The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a civilian agency within the Department of Homeland Security, awarded a multiple award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Ready America Inc. for the supply of bottled drinking water and extended shelf-life water. The contract has a ceiling value of $428,954,532.32 and an ultimate completion date of March 3, 2025. Ready America Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business and HUBZone firm, is the prime contractor for this contract, which was not set aside for any specific business category.
Under this IDIQ contract, FEMA has issued numerous delivery orders to Ready America for the provision of 10-year extended shelf-life drinking water to various locations, including Washington D.C., Fort Worth, Hawaii, and other strategic distribution centers. The delivery orders, valued between $22,000 and over $1 million, are firm fixed price contracts intended to support FEMA's emergency preparedness and disaster response activities by ensuring the availability of lifesaving water supplies that can last months beyond the manufacturer's expiration date.
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