March 18 order follows layoffs of more than 200 Federal Emergency Management Agency employees and a Jan. 24 order for a task force review of agency disaster response efficiency.
Protests by Fluor and CDM Smith had challenged emergency response agency bid evaluation as too subjective and objected to a single-award blanket purchase agreement.
While current seismic design codes address life safety issues, the report says stakeholders should also consider re-occupancy and functional recovery time, taking into account the potential impacts to a community as a whole.