RFI for Respirators for USWFS
- Client
- Department of the Interior
- RFP Number
- —
- Posted
- —
- Category
- US Federal
- Budget
- —
- NAICS
- 339113
- Set-aside
- —
- Contact
- Jason Nuckols
- [email protected]
Description
AI GeneratedThe United States Department of the Interior, US Wildland Fire Service seeks information regarding commercially available air-purifying respirator systems suitable for wildland firefighters during wildfire suppression, prescribed fire operations, and field activities. The buyer requests details on NIOSH-approved products, progress toward meeting the NFPA 1984 Standard for Class 2 respirators, product capabilities, specifications, maintenance needs, and rough order of magnitude pricing for unit quantities of 100 and 1,000. All interested vendors are eligible to submit responses. Bidders must submit their responses electronically via email in MS Word or PDF format by October 23, 2026, at 5:00 pm Eastern Time, adhering to a 25-page limit. The provided text does not state how proposals are evaluated, a contract term, a budget, or pre-bid question deadlines, as this request is strictly a market survey for planning purposes.
Key solicitation details
AI-extracted from RFI_Wildland_Fire_Respirators_Final_1.pdf. Confirm against the original documents before bidding.
This Request for Information seeks information regarding commercially available reusable air-purifying respirator systems for wildland firefighters during wildfire suppression and prescribed fire operations. The Government aims to identify existing products suitable for field use and evaluate progress toward meeting the NFPA 1984 Standard. All interested vendors with relevant product capabilities are invited to submit market research responses.
- Issued by
- Department of the Interior, Interior Business Center, US Wildland Fire Service
- Issue Date
- September 21, 2026
- Response Due Date
- October 23, 2026, by 5:00 pm Eastern Time
- How to submit
- Submission details
- Submit responses via email in MS Word or PDF with a 25-page limit and email subject line RFI for Wildland Fire Respiratory Protection.
Scope of work
- Reusable half-facepiece air-purifying respirator systems
- Replaceable cartridges or air-purifying elements protecting against smoke particulates, organic vapors, and formaldehyde
- Quantitative fit test adapters
Documents to include with the bid
- Section 1 Corporate Information
- Section 2 Technical Information
- Section 3 Rough Order of Magnitude Pricing
Official SAM.gov notice
- Solicitation number
- DOIDFBO260092
- Agency
- Department of the Interior
- Buying office
- Departmental Offices › IBC ACQ SVCS Directorate (00004)
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Oct 23, 2026, 5:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Sep 21, 2026
- NAICS
- 339113 · Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing
- Product/service code
- 6515
- Contracting contact
- Jason Nuckols
[email protected]
Read the official notice description
Request for Information (RFI) for Respirators for the U.S. Wildland Fire Services (USWFS)
Source: SAM.gov contract opportunities data (U.S. federal public data).
Incumbent
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Market context
Awards in the same category (Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing). This is not this requirement's award history.
Recent similar awards: Department of the Interior, NAICS 339113
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|---|---|---|
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Top vendors in this category: Department of the Interior, NAICS 339113, since Oct 1, 2023
75 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
- 1. FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY L.L.C.$4.8M
- 2. TRIBALCO LLC$912.5K
- 3. STRYKER SALES, LLC$855.8K
- 4. MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP$327.1K
- 5. ANGEL ARMOR, LLC$225.1K
Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.
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