Commissioners approve $172,100 contract for countywide emergency planning funded by FEMA

Glynn County commissioners voted to award a $172,100 contract to Early Alert Inc. to develop a set of countywide emergency management plans, funding the work with FEMA disaster assistance cost-back funds.

An emergency management official (Speaker 2) told the board the county completed a gap analysis and prioritized updates required to meet FEMA and GEMA requirements. The planned deliverables include a search-and-rescue coordination plan, continuity-of-operations plans, a family assistance center, an updated emergency operations plan with a hazardous materials annex, volunteer donations/points-of-distribution planning, animals-in-disaster planning, mass-fatality protocols, short-term recovery and damage-assessment processes, and emergency fuel procedures. "Planning is one of the eligible activities," the official said, adding the work will include tabletop exercises and is expected to take about two years.

The procurement was conducted under RFP 26-013. A commissioner moved to award the contract on the record; the motion received a first and a second and passed during the meeting. The board did not provide a roll-call tally in the minutes on the record.

County officials said the contract will shift local emergency planning from department-level standard operating procedures to a countywide, coordinated approach intended to guide future exercises and trainings. The county noted the work is being supported by FEMA funds with procurement oversight and will include requirements for exercises tied to those plans.

The board did not set a separate timeline for contractor deliverables on the record beyond officials’ comment that drafting and exercises will take roughly two years, nor did the meeting record specify contract start date or milestone payment schedule.