Rockville, Maryland, February 17, 2026— MELE Associates, Inc. (MELE), a veteran and minority-owned government contractor with more than three decades of success serving U.S. federal, state, and local agencies, and international organizations, announced today that it is a subcontractor on the GME Enterprise led team that was recently awarded a contract to provide Emergency Management Support Services to the Montgomery County, Maryland Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (OEMHS).
MELE will support the GME Enterprise team and OEMHS in promoting emergency preparedness and community resilience by providing operational, technical, and programmatic services, including the coordination of disaster response activities with the county’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC). MELE will also help deliver coordination and situational awareness services, including assistance with pre-disaster emergency planning and preparedness exercises. What’s more, MELE will support communications for imminent emergencies through the Alert Montgomery emergency notification system while helping to enhance community engagement around advance emergency preparedness.
“MELE is pleased to be part of the GME Enterprise team working with OEMHS to enhance public safety and improve its emergency preparedness infrastructure,” stated MELE VP Justin Hixson. “MELE has deep expertise in emergency management and training and we’re happy to share this expertise with our Montgomery County partners.”
With over 300 employees and offices in Rockville, MD, Washington, DC, and Albuquerque, NM, MELE is a veteran and minority-owned government contractor empowering its customers with innovative solutions for more than three decades. MELE has team members located across the U.S. and has served more than a hundred countries across hundreds of project locations. The company offers technical, engineering, and programmatic support expertise to a host of U.S. federal and international agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, INTERPOL, and the International Atomic Energy Agency. MELE’s services include national security, intelligence, IT/cybersecurity, facility management and engineering, CBRNE defense and nuclear security, emergency response training/management, and mission and program support.
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