U.S. General Services Administration
Learn about Disaster Purchasing
With Disaster Purchasing, eligible state and local governments can buy products and services from our Multiple Award Schedule, or establish blanket purchase agreements with MAS contractors when the purchases are for:
- Disaster preparation, response, or recovery from natural or man-made FEMA-declared disasters
- Recovery from terrorism, or nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attacks
Consider some of the reasons to use our programs.
Look for the Disaster Purchasing icon in GSA Advantage and eLibrary.
Sample solutions available
- Tents
- Cots
- Bedclothes
- Blankets
- Sleeping bags
- Portable structures
- Stationary restrooms
- Restroom and shower trailers
- Toilets and handicap accessible, ADA-compliant restroom facilities
- Mobile laundry facilities
- Prefabricated emergency relief structures
- Packing supplies
- Dumpsters
- Reefer trailers
- Dry box trailers
- Hand trucks
- Hand sanitizer
- Non-latex gloves
- Antibacterial wipes
- Paper towels
- Toilet paper
- Bottled and non-potable water
- Shelf stable meals
- Baby food
- Adult and baby diapers
- Pet food
- Absorbents
- Adhesives and sealants
- Brooms, mops, and accessories
- Cleaning and disinfecting solutions
- Dumpsters
- Exterior finishing materials
- Hand and power tools
- Paints, primers and finishes
- Plywood
- Tarps and blue roof plastic sheeting
- Tape
- Trash removal
- Waste containers and accessories
- Water treatment equipment
- Forklift pallet jacks
- Audio and visual equipment
- Batteries, cells and accessories
- Compressors
- Heating and cooling
- Electrical wire and cords
- Humidity control
- Personal communication devices
- Power generators
- Pumps, parts, and accessories
- Sandbags
- Sandbag tools and equipment
- Flood pumps
- Sewage pumps
- Excavation, removal and disposal of hazardous waste, site preparation, field investigation, conservation, and closure
- Stabilization and solidification, bio-venting, carbon absorption, reactive walls, containment, monitoring and reduction of hazardous waste sites, and unexploded ordnance removal
- Wetland restoration
- Emergency response clean up
- Under and above ground storage tank removal
- Air monitoring
- Soil vapor extraction
- Remediation-related lab testing
- Trash removal
- Emergency food service support, such as emergency water filtration units and portable kitchen units
- Hospitality services
- Rental vehicles
- Guard services
- Grants management consulting
- Energy management planning and consulting
- Building commissioning services
- Professional engineering services
- Distribution and transportation logistics services
Mandatory order language
You must include the following language on all Disaster Purchasing program orders:
This order is placed under GSA MAS number [insert number here] under the authority of the GSA Disaster Purchasing program. This order is to be used to facilitate disaster preparedness or response, recovery from a major disaster declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), or recovery from terrorism, nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack.
Authority and scope
Public Law No. 109-364 and Public Law No. 111-263 allow non-federal buyers to use MAS.
The Department of Homeland Security mandates that all of the products and services in our MAS program be available under the Disaster Purchasing program. Purchases are limited to MAS contracts and authorized BPAs.
Local officials are responsible for making sure purchases are being used to support disaster preparation or recovery.
Definitions
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More info
Read the terms and conditions, ordering procedures, and order acceptance details for our state and local purchasing programs.
Download or print
Use our Customer Marketing Library Service to download a PDF version of our Disaster Purchasing program slip sheet. You have to complete registration details before you can view and download it.
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