Sources Sought
Request for Information (RFI) - Drinking Water
Department of Homeland Security · Federal Emergency Management Agency
AI summaryThis is a request for information (RFI: a market research notice, not a solicitation) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Logistics Management Division, for a disaster drinking water supplier, for emergency response and routine operations in the continental United States and outside it. The subject line calls it an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ: orders placed as needed over time) water recompete. Responses are due November 4, 2026, 11:00 AM Eastern by email, and questions are due October 20, 2026 (passed), 11:00 AM Eastern. 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
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 22, 2026. See the latest version.
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Summary of the version posted Oct 15, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 22, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov.
This is a request for information (RFI: a market research notice, not a solicitation) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Logistics Management Division, for a disaster drinking water supplier, for emergency response and routine operations in the continental United States and outside it. The subject line calls it an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ: orders placed as needed over time) water recompete. Responses are due November 4, 2026, 11:00 AM Eastern by email, and questions are due October 20, 2026 (passed), 11:00 AM Eastern.
Who can bid
- SAM.gov lists this notice as a total small business set-aside; the text does not repeat it
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
- Worth checking: Total small business set-aside shown on SAM.gov. Only small businesses under the listed code (NAICS 312112, Bottled Water Manufacturing) fit the set-aside shown on SAM.gov; the text itself does not say so.
- Minor: Market research only, not an offer request. Responses are not offers, the Government will not reply to respondents, and each respondent pays its own costs.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Show capability to provide disaster water for emergency response and steady-state operations
- Cover both the continental United States (CONUS) and outside it (OCONUS)
- Support contingency planning, requirements development and readiness during natural disasters, humanitarian assistance and other emergencies
- Contract type
- IDIQ, per the subject line (IDIQ Water Recompete Request for Information)
- Place of performance
- Continental United States and outside the continental United States; specific sites not stated
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 4, 2026, 11:00 AM Eastern (from the version posted Oct 15, 2026; amended since)
- 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
- Send your RFI response electronically to both email addresses
- Identify any proprietary information in your response
- Send questions by October 20, 2026, 11:00 AM Eastern
Current contractor
The subject line calls this an IDIQ Water Recompete, so a current contract exists; no incumbent is named.
Not in the notice text
- Quantities, delivery locations, contract length and value are not stated.
- What information a response must contain, and any format or page limits, are not stated.
- The text does not say whether the future buy will be set aside; SAM.gov shows a total small business set-aside.
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 15, 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 0001Due Nov 4, 2026
- Oct 15, 2026 · Sources Sought (this version)Due 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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