Mortality Resources and Mass-Fatality Response Services

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is seeking contractors to maintain and store mortuary equipment and trailers and provide mass-fatality preparedness, deployment, response, and recovery services throughout Texas.

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HHS0017352v3
Oct 28, 2026 03:30 PM
Oct 07, 2026 12:00 PM
8 months base + 3 × 1 year options
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vivian.harrison@hhs.texas.gov
+15124062460
1100 West 49th Street, Austin, TX, USA
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Health and Human Services Commission, Attn: Bid Room Coordinator, Tower Building Room 108, 1100 W 49th St., MC 2020, 1100 W 49th St., Austin, TX 78756
Description

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is seeking one or more contractors to provide mortality resources and services for public-health emergencies and disasters. The scope includes secure storage, inventory management, preventive and corrective maintenance, licensing, and deployment of four state-owned 32-foot mortuary trailers and associated supplies. The contractor must provide transportation and towing capabilities, maintain equipment readiness, and deploy resources within the specified emergency timelines. The contractor must maintain at least four strike teams, each consisting of at least two licensed funeral directors and two knowledgeable non-licensed personnel. Services include mortuary technical assistance, human-remains processing, identification, transport, embalming, cremation, casketing, reburial, holding-morgue support, local-jurisdiction coordination, preparedness outreach, training, exercises, situation reporting, and after-action reporting. Responses must include the required pricing sheet, signed solicitation affirmations, bidder reference and qualifications information, and other applicable response materials.

Classification Codes
NAICS812220Cemeteries and Crematories
PSC4240Safety and Rescue Equipment
Smart Codes
mortuary equipment maintenancemortuary trailer deploymentmass fatality response
Specifications
Supply & Service
Timeline
Oct 7, 2026-Solicitation Posting Date
Oct 13, 2026 03:30 PM-Questions or Clarifications Due
Oct 14, 2026-Responses to Questions or Clarifications
Oct 28, 2026 03:30 PM-Response Deadline
Jan 1, 2027-Anticipated Contract Start Date
Requirements
Required
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Employer's Liability - Each Accident — $1,000,000.00
  • Employer's Liability - Disease: Each Employee — $1,000,000.00
  • Employer's Liability - Disease: Policy Limit — $1,000,000.00
  • Commercial General Liability — $1,000,000.00
  • Commercial Automobile Liability — $1,000,000.00
  • Professional Liability — $1,000,000.00
  • Umbrella Liability — $1,000,000.00
Required
  • Minimum 3 references
  • Within the last 10 years
  • Client point of contact required for each reference
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