Marianne Slaby

Marianne Slaby serves as a Contract Specialist within the Community Survivor Assistance SEC under the Federal Emergency Management Agency, where she plays a pivotal role in executing mission-critical acquisitions to support disaster response and recovery operations. She is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of procurement actions—from needs assessment and market research to contract award and administration—ensuring compliance with federal regulations and alignment with FEMA’s strategic objectives. Her acquisitions primarily focus on surveying and mapping services essential for assessing disaster-affected terrain, planning temporary housing deployments, and establishing operational infrastructure. Slaby’s work directly enables the rapid deployment of safe, scalable, and dignified living conditions for survivors, making her a key enabler of the agency’s emergency response mission. While specific contractor relationships are not publicly detailed, Slaby engages with a broad spectrum of qualified vendors specializing in geospatial analysis, topographic surveying, and remote sensing technologies. She collaborates with firms possessing the technical expertise to deliver high-precision data under time-sensitive, high-stakes conditions, often requiring specialized certifications and field-capable personnel. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, technical proficiency, and rapid scalability to meet dynamic operational demands in disaster zones. Slaby’s contracting activity reflects a uniform preference for open, non-set-aside competitions, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted without socioeconomic set-asides. This pattern indicates a focus on selecting the most technically capable and responsive offerors regardless of business size or certification status, prioritizing mission readiness over socioeconomic preferences. Her procurement portfolio is exclusively concentrated under NAICS 541370—Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services—demonstrating deep specialization in geospatial data collection, aerial and terrestrial surveying, and cartographic analysis. She procures services critical to situational awareness, land-use planning, and infrastructure siting in post-disaster environments, requiring expertise in LiDAR, GPS, drone-based imaging, and GIS integration.