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Cooking Services for the US Embassy

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19EC7526Q0006Federal

Submission Closed07/07/2026, 08:00:00 PM UTC

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The U.S. Embassy in Quito is seeking qualified offerors to provide fixed-price cooking services for Marine Security Guards at the Marine Security Guard Residence, with performance to occur exclusively at the embassy compound located at Avigiras E12-170 y Av. Eloy Alfaro in Quito, Ecuador. The solicitation, numbered 19EC7526Q0006, calls for a base period of 12 months with four potential one-year option periods and a six-month extension, creating a maximum contract duration of five years and six months. The Government will pay a fixed monthly rate for services, with Value Added Tax (VAT) at 15% required to be priced as a separate line item. Proposals must be submitted electronically to quitocontracts@state.gov no later than July 2, 2026, at 2:00 p.m., in English, and must be formatted in MS-Word 2007/2010, MS-Excel 2007/2010, or Adobe Acrobat PDF, with individual files not exceeding 25MB; technical and pricing proposals must be submitted in separate emails. Failure to comply with any submission requirement, including incomplete documentation, incorrect format, or failure to meet file size limits, will result in non-responsiveness. All offerors must be currently registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) with an active account and must submit proof of SAM registration, along with a completed SF-1449, Section I (Pricing), Section 5 (Representations and Certifications), and any additional materials specified in Section 3. The award will be made to the lowest-priced, technically acceptable offeror, with a rigorous compliance review and responsibility determination based on FAR Subpart 9.1, requiring adequate financial resources, integrity, business ethics, and capability to perform. Offerors interested in participating must schedule a mandatory site visit by June 15, 2026, with no more than two attendees per company, providing full names, nationalities, and ID numbers for building access. The pre-proposal conference is scheduled for June 17, 2026, at 2:00 p.m., and questions regarding the solicitation must be submitted by June 22, 2026. The contract requires comprehensive quality control, including a pre-performance Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan and

General Info

US Embassy Quito seeks cooking service bids; submit by June 29, 2026, via SAM registration.

Agency

Department Of State → US Embassy QuitoView Agency

NAICS

722310 - Food Service ContractorsView NAICS

Place of Performance

QUITO, EC-P, ECU

Set-Aside

NONE

Documents

(4)

Solicitation 19EC75-26-Q-0006 Cooking Services RFQ

PDF•rfq

Amendment 2 to RFQ 19EC-75-26-Q-0006 for Cooking Services

PDF•amendment

RFQ 19EC7526Q0006 Cooking Services at American Embassy Quito

PDF•rfq

Amendment 1 to Solicitation 19EC-75-26-Q-0006

PDF•amendment

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Timeline

2 updates

PhaseClosed

PostedJun 12

Solicitation

Amendment 1Jun 23

Contract was updated

Amendment 2Jun 30

Contract was updated

Response DeadlineJul 7

Deadline has passed

Submission Closed

07/07/2026, 08:00:00 PM UTC

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyDepartment Of State → US Embassy Quito

Contacts2 people available

OfficeWASHINGTON, DC, 20520, USA

Organization / Agency

Department Of State → US Embassy Quito

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Office AddressWASHINGTON, DC, 20520, USA

Contacts

Matthew Madden

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Jose Balseca

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Full Description

The US Embasy in Quito needs to contract Cooking Services for the Marine Security Guards at the US Embassy Quito.

Enclosed is a Request for Quotations (RFQ) for Cooking Services for the US Embassy

If you would like to submit quotation, follow the instructions in Section 3 of the solicitation, complete the required portions of the attached document, and submit it to the address shown on Standard Form 1449 that follows this letter.

The U.S. Government intends to award a contract/purchase order to the responsible company submitting an acceptable offer at the lowest price. We intend to award a contract/purchase order based on initial quotations, without holding discussions, although we may hold discussions with companies in the competitive range if there is a need to do so.

The Embassy intends to conduct a pre-proposal conference at the site. The pre-proposal conference will be held on June 17,2026 at 2:00 pm at the Quito Embassy located at Avigiras E12-170 y Av. Eloy Alfaro; site visits will be conducted after it. Prospective offerors should contact quitocontracts@state.gov , by June 15, 2026 at 12:00 pm to arrange entry to the building; by sending name, nationality and ID number of the people attending the meeting; no more than two people per company due to space restrictions.

Send questions to quitocontracts@state.gov, no later than June 22,2026 at 12:00 pm. Quotations are due by July 7, 2026 at 4:00pm. No quotations will be accepted after this time. Quotations must be in English and incomplete proposals will not be accepted.

Your proposal must be submitted electronically to quitocontracts@state.gov. It is important to make sure the submission is made in specific size and format; in MS-Word 2007/2010 or MS-Excel 2007/2010 or Adobe Acrobat (pdf) file format. The file size must not exceed 25MB. If the file size should exceed 25MB, the submission must be made in separate files and attached to separate emails with less than 25MB each. Please submit technical proposal and pricing, ONLY separately to quitocontracts@state.gov . Failure to that may deem the offeror’s proposal to be considered non-responsive and no further consideration will be given.

In order for a quotation to be considered, you must also complete and submit the

1. SF-1449

2. Section I, Pricing

3. Section 5 Representations and Certifications

4. Additional information as required in Section 3

5. Proof of SAM Registration

Notwithstanding FAR 4.203-1(b)(5)(ii), the Contracting Officer has determined that it is in the best interest of the U.S. Government that offerors be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) database at https://www.sam.gov and have an active SAM account at the time of submitting a proposal. Failure to be registered at time of proposal submission shall deem the offeror’s proposal to be considered non-responsive to the solicitation instructions and no further consideration will be given. Therefore, qualified offerors are highly encouraged to register immediately if interested in submitting a response to this contracting opportunity.