Opportunity
City of Philadelphia PHLContracts Periscope #B2627212
Emergency Bottled Potable Water Supply Contract for City of Philadelphia
Posted
May 29, 2026
Respond By
November 01, 2026
Identifier
B2627212
NAICS
424490, 312112
The City of Philadelphia is seeking vendors to provide emergency bottled potable water for rapid response and recovery operations. - Government Buyer: - City of Philadelphia, Managing Director's Office (Office of Emergency Management) - Products Requested: - Commercially packaged bottled potable water - Primary size: 16.9 oz bottles - Optional sizes: 1L and 1.5L bottles - Bottles must be palletized and shrink-wrapped - Must meet FDA, EPA, and Pennsylvania state standards - Quantities and Supply Tiers: - Tier 1: 50 pallets within 12 hours - Tier 2: 100 pallets within 24 hours, plus 300 pallets daily during activation - Tier 3: 1,000 pallets within 48 hours, plus 2,000 pallets daily during multi-day activation - Tier 4: Up to 9,600 pallets per day for catastrophic supply - Services Requested: - Emergency supply, staging, and delivery of bottled water - Vendors must demonstrate production and logistics capacity, surge capability, and ability to coordinate deliveries to multiple city locations - Unique Requirements: - Rapid activation and scalable delivery across four operational tiers - Compliance with all safety, labeling, and packaging standards - Detailed documentation of production, logistics, and surge capacity required - Coordination with city logistics for delivery to multiple sites - No specific OEMs or vendors are named; opportunity is open to qualified suppliers able to meet requirements.
Description
The City of Philadelphia is seeking qualified vendors capable of supplying bottled potable drinking water to support emergency response operations at varying scales. The contract is a multi-vendor agreement to supply, stage, and deliver large quantities of commercially packaged bottled potable water during incidents that disrupt or threaten the public water supply. Vendors must demonstrate capabilities across four tiers ranging from immediate water supply within 12 hours to catastrophic water supply with continuous resupply up to 9,600 pallets per day. The contract requires coordination with city logistics and compliance with all applicable safety, labeling, and packaging standards.