Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Transportable Temporary Housing Unit (TTHU) Retro Fit Shower and Accessories Installation Kits
Department of Homeland Security · Federal Emergency Management Agency
AI summaryFEMA wants quotes under combined synopsis/solicitation 70FB827Q00000003 (the documents write 70FB8027Q00000003) for retrofit shower and accessory kits that go into transportable temporary housing units for disaster survivors with disabilities. FEMA plans up to three blanket purchase agreements (BPAs: standing agreements for future orders) over a five-year ordering period, open to all businesses. Quotes by email are due November 13, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern; the lowest-priced acceptable quotes win. More in the summary
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This summary may miss requirements: 1 of 4 attachments weren't read (70FB8027Q00000003 Attachment 4 Pricing Table.xlsx). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
FEMA wants quotes under combined synopsis/solicitation 70FB827Q00000003 (the documents write 70FB8027Q00000003) for retrofit shower and accessory kits that go into transportable temporary housing units for disaster survivors with disabilities. FEMA plans up to three blanket purchase agreements (BPAs: standing agreements for future orders) over a five-year ordering period, open to all businesses. Quotes by email are due November 13, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern; the lowest-priced acceptable quotes win.
Who can bid
- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) with a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)
- Certify that each end product is a domestic end product under the Buy American rules, listing any foreign end products
- Quoted kits must meet American National Standard A117.1, UFAS and ADA accessibility rules, and 16 CFR Chapter II Consumer Product Safety Act rules
How to submit: Email to Contracting Officer Keturah Stroy, Keturah.Stroy@fema.dhs.gov. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (9)
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Worth checking: Quantities and prices are in a file that was not read. Line items, quantities and unit of measure are in Attachment 4, an Excel pricing table; the order sizes are not in the text, so check it before pricing.
- Worth checking: Price-only competition with up to three winners. Award goes to the lowest-priced acceptable quotes, so a higher price loses even with a better product.
- Worth checking: No guaranteed purchases. FEMA must buy only what it orders under the BPA, so a quote may bring few or no orders.
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- Worth checking: Delivery within 30 calendar days of each order. Kits must reach the FEMA site within 30 days of an order, with a delivery window set by phone, so a bidder needs stock or a dependable supplier.
- Worth checking: Drawings not included. The kits are specified by FEMA drawings that are not in the package, with a named model or equal, so confirm what counts as equal.
- Worth checking: Buy American domestic end product certificate. Imported showers or fixtures may have to be listed as foreign end products, which could hurt a price-only evaluation.
- Minor: Past performance references required. Up to three recent, similar-size references (CPARS or PPQ) are needed; an incomplete PPQ may not be evaluated.
- Minor: Questionnaire form gives a different time on the same date. The Past Performance Questionnaire says its reference responses are due November 13, 2026 10:00 AM (EST), while quotes are due 1:00 PM Eastern that day.
- Minor: Solicitation number written two ways. SAM.gov shows 70FB827Q00000003 while the notice text and attachments use 70FB8027Q00000003; use the number the attachments give and ask the contracting officer if unsure.
Read from the notice and 3 attachments. 1 of 4 not read. Show which files.
- 70FB8027Q00000003_ Attachment 1 TTHU RETRO FIT SHOWER AND ACCESSORIES INSTALLATION KITS SOW.pdf (read)
- 70FB8027Q0000003 - Attachment 2-Terms and Conditions.pdf (read)
- 70FB8027Q00000003_ Attachment 3 Past Performance Questionnaire.pdf (read)
- 70FB8027Q00000003 Attachment 4 Pricing Table.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Supply a 60x30 retrofit shower and accessories kit for 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom manufactured housing units (MHUs), per the kit list in the statement of work
- Supply a 36x36 retrofit shower and accessories kit for 8-foot-wide Express MHUs, per the kit list in the statement of work
- Pack each kit in one container with a packing slip, in original factory packaging, new and unused, and ship on pallets with an itemized bill of lading
- Deliver within 30 calendar days of each order, typically to the FEMA storage site in Cumberland, MD, after calling to set a delivery window
- Send FEMA a spreadsheet of item totals within 1 business day of each delivery
- Replace damaged or missing items within 10 business days at your expense
- Meet the accessibility and safety rules: American National Standard A117.1, the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS) with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Consumer Product Safety Act rules in 16 CFR Chapter II
- Contract type
- Multiple-award blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price per unit) lines; up to three BPAs to be awarded
- Period of performance
- Ordering period of five (5) years from award; price schedule shows a base year plus Option Years 1 to 4; option to extend services up to 6 months
- Place of performance
- Cumberland, MD, USA; typical delivery to FEMA Manufactured Housing Storage Site, 11601 PPG Road, Cumberland, MD 21502, or another location named in a call order
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Contract vehicle
- New FEMA multiple-award blanket purchase agreement (BPA); no existing contract or schedule is required
- How they'll choose
- Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA): award goes to the lowest-priced responsible bidder whose technical capability and past performance are rated acceptable; no tradeoffs
- Offers due
- November 13, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email to Contracting Officer Keturah Stroy, Keturah.Stroy@fema.dhs.gov
- Page limits
- Volume I (Technical Quote): 10 pages; Volume II (Past Performance): 6 pages; Volume III (Price): no page limit
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical Capability (acceptable or unacceptable): (a) quoted kits meet all solicitation requirements and the A117.1, UFAS/ADA and Consumer Product Safety Act rules, (b) how kits will be packaged and shipped
- Past Performance (acceptable or unacceptable): Contractor Performance Assessment Reports (CPARS) or Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQs); a firm with no past performance is not rated
- Price: fair and reasonable; total evaluated price adds all option periods plus six months of the final option period price
What to include when you submit
- Send three volumes: Volume I Technical Quote, Volume II Past Performance, Volume III Price
- Volume I: for each of the two kits give part number, manufacturer, model and configuration, plus a compliance matrix against A117.1, UFAS/ADA and the Consumer Product Safety Act rules, and how you will meet the packaging and shipping requirements
- Volume II: a maximum of three (3) CPARS or PPQs for similar work completed within the past three (3) years before the closing date; if none, state that you have no recent or relevant past performance
- If a past performance example was as a subcontractor, clearly identify your role and show the scope, complexity and magnitude were substantially similar
- PPQ reference forms (Attachment 3) can be sent by the reference directly to the Contracting Officer by the date and time offers are due
- Volume III: complete the Excel Attachment 4 Pricing Table with firm-fixed prices for every line item in each performance period, an estimated shipping price per unit, and a Total Evaluated Price
- Include solicitation number, your name, address, phone, UEI, responses to representations and certifications, a statement of agreement with all terms, and acknowledgement of all amendments
- Files as .pdf, .doc/.docx or .xls/.xlsx, searchable, numbered pages, 12 point Times New Roman or Courier minimum, one-inch margins
- Hold your prices firm for 60 calendar days from the date offers are due
- Complete the Buy American certificate (FAR 52.225-2), listing any foreign end products
Not in the notice text
- Attachment 4 Pricing Table (Excel) was attached but not read: it holds the line items, quantities and unit of measure
- Total quantities FEMA expects to order and any dollar ceiling for the BPAs are not stated in the text
- The FEMA NextGen Retro Fit Shower Drawings are not read (it may be an attached file the AI skipped; check SAM.gov) in the package
- The Contracting Officer's Representative is listed as to be determined
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to Contracting Officer Keturah Stroy, Keturah.Stroy@fema.dhs.gov. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- Community Survivor Assistance Sec, Washington, DC
- Product/service code
- 4510 · Plumbing Fixtures and Accessories
- Business type
- Manufactured parts & equipment (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 332913)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with FAR Part 12. This announcement constitutes solicitation. Offers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation Number 70FB8027Q00000003 is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) for Retro Fit Shower and Accessories Installation Kit, to include inside Transportable Temporary Housing Units (TTHUs) to support displaced individuals with disabilities. This acquisition is a full and open competition. This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses by reference. The full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul/far-part-deviation-guide. (ii) A list of line-item number(s) and items, quantities, and unit of measure, is at Attachment 4 - Pricing Table. (iii) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management (FEMA), proposes to issue a multiple award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) contract vehicle to provide commercial household Retro Fit Shower and Accessories Installation Kits, which are required in each Transportable Temporary Housing Units (TTHUs) to support displaced individuals with disabilities. See Attachment 1: Statement of Work for a detailed description of the requirements. (iv) The date(s) of delivery and acceptance are based on agency need. See Attachment 1: Statement of Work for the specific f.o.b points. (v) The provisions that apply to this acquisition are in Attachment 2: Terms and Conditions. (vi) The contract clauses that apply to this acquisition are in Attachment 2: Terms and Conditions. (vii) Questions must be submitted via email to the cognizant Contracting Officer (CO), Keturah Stroy at Keturah.Stroy@fema.dhs.gov, no later than October 30, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. ET. (viii) Quotes must be submitted via email to the cognizant Contracting Officer (CO) Keturah Stroy at Keturah.Stroy@fema.dhs.gov no later than November 13, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. ET. (ix) The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 332913 - Plumbing Fixture Fitting and Trim Manufacturing.
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