Water Storage Distribution System

The Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal awarded a Total Small Business set-aside Master IDIQ for Water Storage Distribution Systems on December 17, 2021, with ordering authority extending through December 14, 2028, leaving approximately two years and five months for new task orders.

The WSDS vehicle procures collapsible fabric storage tanks, engine-driven centrifugal water pumps rated at 350 gallons per minute, meters, hoses, fittings, nozzles, and hypochlorination units that automatically chlorinate water to Army standards. The system enables bulk water intake, purification, and distribution to Army water systems in configurations ranging from 100,000-gallon single units to dual 50,000-gallon split-operations units. Place of performance is Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

All combined potential value of $9.7 million has been obligated across eight task orders awarded since the vehicle's establishment. GTA Containers, LLC dominates the vehicle, holding six of eight orders totaling $9.4 million in combined potential value; West Electronics Inc. and T.j. Clark International LLC each hold one order valued at $200 thousand and $194 thousand respectively. Ordering momentum has declined from three awards in 2021 to one award in 2025, with two awards each in 2023 and 2024. The Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center PEO Combat Support and Combat Service Support funds seven of eight orders totaling $9.5 million; the originating contracting office placed the remaining order.

Of the eight task orders, six carry Total Small Business set-aside designations and two are unrestricted. Recent awards include a $2.34 million firm-fixed-price delivery order to GTA Containers in July 2025 for fourth-year ordering and a $2.87 million order in November 2023 for technical manuals and repair-parts support lists. Task-order values range from approximately $194 thousand to $2.87 million, with completion dates typically within 18 to 24 months of award.

The WSDS will provide the large water intake, purification and distribution capacity capability that is tailorable in receiving, storing, and issuing bulk water to all water systems in the Army inventory. The WSDS is the Army's primary large potable water bag farm storage. The WSDS will be required to be configured to enable split operations and multiple configurations for one of the variants to be acquired. During WSDS Operations, water is pumped from a pipeline or other available water source into collapsible fabric storage tanks for dispensing into tanker trucks, trailer-mounted water tanks, or individual containers. The WSDS is comprised of collapsible storage tanks, engine driven centrifugal water pumps, meters, hoses, fittings and nozzles. The system will include hypochlorination units that will automatically chlorinate water to Army standards.