# North Carolina eVP #Doc2413542893

NCEM State Emergency Response Team Exercise Design and Evaluation Services

**Posted:** October 14, 2026
**Respond By:** November 05, 2026
**Identifier:** Doc2413542893
**NAICS:** 541690, 541611, 541618

North Carolina Emergency Management is seeking support for its statewide State Emergency Response Team preparedness exercise program.
- **Government buyer:** State of North Carolina Department of Public Safety; North Carolina Emergency Management (NCEM), Exercise Branch. The attachment identifies Morgan Rilling as Contract Specialist.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No product manufacturers, OEMs, or prospective vendors are named.
- **Services and scale:** HSEEP-aligned design, development, facilitation, conduct, and evaluation for up to three quarterly exercises and one two-day statewide functional exercise (up to four exercises total). The functional exercise will involve the State Emergency Operations Center and three Regional Coordination Centers.
- **Scope and deliverables:** Review relevant local, regional, private, tribal, and state plans; develop scenarios and planning materials; support planning and exercise delivery; provide objectives, master scenario events lists, evaluation guides, briefings, handbooks, and participant materials; and deliver after-action reviews and reports, improvement plans, progress updates, and project closeout materials. Quarterly exercises may be tabletop, small-scale functional, or hybrid.
- **Evaluation requirements:** Assess the 32 core capabilities across the five mission areas of the National Preparedness Goal using a proven methodology consistent with HSEEP.
- **Contract structure:** Initial term is three years from final contract execution; transition assistance may be required for up to six months after expiration or cancellation. NCEM may make multiple awards and independently scope and select exercises and options.

### Description

The North Carolina Emergency Management (NCEM) Exercise Branch seeks contractor services to design, develop, conduct, and evaluate all-hazards discussion-based and operations-based exercises using the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP). Contractors should have technical and operational knowledge of response and recovery capabilities and a methodology for assessing the 32 core capabilities across the five mission areas of the National Preparedness Goal. The work includes reviewing local, regional, private, tribal, and state plans to develop relevant HSEEP-consistent exercise scenarios and planning documents for evaluation. The solicitation states that multiple vendors may be awarded.

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