Marcelle Loveday

Marcelle Loveday serves as a Contract Specialist within the Incident Support Section (ISS70) of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, where she plays a pivotal role in executing rapid-response procurement actions critical to national disaster operations. Her responsibilities include developing, soliciting, and administering contracts for essential services that sustain emergency operations, ensure public safety, and support survivor needs in austere environments. She specializes in time-sensitive, mission-critical acquisitions under FAR Part 13 and Part 18 authorities, often leveraging simplified acquisition procedures and emergency procurement flexibilities to meet urgent operational timelines. Marcelle collaborates with a diverse range of vendors, including professional services firms, logistics consultants, ambulance providers, and temporary lodging operators, to fulfill dynamic incident support requirements. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with qualified small businesses and experienced service providers capable of scaling operations under high-pressure conditions. Her working relationships are characterized by agility, compliance rigor, and a focus on vendor readiness to deploy rapidly in response to evolving incident scenarios. Her contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 85.7% of acquisitions conducted without set-asides, yet she maintains a meaningful commitment to small business participation, consistently awarding 14.3% of contracts under Total Small Business Set-Asides per FAR 19.5. This balanced approach ensures both operational speed and socioeconomic equity, aligning with FEMA’s broader goals of inclusive emergency response. Marcelle’s primary NAICS focus areas include 541614 (logistics and process consulting), 541810 (advertising and public information services), 541990 (professional technical services), 621910 (ambulance services), and 721199 (temporary lodging). These reflect her expertise in procuring crisis communications, emergency medical transport, operational planning, and temporary shelter solutions—core capabilities essential to sustaining response and recovery missions during large-scale disasters.