Skip to content
  • 6,816 federal solicitations are open right now. How many of them are yours?
  • New solicitations are posted every day. The ones you never saw are the ones you cannot win.
  • Stop checking SAM.gov every morning. Let the contracts that fit your business come to you.
  • Tell Abierto what you sell in one sentence. AI reads every open solicitation for you.
  • Deadlines are short. Hear about a solicitation the day it is posted, not the week it closes.
  • Amendments move deadlines. Watch a solicitation and Abierto tells you when it changes.
  • See which contracts in your field are about to end, and who holds them today.
  • Plans from $39 a month. See your matches before you pay.
See plans
AbiertoGet started

Sources sought

Northeast Ice-Breaking

RFI_Northeast_Ice_Breaking

US Coast Guard, Base Boston. Navigational Services to Shipping.

Offers due

November 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM EST

13 days from now. Posted October 21, 2026.

Get an email when this is amended, when the deadline moves and when it is awarded.Watch it

Similar, open now

Description

As published on SAM.gov.

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to better understand commercially available icebreaking capabilities that may support emergent domestic icebreaking operations within the Coast Guard District Northeast area of responsibility. The USCG seeks information on commercial vessels and operators capable of supporting icebreaking operations necessary to maintain a safe and operational Marine Transportation System for Northeast ports, facilitate the movement of critical cargo, and mitigate navigational risk during seasonal ice conditions.

Please see attached RFI for additional information. 

Attachments

Files listed on SAM.gov. The ones we hold a copy of download from here; the rest open SAM's download, which needs no account.

Publications

Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.

  1. October 21, 2026

    Sources sought

    Due November 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM EST. SAM.gov, notice 1347f687ad194c79882b510874b5218e

    1 revisions on SAM
    • October 21, 2026: publish, sources sought

Points of contact