The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) canceled competitive RFQ 70FB8026Q00000056, Region IX Emergency Medical Membership Access, on September 10, 2026 after changing its acquisition strategy. The canceled RFQ sought emergency medical evacuation insurance and related evacuation/assistance services for FEMA Region IX personnel and other individuals working on FEMA’s behalf in U.S. Pacific territories. The canceled RFQ had originally been scheduled to receive offers through September 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time; it was canceled before that deadline.
The canceled solicitation was classified under NAICS 621999, All Other Miscellaneous Ambulatory Health Care Services, and PSC Q999, Medical – Other. No set-aside was shown in the notice. Solicitation-derived materials described corporate medical membership access, 24/7 medical consultation and case assessment, emergency medical evacuation and repatriation coordination, medical/travel assistance, insurance support, and related services for travelers in Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The requirement is structured around a one-year base period with four one-year option periods.
Separate FEMA market-research notice: FEMA also posted a distinct Special Notice/Request for Information on September 11, 2026 for the same Region IX mission area. The RFI seeks qualified-source and industry feedback on medical membership access, medical evacuation and transportation, Pacific Basin coverage, rapid-response capability, commercial service models, pricing methodologies, subcontracting, and acquisition structure. Current SAM-derived indexing shows responses due September 16, 2026. The RFI is market research only and is not an amendment or extension of solicitation 70FB8026Q00000056. The competitive RFQ was canceled September 10, 2026 before its scheduled September 14 offer deadline; the separate RFI remains open through September 16, 2026. Current SAM-derived indexing shows a response time of 1:00 PM, but the accessible official notice does not expose the controlling time-zone label, so that time zone is not stated here.
Eligibility and response posture: This is a federal procurement rather than a grant. A prospective prime must be SAM-registered and able to document the full medical-evacuation, repatriation, insurance/assistance network, Pacific-region capability, and recent relevant past performance required by the solicitation. Available Dr. Miltie/QC Healthcare records do not establish those prime qualifications, so Atlas does not treat this as a verified direct-prime bid for Dr. Miltie, LLC.
Atlas Opportunity Score: 42/100. N9+ Fit: 18/100. The mission is medically relevant, but the solicitation does not call for remote physical examination equipment. N9+ would only be a potential adjunct to remote clinical assessment if a qualified prime’s solution and the final requirements legitimately permitted it. Dr. Miltie/QC Healthcare should not be advanced as a direct bidder without documented medevac/insurance network capability and required past performance.
Official sources: SAM.gov – canceled RFQ; SAM.gov – active Region IX RFI.