Solicitation
Disaster Overseas Transportation Support (DOTS) - AS/GU/CNMI
Department of Homeland Security · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Sol. 70FB7026R00000030
Due in 27 days
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FEMA (Department of Homeland Security) plans to award multiple IDIQ contracts for shipping disaster-relief supplies to American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The work covers trucking, ocean vessel moves, breakbulk cargo, island-to-island shuttles and return (retrograde) cargo, ordered through task orders after a disaster. The base year starts February 2, 2027, with four one-year options through February 1, 2032.
Watch out for
- Phase I deadline already passed. Phase I responses were due October 2, 2026, and the text does not say whether skipping Phase I blocks you from Phase II, so check with the Contracting Officer right away.
Phase I Responses are due no later than 12:00PM ET, October 2, 2026.
- Must be ready to run 24/7 within 48 hours. You need ships, trucks, yards and staff on call at short notice for disasters, which is a big step up for a small business without existing Pacific logistics.
contractor shall be fully functional within 48 hours of task order award to provide
- You must supply everything. The Government gives you no equipment, space or labor, so you carry the cost of vessels, containers, chassis, yards and handling gear.
The Government will not furnish any resources to the Contractor in support of this contract.
- Large yard and container capacity targets. The surveillance plan expects a yard that holds at least 300 trailers within 20 miles of the port, office space for 10 FEMA staff, and capacity to acquire at least 2,000 containers and chassis a month.
- Orders depend on disasters. Work is only ordered after a disaster, so revenue can be uneven, and no guaranteed minimum is stated in the text provided.
driven by the response to a disaster. The implementation of this contract vehicle will
- Harsh penalties for missing performance. If you fail to provide the vessels, trucks or crew on a task order, FEMA can cancel and re-buy it at your expense, and missed targets can remove you from the task order process.
performance objectives/service levels will result in the contractor
- Documents disagree on response times. The performance work statement says fully functional in 48 hours, while the surveillance plan's threshold says conveyances at full operating capacity within 72 hours and sites within 72 hours of award.
- Very large solicitation. The RFP is 262 pages with dozens of price lines across five option years and a pricing template, so preparing a compliant offer is a heavy lift.
Read from the notice and 7 attachments. 1 not read in full.
- 2.4.1 70FB7026R00000030 Disaster Overseas Transportation Support AS CNMU GU A0001.pdf
- 2.2.1 70FB7026R00000030 Disaster Overseas Transportation Support AS CNMU GU 8.31.26 Final.pdf
- 2.2.1 Attachment 1a - Peformance Work Statement - DOTS GU_CNMI_AS 8.19.26.pdf
- 2.2.1 Attachment Ib ASN Spreadhseet.pdf
- 2.2.1 Attachment IV - Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan.pdf
- 2.2.1 Attachment III - Past Performance Questionnaire.pdf
- 2.2.1 Attachment V - Wage Determinations.pdf
- 2.2.1 Attachment II - Pricing Template.xlsx: spreadsheet: not read yet
Full brief
What they want
- Truck line-haul of containers from a West Coast (CONUS) origin or the FEMA Distribution Center in Hawaii to the port of embarkation, and from island ports to FEMA delivery points
- Ocean transport of loaded containers from Hawaii or the West Coast to American Samoa, Guam and CNMI, including dedicated vessel voyages (30-day minimum) and moves between Guam and CNMI
- Breakbulk cargo moves (up to 700 cubic feet, and 701 to 1,200 cubic feet) by ocean, plus drayage and line-haul per chassis
- Shuttle service inside each island group using containers, dry vans, box trucks and flatbeds
- Retrograde (return) cargo moves from FEMA points of need back to ports
- Catch yards, staging yards, cross-docking, warehousing and container/crane handling equipment
- 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week operations, fully functional within 48 hours of task order award
- Cargo tracking, shipping reports, damage/loss reports within 24 hours, and a Quality Control Plan
- Contract type
- Multiple-award, firm-fixed-price IDIQ; task orders are issued after a disaster
- Period of performance
- 1 base year (Feb 2, 2027 to Feb 1, 2028) + 4 one-year option periods (through Feb 1, 2032)
- Place of performance
- American Samoa (Pago Pago), Guam and CNMI, with origin points on the U.S. West Coast and in Hawaii
- How they'll choose
- Best value tradeoff. The Government may award without discussions.
- Offers due
- Phase II: 12:00 PM Eastern, October 30, 2026. Phase I responses were due 12:00 PM Eastern, October 2, 2026.
What to include when you submit
- Two-phase process: Phase I responses were due October 2, 2026 and Phase II responses are due October 30, 2026
- Acknowledge amendment A0001 before the deadline
- Complete the FAR self-certifications (52.209-5, 52.209-7, 52.209-11, 52.209-12, 52.222-56); failing to address them makes the offeror ineligible
- Fill in the Attachment II pricing template (spreadsheet, not readable here)
- Past performance references must send the Attachment III questionnaire to Contracting Officer Karley Hoyt (karley.hoyt@fema.dhs.gov) and Contract Specialist Jason Rivers (jason.rivers@fema.dhs.gov) by the closing date and time
- A signed and dated Quality Control Plan is due 5 days after contract award, and a post award conference is held within 2 business days of award
You must have
- Complete the required FAR self-certifications or be ineligible
Failure to address will render the Offeror ineligible for award.
- Security prohibitions representations (covered telecommunications equipment, FASCSA orders, Sudan and Iran certifications) made with the offer
Covered telecommunications equipment or services representations. By submission of its
- Comply with the Jones Act (U.S. maritime law) in all ocean moves
1.3.4 Jones Act Compliance. In performing the work under this contract and task orders, the
- Hold all required licenses and permits at your own cost, and carry workers compensation insurance for personnel
responsible for obtaining any and all required licenses, permits and the like, required for the
- Relevant past performance references who return the Attachment III questionnaire
To be considered, this form must completed in its entirety and received by the
Not in the notice text
- Instructions to Offerors and the evaluation factors with their order of importance are in the middle of the solicitation, which was left out of the text provided
- How and where to submit the proposal, and any page limits
- Whether Phase I participation was required to compete in Phase II
- Contract ceiling or estimated value; no dollar amount appears
- Whether there is any guaranteed minimum order
- Attachment II Pricing Template (spreadsheet) and the Wage Determinations attachment were not readable, so labor wage rules are unknown
- Part of the performance work statement (sections on port and transportation operations) and part of the quality plan were left out
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Key facts
- Response due
- Nov 6, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 8, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- 70FB7026R00000030
- Agency
- Department of Homeland Security · Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Office
- Incident Support Section(ISS70)
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- NAICS
- 48311
- Product/service code
- V115
- Business type
- Transportation, logistics & vehicles
- Place of performance
- Pago Pago, AS
- Contracting contact
- Karley Hoytkarley.hoyt@fema.dhs.gov
- Versions
- 3 (amended since first posted)
Before you respond
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Amendment A0002 issued 10/08/2026 *************************************************************** Amendment A0001 issued 08/31/2026 *************************************************************** The Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency intents to award a Multiple-Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to obtain all-inclusive, multimodal transportation and shipping services from a Continental United States (CONUS) and/or Outside Continental United States (OCONUS) point of origin to American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Marina Islands and Guam. Phase I Responses are due no later than 12:00PM ET, October 2, 2026. Phase II Responses are due no later than 12:00PM ET, November 6, 2026. Please see solicitation and attachments for all details.
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