Disaster Overseas Transportation Support (DOTS) - Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico (VIPR)
Past New Requirement Updated
- Agency
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
Department of Homeland Security
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $100,000,000 or more
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Forecast facts
- Anticipated award
- Through
- NAICS code
- 483113 Coastal and Great Lakes Freight Transportation
- Place of performance
- Multiple
- Forecast number
- F2025069592
- Points of contact
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- Sekou Owens Sr. sekou.owenssr@fema.dhs.gov (771) 208-9725
- Brian Smith brian.smith@fema.dhs.gov (202) 919-1632
Forecast details come from DHS's Acquisition Planning Forecast System. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is procuring a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract for air, maritime, and ground transportation and shipping services supporting disaster response and recovery operations in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, with an estimated award date of September 28, 2026. The contract covers movement of Initial Response Resources—including water, meals, cots, tarps, generators, and fuel—from air and sea ports to final destinations, plus warehousing services, essential equipment, and all necessary labor to facilitate inter-agency resource movement on a firm fixed price basis.
The estimated award value is $100 million, with performance running from September 30, 2026 through September 29, 2031 and driven by actual disaster response requirements and task order execution. Place of performance is the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The Contracting Officer's Representative is Brian Smith at brian.smith@fema.dhs.gov or (202) 919-1632; the alternate contact is Sekou Owens Sr. at sekou.owenssr@fema.dhs.gov or (771) 208-9725.
Forecast text
A major part of the response and recovery effort revolves around supplying the affected area with Initial Response Resources (IRR). These include life supporting and life sustaining IRRs such as but not limited to water, meals, cots, tarps, plastic sheeting, blankets, sandbags, generators, and fuel which are needed to lessen damage before or after a disaster. FEMA has limited readiness in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico due to the deficiency in warehousing space and minimum full time FEMA/CORE personnel located there to support the magnitude of this response. Additionally, FEMA needs to move Inter-agency resources and support functions into the affected areas to support critical needs such as infrastructure, electricity and sewage repairs; provide medical requirements and services; and bring basic human needs like water and meals to those in need. FEMA would like to establish a multiple award, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle that provide all-inclusive transportation and shipping services for these locations. Task Order awards and execution will be driven by the response to the disaster and particular needs. Functions to be performed: FEMA has determined that a full suite of transportation services such as air, maritime, and ground transportation (including point of origin at both air/sea ports to destination) is key to fulfill the requirement. In addition, warehousing services, essential equipment, and all necessary labor to fulfill such transportation services, are needed to successfully complete FEMA’s mission in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
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