Sources Sought
Request for Information (RFI) - Drinking Water
Department of Homeland Security · Federal Emergency Management Agency
AI summaryThe Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is asking companies whether they can supply disaster drinking water inside and outside the continental United States. This is a request for information (RFI), not a request for offers. Responses are due by email on November 4, 2026, 11:00 AM Eastern. The subject line calls it an IDIQ Water Recompete, and the notice is marked a total small business set-aside on SAM.gov. More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells Federal Emergency Management Agency 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 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is asking companies whether they can supply disaster drinking water inside and outside the continental United States. This is a request for information (RFI), not a request for offers. Responses are due by email on November 4, 2026, 11:00 AM Eastern. The subject line calls it an IDIQ Water Recompete, and the notice is marked a total small business set-aside on SAM.gov.
Who can bid
- SAM.gov lists this as a total small business set-aside; the text does not mention a set-aside
How to submit: Email to Oneko Dunbar, Contracting Officer, at Oneko.Dunbar@fema.dhs.gov and Marcia Irizarry-Snyder, Contract Specialist, at Marcia.Irizarrysnyder@fema.dhs.gov. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Worth checking: Overseas (OCONUS) coverage. The water support may be needed outside the continental United States; the text gives no details on locations or local requirements.
- Minor: Responses are not offers. This RFI is for information gathering only, and responding does not commit the Government to award anything.
- Minor: No feedback to respondents. Respondents will not get more information or be told the market research results.
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- Minor: Conflicts of interest must be mitigated. Any real or potential organizational conflict of interest must be mitigated before an award.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Identify companies that can provide disaster water for emergency response and steady-state operations
- Cover the continental United States (CONUS) and outside it (OCONUS)
- Information is used for contingency planning, requirements development and readiness assessments
- Contract type
- Not stated. The subject line reads IDIQ Water Recompete Request for Information (IDIQ: Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity contract, orders placed as needs come up).
- Place of performance
- Washington, DC, USA as listed on SAM.gov; the text covers CONUS and OCONUS disaster response
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 4, 2026, 11:00 AM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email to Oneko Dunbar, Contracting Officer, at Oneko.Dunbar@fema.dhs.gov and Marcia Irizarry-Snyder, Contract Specialist, at Marcia.Irizarrysnyder@fema.dhs.gov
What to include when you submit
- Identify any proprietary information in your response.
- Questions about the RFI were due October 20, 2026, 11:00 AM Eastern.
Current contractor
The subject line calls this an IDIQ Water Recompete, which points to an earlier water contract; no incumbent is named.
Not in the notice text
- What a response must contain (such as a capability statement, past performance or pricing) and its format or page limits are not stated.
- Quantities, delivery locations, types of water and the anticipated contract term are not stated.
- Whether the future contract will be set aside is not stated in the text; SAM.gov shows a total small business set-aside.
- The Government's estimated value is not stated.
Eligibility and how to respond
- If it goes ahead as planned: 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 312112
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- Incident Support Section(ISS70), Washington, DC
- Product/service code
- 8945 · Food, Oils and Fats
- Business type
- Food & food service (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 312112)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 22, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 4, 2026
- Oct 15, 2026 · Sources SoughtDue Nov 4, 2026
- 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
Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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