Bottled and Extended Shelf Life Water

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) established this Bottled and Extended Shelf Life Water Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle to procure and distribute bottled water for emergency response, disaster relief, and steady-state operations. The master contract, awarded in September 2013 with a shared ceiling of $6,834,000, enables FEMA to rapidly acquire bottled water for various emergency scenarios, including natural disasters, environmental incidents, and humanitarian support. The contract vehicle allows for multiple prime contractors to provide bottled water with extended shelf life to support incident response across different distribution centers nationwide.

Task orders under this IDIQ have supported numerous emergency responses, including Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Matthew, the Flint water crisis, and the West Virginia chemical spill. Typical delivery orders range from $22,680 to $30,170,205, with most task orders being firm fixed-price and set aside for small businesses. Key prime contractors include Composite Analysis Group (Lipsey Mountain Spring Water), Aqua Blox, LLC, and Energy Pro Osc. LLC, with most task orders supporting distribution centers in locations such as Frederick and Cumberland, Maryland, Fort Worth, Texas, Atlanta, Georgia, Guam, and Hawaii. The task orders consistently demonstrate FEMA's need for rapid water replenishment in emergency and preparedness scenarios, with contract performance typically ranging from a few weeks to several months and focusing on delivering bottled water to strategic distribution centers.