Bernetta Burton

Bernetta Burton serves as a key procurement professional within the Community Survivor Assistance SEC of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, supporting the rapid deployment of emergency response infrastructure to disaster-affected communities. She manages acquisitions for temporary housing, mobile operational systems, and critical support services essential to survivor welfare, ensuring compliance with federal procurement regulations and mission-driven timelines. Her work directly enables the agency’s mandate to provide safe, scalable, and dignified living conditions following major emergencies, with a focus on transportable, modular, and rapidly deployable solutions. She handles a diverse portfolio of contracts spanning manufacturing, logistics, and facilities support, often under time-sensitive conditions requiring agile contracting approaches. Burton maintains collaborative relationships with a broad spectrum of vendors, including manufacturers of travel trailers, truck trailers, and fluid power systems, as well as firms providing facilities support services and communications equipment. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with specialized small manufacturers and service providers capable of meeting stringent federal specifications for durability, mobility, and field operability. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established suppliers with proven experience in emergency response environments and demonstrated capacity for rapid scale-up. Her procurement strategy prioritizes broad market access, with 87.5% of awards issued under open competition and 12.5% designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate balance between leveraging commercial capabilities and fostering opportunities for small businesses, particularly those with expertise in mobile infrastructure and emergency logistics. She does not routinely utilize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, instead favoring general small business participation through total set-asides to maximize competition and innovation. Burton’s primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 333996 (fluid power systems), 336214 (travel trailer and camper manufacturing), 336212 (truck trailer manufacturing), 334220 (wireless communications equipment), and 561210 (facilities support services). Her technical domain expertise lies in procuring ruggedized, transportable housing units, mobile command and communication platforms, and field-deployable infrastructure systems designed for extreme environmental conditions and rapid assembly.