Marisa Garcia

Marisa Garcia serves as a Contract Specialist within Region 6: Emergency Preparedness A under the Federal Emergency Management Agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security. In this role, she manages the full lifecycle of mission-critical acquisitions aimed at sustaining rapid disaster response and recovery operations. Her portfolio focuses on procuring temporary infrastructure, mobile sanitation and hygiene systems, logistical support services, and emergency field equipment essential for stabilizing affected communities. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with strategic priorities for operational readiness, resilience, and rapid deployment in high-risk regions. Marisa collaborates with a diverse array of vendors, including specialized emergency response contractors, temporary facility providers, and logistics firms experienced in austere environments. While no specific contractor relationships are currently identifiable in the data, her procurement patterns suggest consistent engagement with firms capable of delivering scalable, modular, and rapidly deployable solutions under time-sensitive conditions. She maintains a results-driven, performance-based contracting approach, emphasizing deliverables tied to mission outcomes rather than traditional service metrics. Marisa’s contracting activity reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions classified as “No Set-Aside.” This indicates a focus on selecting the most capable and responsive vendors regardless of socioeconomic designation, prioritizing mission speed and operational efficacy over targeted set-asides. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in her portfolio, her evaluations remain compliant with all federal socioeconomic requirements and may include small businesses when they demonstrate superior technical capability or delivery timelines. Her primary procurement focus centers on emergency response and temporary infrastructure services, aligning with NAICS categories related to disaster relief operations, mobile sanitation systems, and emergency logistics support. She specializes in acquiring field-deployable assets such as portable showers, water purification units, temporary shelter systems, and mobile command support equipment—technologies requiring rapid certification, field testing, and scalability under extreme conditions.