, Marie A.

Report Date:

2019-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

87

Abstract:

Federal contracts play a key role in timely response and recovery efforts following disasters. While federal agencies, such as FEMA and USACE, may have advance contracts in place for obtaining goods and services following disasters, agencies may also award post-disaster contracts. GAO was asked to review the federal governments response to three major hurricanes in 2017, as well as the 2017 California wildfires. This report addresses, among other objectives, the extent to which 1 federal agencies obligated funds on post-disaster contracts in response to the these events, and 2 selected agencies experienced challenges in the planning of selected contracts. GAO analyzed data from the Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation selected a nongeneralizable sample of 23 post-disaster contracts based on factors such as if the contract was set aside for award to a local contractor reviewed federal regulations and agency guidance and interviewed agency officials.

Descriptors:

• department of homeland security
• congress
• government procurement
• health services
• united states government
• national security
• business administration
• electrical grids
• law
• management personnel
• contracts
• geographic regions
• homeland security
• house of representatives
• logistics
• united states
• department of defense

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Government and Political Science

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]