Kristyl Grier

Kristyl Grier supports the Incident Support Section (ISS70) within the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s emergency response framework, managing mission-critical procurement activities that sustain operational continuity during domestic disasters. She oversees the acquisition of essential goods and services required for rapid deployment, survivor support, and infrastructure resilience in austere environments. Her portfolio includes time-sensitive, high-priority contracts for logistics, transportation, and life-sustaining resources, ensuring FEMA can meet immediate public safety needs under dynamic emergency conditions. Grier’s work directly enables the agency’s ability to scale response capabilities through agile contracting methods aligned with FAR Part 18 and emergency authorities. While specific contractor names are not publicly available, Grier engages with a broad spectrum of vendors capable of delivering urgent supplies and services under time-constrained conditions. Her procurement approach emphasizes flexibility, leveraging both large-capacity suppliers and small businesses with proven rapid-response capabilities. She routinely works with vendors possessing specialized logistics networks, emergency equipment readiness, and certified compliance with federal supply chain standards, fostering partnerships that prioritize reliability, scalability, and surge capacity. Grier demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with 20% of her acquisitions designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, reflecting a deliberate effort to expand opportunities for small businesses in emergency response supply chains. Although the majority of her contracts are unrestricted, her consistent use of small business set-asides underscores a strategic alignment with federal goals to enhance diversity and resilience in the contractor base. She does not appear to prioritize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides at significant levels, instead favoring broad small business participation. Her procurement focus centers on five key NAICS categories: bottled water manufacturing, roofing and insulation material wholesale, airport operations support, general transportation support services, and truck/RV leasing and rental. These reflect a domain expertise in emergency logistics, temporary shelter support, mobility solutions, and infrastructure readiness—ensuring FEMA can rapidly deploy water, shelter components, transport assets, and ground support equipment to disaster-affected areas.