Kenneth V. Holmes

Kenneth V. Holmes serves as a key procurement lead within the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Region 4 Emergency Preparedness office, responsible for managing acquisitions that sustain operational readiness and emergency response infrastructure. He oversees the solicitation and award of contracts critical to securing critical facilities, maintaining personnel readiness, and enabling rapid resource deployment during disaster events. His portfolio centers on support services essential to mission continuity, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with regional resilience priorities. Holmes is instrumental in translating emergency preparedness needs into actionable contracting strategies that support both immediate response capabilities and long-term infrastructure stability. His contractor relationships are primarily with firms specializing in comprehensive support services and security operations, including providers of logistical coordination, facility protection, and emergency response staffing. While no specific vendor names are currently identifiable in the procurement record, Holmes consistently engages with vendors capable of delivering scalable, on-demand services across multiple jurisdictions. His working patterns reflect a preference for performance-based contracting, emphasizing outcome-driven deliverables over input-based specifications, and he routinely utilizes indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) mechanisms to ensure agile response capacity. Holmes maintains a strict focus on open competition, with 100% of his acquisitions designated as non-set-aside, indicating a preference for full and open procurement without socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. This approach suggests an emphasis on broad market competition to ensure access to the highest-capability service providers, particularly in time-sensitive emergency contexts where specialized expertise may be limited among small business pools. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 561990 (All Other Support Services) and 561612 (Security Guards and Patrol Services), reflecting a deep specialization in operational support, site security, and emergency response logistics. He procures services including armed and unarmed perimeter security, critical infrastructure monitoring, emergency operations center support, and disaster recovery coordination, demonstrating expertise in high-stakes, mission-critical contracting environments.