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Signal of the week · Research note · 21 Oct 2026

$249.8 million in 37 emergency contracts: how Florida bought its Hurricane Isaias response before landfall

Public contract records in Svatantra.ai's signal database show 37 contracts from Florida's Executive Office of the Governor executed between 7 and 14 October 2026 under the state's emergency procurement rule, all coded 'Disaster preparedness and relief'. Summed as printed they come to $249.8 million (our arithmetic), and 91% of that value was executed on 7 and 8 October, before Hurricane Isaias came ashore on the night of 9 October. This note sets out the counts, five of the named records, the public timeline of the storm, the federal funding context, and what the data does not show.

By Jayprakash Mistry, Founder, Svatantra.ai

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Every number, and where it comes from

The first five figures in the note.

The full table has 21 rows. Each figure is as published on the date shown, with its denominator.

FigureWhat it measuresSource
37Contracts from Florida's Executive Office of the Governor with method of procurement 'Emergency procurement per Executive Order' and date of execution 7 to 15 October 2026 (latest found: 14 October). 37 distinct portal URLs and 37 distinct agency contract IDsSvatantra.ai signal database, count at 16 Oct 2026
28Distinct vendor names across the 37 contractsSvatantra.ai signal database, count at 16 Oct 2026
$249,817,996.18Sum of 'Total contract amount' as printed on the 37 records. Author's arithmetic. Shown as $249.8 millionDerived from Svatantra.ai signal database, count at 16 Oct 2026
15 and $187,417,456.58Contracts executed on 7 October 2026 and their sum as printed (13 vendors). 75.0% of the total is author's arithmeticSvatantra.ai signal database, count at 16 Oct 2026
13 and $40,109,426.40Contracts executed on 8 October 2026 and their sum as printedSvatantra.ai signal database, count at 16 Oct 2026

16 more figures in the PDF, each with its source.

Sources

14 primary releases.

  1. Florida Accountability Contract Tracking System (Florida Department of Financial Services), Executive Office of the Governor, contract E7002, SLS-WSP JV LLC (Executed 7 October 2026)
    Total contract amount $43,805,647.20. Method of procurement "Emergency procurement per Executive Order [s. 252.36(2), F.S.]". Commodity/service "Disaster preparedness and relief". Description: "To support transportation, commodity movement, equipment deployment, and warehouse operations during activation, FDEM is requesting 75 53-foot dry vans, 10 53-foot flatbed trailers, 10 piggyback trailers, 10 box trucks, and 15 F-350 trucks or equivalent".
    facts.fldfs.com
  2. Florida Accountability Contract Tracking System (Florida Department of Financial Services), Executive Office of the Governor, contract E7009, American Medical Response Inc (Executed 7 October 2026, begins 8 October 2026)
    Total contract amount $34,716,600.00. Method "Emergency procurement per Executive Order [s. 252.36(2), F.S.]". Description: "Please task to ESF-8.Put RFQ out for 6 hrs.14 day RFQ for Patient Movement Resources. Check in will be at DOH Warehouse in Tallahassee, 125 Hamilton Park Drive 32304."
    facts.fldfs.com
  3. Florida Accountability Contract Tracking System (Florida Department of Financial Services), Executive Office of the Governor, contract E7011, Macro Companies Inc (Executed 7 October 2026)
    Total contract amount $34,678,485.18. Method "Emergency procurement per Executive Order [s. 252.36(2), F.S.]". Description: "Request for Vendor Fuel Support Task to ESF 19 FuelsFUEL• 500k Mogas• 1M diesel • 35k Jet A• Def to support • Potable water • Non potable water".
    facts.fldfs.com
  4. Florida Accountability Contract Tracking System (Florida Department of Financial Services), Executive Office of the Governor, contract E7004, DebrisTech LLC (Executed 7 October 2026)
    Total contract amount $1,423,900.00. Method "Emergency procurement per Executive Order [s. 252.36(2), F.S.]". Description: "Requesting Blanket Purchase Order for the Comprehensive road mapping and LiDAR surveying of post-disaster Tropical Storm Isaias conditions per the attached scope of work hereby made part of this purchase order."
    facts.fldfs.com
  5. Florida Accountability Contract Tracking System (Florida Department of Financial Services), Executive Office of the Governor, contract E7005, DebrisTech LLC (Executed 7 October 2026, begins 12 October 2026)
    Total contract amount $1,160,889.00. Method "Emergency procurement per Executive Order [s. 252.36(2), F.S.]". Description: "Requesting a Blanket Purchase Order for the Comprehensive road mapping and LiDAR surveying of post-disaster Tropical Storm Isaias conditions. Please see attached quote. Please assign to Logistics."
    facts.fldfs.com
  6. Florida Accountability Contract Tracking System (Florida Department of Financial Services), Executive Office of the Governor, contract E7068, Gothams LLC (Executed 9 October 2026, begins 7 October 2026)
    Total contract amount $10,717,400.00. Method "Emergency procurement per Executive Order [s. 252.36(2), F.S.]". Description: "At this time, the Division anticipates establishing one FL Type III Base Camp. Location is subject to change but is currently anticipated to be Santa Rose County Fairgrounds NORTH ENTRANCE - 8700 Randy Brown Road, Milton, FL 32583".
    facts.fldfs.com
  7. WDBO, Florida governor declares state of emergency for 25 counties (7 October 2026)
    "Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Tuesday for 25 Florida counties". "State officials said emergency resources are being staged in Tallahassee and the Santa Rosa area". "The executive order also authorizes the Florida National Guard and Florida State Guard to activate as needed". "The state of emergency is set to remain in effect for 60 days unless it is extended."
    wdbo.com
  8. Fox10 News, Florida governor declares state of emergency for 25 counties ahead of Tropical Depression 9 (6 October 2026)
    "Governor Ron DeSantis signed an executive order Tuesday declaring a state of emergency for 25 counties". The linked order is EO 26-202.
    fox10tv.com
  9. Spectrum News 13, DeSantis declares state of emergency in preparation for Tropical Storm Isaias (7 October 2026, updated 9 October 2026)
    Two counties, including Citrus, were added on Thursday 8 October, taking the state of emergency to 27 counties. "The Florida Division of Emergency Management has pulled together more than 1,000 generators". "Declaring a state of emergency gives state and local leaders the authority to coordinate emergency agencies".
    mynews13.com
  10. AP via WBUR, Hundreds of thousands without power after Isaias slams the Florida Panhandle and Alabama (10 October 2026)
    "Isaias came ashore as a Category 2 hurricane on Friday near Destin, Florida". "Two people were killed by fallen trees and about 800,000 customers were without power, mostly in Florida and Alabama." "The storm weakened overnight and was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone but remained a threat."
    wbur.org
  11. AP via ABC30, Isaias downgraded to post-tropical cyclone, leaves hundreds of thousands without power (10 October 2026)
    "The storm, with winds up to 105 mph, made landfall near Destin, Florida, in the Florida Panhandle at 8:30 p.m. CT." "The storm made landfall Friday as a Category 2 hurricane".
    abc30.com
  12. WLOX, President Trump approves Florida emergency declaration following Hurricane Isaias, FEMA says (9 October 2026)
    FEMA emergency declaration for 27 Florida counties; emergency protective measures limited to direct federal assistance with the federal government covering 75% of the cost. "The emergency conditions began Oct. 6, 2026, and are continuing". "Additional counties could be designated if Florida requests assistance and further damage assessments indicate the need."
    wlox.com
  13. Congressional Research Service via EveryCRSReport, Hurricane Isaias: Brief Overview of FEMA Programs, Resources, and Selected Issues (IN12745) (13 October 2026)
    Landfall on the night of Friday 9 October 2026 as a Category 2 hurricane in the Florida Panhandle; emergency declarations of 9 October for counties in Florida (FEMA-3655), Alabama (3656) and Georgia (3657); no major disaster declaration listed. "roughly $8.3 billion was available in the DRF to pay the costs associated with major disaster declarations"; an additional $26.4 billion is available under the continuing resolution (P.L. 119-103, Division A) "until the continuing resolution expires or is replaced by an enacted annual appropriations measure".
    everycrsreport.com
  14. Svatantra.ai, Signal database (16 October 2026)
    Counted: signals from Florida's public contract tracking portal with agency Executive Office of the Governor, method of procurement containing 'Emergency procurement per Executive Order', and date of execution between 7 and 15 October 2026. 37 records, 37 distinct portal URLs, 37 distinct agency contract IDs, 28 distinct vendor names. Amounts are the 'Total contract amount' field as printed; sums and shares are our arithmetic. Context query: all records from the same portal with the same method, January 2025 to 15 October 2026, grouped by month. Counts at 16 October 2026.
    svatantra.ai