Aubrey Gainfort

Aubrey Gainfort serves as a Contract Specialist within the Mitigation SECTION (MIT60) of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, where she plays a pivotal role in executing procurements that advance national resilience to natural hazards. Her responsibilities encompass the full lifecycle of acquisition planning, solicitation development, contract award, and post-award administration for technical services critical to flood risk modeling, hazard mitigation planning, and financial sustainability of the National Flood Insurance Program. Gainfort specializes in complex service-based acquisitions that require deep technical expertise in environmental risk assessment and data-driven decision support systems, ensuring alignment with federal mandates under the Stafford Act and FEMA’s strategic resilience goals. Gainfort cultivates collaborative relationships with a network of environmental consulting firms and analytical service providers who deliver specialized modeling, geospatial analysis, and risk mitigation planning capabilities. While specific contractor names are not disclosed, her procurement patterns reflect a preference for vendors with demonstrated experience in FEMA’s technical domains, including hydrologic modeling, floodplain mapping, and community resilience assessment. She maintains a structured, compliance-driven approach to vendor engagement, emphasizing transparency, performance metrics, and long-term partnership development. Gainfort demonstrates an unwavering commitment to small business participation, with 100% of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to empower economically disadvantaged and community-based firms with the technical capacity to contribute to federal mitigation efforts. Her contracting patterns consistently prioritize small businesses without requiring subcontracting plans, reinforcing equitable access and capacity building within the resilience services sector. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 541620 (Environmental Consulting Services), encompassing expert services in catastrophe risk modeling, climate adaptation planning, and floodplain management. She procures technical deliverables such as probabilistic flood risk assessments, resilience gap analyses, and mitigation program evaluations, requiring contractors to possess advanced analytical tools, FEMA-approved methodologies, and experience with federal environmental regulations. Gainfort’s expertise lies at the intersection of environmental science and federal acquisition policy, ensuring that technical excellence drives national preparedness outcomes.