Sources Sought
RFI - Survey for Advance Contract Initiative Temporary Emergency Power
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summarySources sought notice ACI-TEP-Survey: the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Pittsburgh District, is running an industry survey, not a solicitation, on a future Advance Contract Initiative for Temporary Emergency Power (TEP). The survey asks about logistics, mobilization sequencing, subcontractor relationships and cost and risk drivers. A sample performance work statement (PWS: the document that describes the work) is attached. The response due date is November 30, 2026, 11:59 PM Eastern. More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells Department of the Army who could do this work. Send a short reply to the contracting contact; no price is needed. See the contact
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The notice looks incomplete: The survey itself is on a linked site the notice text does not reproduce, so its questions are not known here. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Sources sought notice ACI-TEP-Survey: the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Pittsburgh District, is running an industry survey, not a solicitation, on a future Advance Contract Initiative for Temporary Emergency Power (TEP). The survey asks about logistics, mobilization sequencing, subcontractor relationships and cost and risk drivers. A sample performance work statement (PWS: the document that describes the work) is attached. The response due date is November 30, 2026, 11:59 PM Eastern.
How to submit: Online survey reached through the link in the notice. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (6)
From the version posted Oct 26, 2026.
- Worth checking: Fast mobilization in the sample work statement. The sample PWS requires all equipment and personnel on site within hours of the Authorization to Proceed (ATP: the task order or email that starts work), which favors firms with ready crews.
- Worth checking: Work in U.S. territories under Quadrant IV. Quadrant IV is the only area that requires work outside the contiguous United States, including Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and Puerto Rico, with a 24-hour mobilization time.
- Worth checking: Real-time tracking system required. The contractor must provide a cloud-based web application that tracks every generator task and scans personnel and equipment by barcode, which a small firm may need to build or license.
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- Worth checking: Must handle three events at once. The required readiness plan must show the ability to respond to three events at the same time within one quadrant, which takes large labor and equipment capacity.
- Minor: Survey only; no award from this notice. This is a fact-finding exercise, so responding does not put a business on a bid list or lead to an award by itself.
- Minor: Plans due after award. Operating plans are due within 30 days of award and final versions within 90 days of award.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- Performance Work Statement.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Complete the online survey with non-proprietary feedback on logistics, mobilization sequencing, subcontractor relationships, and cost and risk drivers
- Share practical execution risks, costs and feasible alternatives that could speed up emergency response
- Review the sample PWS: install, fuel, maintain, remove and prepare for storage Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) generators at critical facilities during declared emergencies
- Sample PWS also covers pre-installation inspections by a master electrician, plus a cloud-based real-time mission tracking system with barcode accountability of personnel and equipment
- Contract type
- Not a solicitation. The sample PWS describes task orders issued under an Advance Contract Initiative (ACI: a contract in place before a disaster), each with a not-to-exceed dollar value.
- Place of performance
- Pittsburgh, PA, USA per SAM.gov; the notice says missions can take place anywhere in the United States and its territories
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 30, 2026, 11:59 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Online survey reached through the link in the notice
What to include when you submit
- Complete the survey using the link in the notice
- Keep answers non-proprietary
Not in the notice text
- The survey itself is on a linked site the notice text does not reproduce, so its questions are not known here.
- The sample PWS refers to Attachments 1 through 20 (deployment packages, price schedules, forms), which were not part of the text read.
- Contract length, option periods, number of awards, the states in each quadrant and contract value are not stated.
- The set-aside is not stated on SAM.gov.
- No site visit, bonding or Davis-Bacon wage determination is mentioned in the text read.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside. Any business can reply: this is market research, and no bid is being taken yet.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
- Construction contracts over $2,000 pay at least the local Davis-Bacon wage rates, from the wage determination in the solicitation. Price your labor from it: How to price a government contract, and how Davis-Bacon differs from the Service Contract Act.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 26, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- W072 ENDIST Pittsburgh, PA
- Product/service code
- J059 · Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment – Electrical and Electronic Equipment Components
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 238210)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
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