Eckert Consulting drafted a defense argument for Santa Cruz County to refute a FEMA ineligibility determination that a procurement and contract for recovery from wildfires was not compliant with federal regulations.  Eckert Consulting was able to gather additional documentation from Santa Cruz County and used this information to show to FEMA that the procurement’s non-competitiveness was justified due to the exigency and emergency of the scenario and that the profit and fees were reasonable when properly analyzed.