Presolicitation
Veterinary Services (K-9)
Department of Homeland Security · Office of Procurement Operations
AI summaryThe Department of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service (FPS), Region 11, plans a request for quotations (RFQ) for veterinary care and boarding for its K-9 dogs in the National Capital Region, set aside for small businesses. A single-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ: orders placed as needed) contract with fixed-price terms is planned, with five 12-month ordering periods. This is a presolicitation: the RFQ is expected on SAM.gov on or about September 16, 2026 (passed), and SAM.gov shows responses due October 31, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern. More in the summary
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The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service (FPS), Region 11, plans a request for quotations (RFQ) for veterinary care and boarding for its K-9 dogs in the National Capital Region, set aside for small businesses. A single-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ: orders placed as needed) contract with fixed-price terms is planned, with five 12-month ordering periods. This is a presolicitation: the RFQ is expected on SAM.gov on or about September 16, 2026 (passed), and SAM.gov shows responses due October 31, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern.
Who can bid
- Small business: this is a total small business set-aside; the size standard for NAICS 541940 is $10 million
- A veterinary clinic or hospital located within a 25 mile radius of 1201 M Street SE, Washington, DC 20003
- Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) before submitting quotations
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Sep 10, 2026.
- Serious: Total small business set-aside. Only small businesses under the $10 million size standard can be considered, per SAM.gov.
- Serious: Clinic must be near Washington, DC. Services must be given at the contractor's own clinic or hospital within 25 miles of the stated address, so a business without a facility there cannot perform.
- Worth checking: 24-hour emergency care and surgery. The clinic must offer round-the-clock emergency care and surgical capability, which is a heavy staffing load for a small practice.
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- Minor: Date passed (Sep 16, 2026): RFQ not yet in this notice. This is a presolicitation; the RFQ is expected on SAM.gov on or about September 16, 2026, and the due date shown on SAM.gov may be updated there.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Routine preventive veterinary care and routine outpatient care for FPS K-9s
- 24-hour emergency veterinary care, diagnostic testing and surgical capability
- Medications and grooming
- Medical boarding and secure boarding
- Medical record reporting
- All services at the contractor's own veterinary clinic or hospital within 25 miles of 1201 M Street SE, Washington, DC 20003
- Contract type
- Single-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with fixed-price provisions (anticipated)
- Period of performance
- Five 12-month ordering periods (anticipated)
- Place of performance
- Contractor's veterinary clinic or hospital within a 25 mile radius of 1201 M Street SE, Washington, DC 20003 (SAM.gov lists DC)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- Oct 31, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical quotation
- Price quotation
What to include when you submit
- The RFQ will require a technical quotation and a price quotation
- Watch SAM.gov for the RFQ and any updates; the notice puts this on the contractor
- Send questions in writing to Contracting Officer Josh Clemens (Josh.B.Clemens@fps.dhs.gov) and Contract Specialist LeighAnn Schuster (LeighAnn.Schuster@fps.dhs.gov)
Not in the notice text
- The RFQ itself is not in this notice; evaluation method and factors beyond the technical and price quotations, submission method, page limits and the final due date will be in it
- Estimated quantities and value are not stated
- Question deadline is not stated
- Whether an incumbent exists is not stated
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 541940
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Sep 10, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- FPS East CCG Div 2 Acq Div, Philadelphia, PA
- Product/service code
- R416 · Support – Professional: Veterinary/Animal Care
- Business type
- Medical & healthcare (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 541940)
- 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 read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
- Limitations on subcontracting
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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