Technical Assistance Contractors
Technical Assistance Contractors :
"FEMA awards nationwide, stand-by technical assistance contracts (TAC) to meet PA [Public Assistance] program needs that typically cannot be met by FEMA staff. PA TAC employees are specialists that provide services such as assessing and estimating disaster damages to complex facilities, and providing insurance adjustment services and historical and environmental reviews. For disasters occurring in FYs 2004, 2005, and 2006, FEMA spent $228.3 million, $1.4 billion, and $94.9 million, through November 2006, respectively, for PA TACs. A contracting officer technical representative located at FEMA Headquarters oversees the master contracts and task monitors at field and regional offices provide site monitoring for TAC employees". (DHS OIG, Fiscal Year 2008 Annual Performance Plan, 2007, p. 35)
