Swiftwater Rescue/Boats and Motors

Past New Requirement Updated

Agency
Solicitation expected
Estimated value
$2,000,000 to $5,000,000
Set-aside
Total Small Business

Forecast facts

Anticipated award
Through
NAICS code
336612 Boat Building
Place of performance
Sterling, VA
Forecast number
F2026074633
Points of contact

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 boats and water rescue equipment under a Total Small Business set-aside for FEMA Urban Search and Rescue operations, with solicitation release estimated for September 7, 2026 and award on September 25, 2026. Contractor-furnished boats and motors must match the current FEMA Approved Equipment cache list in exact manufacturer and model specifications to enable task force personnel to reach and recover evacuees and animals trapped by flood waters during hurricane disaster response operations. The contract is structured as Firm Fixed Price using the GSA Schedule.

The estimated award value ranges from $2 million to $5 million, with period of performance from September 25, 2026 through January 25, 2027. Equipment will be pre-positioned at an OCONUS location for immediate deployment, with place of performance located in Sterling, Virginia. Kimber Russell (kimber.russell@fema.dhs.gov, 202-445-6057) serves as the requirements contact, and Amy Connolly (202-714-2706, FEMA-SB@fema.dhs.gov) is the Small Business Coordinator.

Forecast text

FEMA Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) has an immediate need to procure boats and water rescue equipment to be pre-positioned with other US&R equipment at the FEMA OCONUS location to response to hurricanes during a disaster response.

This equipment is vital in ensuring the US&R task force personnel have the equipment necessary to reach and recover evacuees (and their household pets and/or companion animals) trapped by flood waters during US&R operations in a water environment.

The Contractor shall furnish all boats and boat motors as listed on the current FEMA Approved Equipment cache list in the quantities provided. It is desired that the procured items match the manufacturer and model number exactly.

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