NAICS 541620: Environmental Consulting Services in Disaster and Resilience Work
541620 is where most hazard mitigation, resilience, and floodplain planning work gets competed. Here is what the code covers, how it differs from the engineering and management consulting codes, and how a prime can use a Native American owned small business on it.
What the code covers
NAICS 541620, Environmental Consulting Services, comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing advice and assistance on environmental issues. In federal practice that language is broad enough to carry a large share of the planning work that surrounds disaster programs.
Scopes routinely competed under 541620 include hazard mitigation plan development and update, hazard identification and risk assessment, vulnerability and loss estimation, floodplain management and repetitive loss analysis, resilience and climate adaptation planning, environmental and historic preservation review coordination for grant funded projects, and public and stakeholder involvement for planning processes.
Why the code matters to a capture team
Set aside status, size standard, and past performance all attach to the code the solicitation is issued under. A small business that is registered under 541611 but not 541620 can be screened out of a 541620 planning task order before anyone reads the technical volume.
That is why this company treats 541620 as a primary subcontracting target rather than an afterthought. Mitigation and resilience planning is a growth line in federal, state, and tribal procurement, and it is where a small Native American owned firm with FEMA planning credentials fits most naturally on a prime's team.
How it differs from adjacent codes
| Code | Description | Typical disaster scope |
|---|---|---|
| 541620 | Environmental Consulting Services | Hazard mitigation plans, risk assessment, resilience and floodplain planning, EHP coordination |
| 541611 | Administrative and General Management Consulting | Grant and program management, Public Assistance administration, recovery program support |
| 541618 | Other Management Consulting Services | Procurement support, compliance, staff augmentation on program work |
| 541330 | Engineering Services | Design, engineering analysis, sealed deliverables |
| 541350 | Building Inspection Services | Site inspection, condition survey, damage description |
| 624230 | Emergency and Other Relief Services | Disaster response and relief program delivery |
Solicitations frequently pair codes. A task order for a multi jurisdictional mitigation plan with program management wrapped around it may be issued under 541620 with 541611 in the scope, or the reverse. Reading the primary code tells you which size standard applies and which small business pool the contracting officer is drawing from.
What this company brings on a 541620 scope
- FEMA certification in Mitigation Planning for Local and Tribal Communities under IS-318.b, plus ICS 100 and 200, IS-230, IS-235, NIMS, and the National Response Framework coursework.
- Plans written to 44 CFR 201.7 for tribal governments and 44 CFR 201.6 for local jurisdictions, organized against the FEMA review crosswalk from the first draft.
- A loss estimation capability grounded in 25 years of property and casualty catastrophe adjusting, which is the same math benefit cost analysis runs on.
- Enrolled Choctaw ownership and graduate training in Indigenous peoples law, which matters on any task order with a tribal jurisdiction in it.
- Socioeconomic standing that supports Indian preference requirements and small and disadvantaged business utilization goals on the prime's subcontracting plan.
Common questions
What does NAICS 541620 cover?
Environmental Consulting Services. The code covers advice and assistance on environmental issues including the assessment and mitigation of environmental hazards, environmental site assessment, environmental auditing, and related planning. In federal disaster and resilience work it is the code most commonly used to compete hazard mitigation planning, resilience planning, and floodplain management support.
What is the small business size standard for 541620?
541620 carries a receipts based size standard set by the Small Business Administration. Contracting officers should confirm the current figure in the SBA size standards table, since the standards are periodically adjusted for inflation. Choctaw Strategies, LLC qualifies as a small business under it.
Is 541620 the same as 541330 or 541370?
No. 541330 is Engineering Services and 541370 is Surveying and Mapping. Planning and hazard analysis work that does not involve engineering design or licensed surveying is generally competed under 541620 or under a management consulting code. Solicitations sometimes pair 541620 with 541611 when the scope mixes planning and program management.
Can this company take a 541620 subcontract now?
Yes. Choctaw Strategies, LLC holds an active SAM.gov registration, is a self certified Indian Economic Enterprise and Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise, is a small disadvantaged business, and has an SBA 8(a) application in process. Onboarding documents are furnished on request, usually within the same week.
Working with us on 541620
Send the solicitation number or a scope summary. You will get a straight answer on fit, availability, and what the company would carry, usually within a business day, along with a capability statement, W-9, and certificates of insurance.
Contact Okla Risk Advisors or email chrischambers@oklariskadvisors.com.
Competing a 541620 planning task order?
This company is available as a subcontractor or teaming partner and can be onboarded quickly.