Lithium-ION battery fire testing
Past New Requirement Updated
- Agency
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Coast Guard
Department of Homeland Security
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $500,000 to $1,000,000
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Forecast facts
- Anticipated award
- Through
- NAICS code
- 541380 Testing Laboratories and Services
- Forecast number
- F2026074821
- Points of contact
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- Joshua Pennington joshua.d.pennington2@uscg.mil (206) 815-3727
- Monica Cisternelli monica.m.cisternelli@uscg.mil (860) 271-2741
Forecast details come from DHS's Acquisition Planning Forecast System. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
The Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard is procuring testing and analysis services to study lithium-ion battery thermal runaway propagation and suppression agent effectiveness in electric micro-mobility device stowage configurations aboard commercial passenger ferries, with solicitation release estimated for August 21, 2026, and award anticipated for November 2, 2026. The primary objective is to generate empirical data characterizing lithium-ion battery fire behavior and severity resulting from e-bike fires on commercial ferries and to evaluate current maritime suppression methods; this data will inform future vessel fire safety policy, crew training, and response protocols.
The estimated award value ranges from $500,000 to $1,000,000, with performance occurring throughout the United States and a period of performance from November 2, 2026, through November 1, 2027. The contract will be awarded through OASIS+ via contracting office CG-HCA-COCO-31, with Joshua Pennington (joshua.d.pennington2@uscg.mil, 206-815-3727) as the requirements contact and Monica Cisternelli (monica.m.cisternelli@uscg.mil, 860-271-2741) as the alternate contact.
Forecast text
The increasing use of electric micro-mobility devices (EMMD) such as electric bicycles (e-bikes) and electric scooters (e-scooters) by tourists and daily commuters has introduced new risk vectors to maritime transit. Because these transit modes carry passengers and their EMMDs concurrently, commercial passenger ferries represent a unique environment where a lithium-ion battery fire could present severe risk to life safety and vessel survivability. The USCG requires a study on thermal runaway propagation and suppression agent effectiveness on lithium-ion batteries in common shipboard EMMD stowage configurations. The primary objective is to acquire high-fidelity empirical data to characterize lithium-ion battery fire behavior and severity resulting from an e-bike fire on a commercial ferry and evaluate current maritime suppression methods. This data will guide future policy for vessel fire safety and crew training and response.
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