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INDO-PACIFIC DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT SCOPING SERVICES
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This contract, solicitation number 1131PL26R0049, is issued by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency for Indo-Pacific Digital Infrastructure Project Scoping Services and is set aside entirely for small businesses under NAICS Code 541690. It is a multiple-award procurement with the government anticipating up to two awards to manage the high volume of anticipated digital infrastructure activities across the Indo-Pacific region. Each awardee will be responsible for delivering a defined set of services including up to four preliminary reviews, fifteen project reports, three scoping mission reports, and two activity amendment reviews, resulting in a total of eight preliminary reviews, thirty project reports, six scoping mission reports, and four activity amendment reviews across both contracts. The contract includes a final report requirement and mandates the maintenance of an Excel-based DM Tracker submitted monthly and with each deliverable. All work must be performed in compliance with strict confidentiality standards, requiring all documents to be labeled “Business Confidential,” with all acronyms defined upon first use. The period of performance is twenty-four months, with a possible six-month option extension under FAR 52.217-8. Only U.S. firms or individuals are eligible to be awarded, and subcontracting is capped at less than fifty percent of the proposed price. All contractor and subcontractor employees must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents. The solicitation requires offers to be submitted via email to contractproposals@ustda.gov and tjohnson@ustda.gov by 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 22, 2026, and prohibits submissions by facsimile or alternate email addresses. Offerors must be active in SAM.gov and submit their proposals in two separate volumes: Volume I(a), the technical proposal, formatted in Times New Roman 12-point font with one-inch margins and limited in content to exclude pricing information and adhere to page restrictions for resumes and past performance; and Volume II, the price proposal, using SF 1449 with CAGE and DUNS numbers in Block 17A, all prices rounded up with no cents, and filename starting with “Price” followed by the offeror’s name, limited to seven characters. Evaluation emphasizes non-price factors as significantly more important than cost, with technical approach and technical expertise weighted equally, past performance evaluated for relevance within the past three years, and price only assessed for reasonableness and realism—unrealistically low bids are
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AMENDMENT 00001 - SEET ATTACHEMENT: FOR QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES (IN BOLD) FOR SOLICITATION NUMBER: 1131PL26R0049 /ALL ELSE REMAIN UNCHANGED
SOLICITATION NUMBER: 1131PL26R0049
ISSUANCE DATE: June 18, 2026
CLOSING DATE: July 22, 2026, 1:00 PM, Arlington, VA Time
This Request for Proposal was prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 and procedures in Subpart 15.3 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only RFP; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.
This procurement is SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES under NAICS Code 541690, Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services. Award is limited to U.S. Firms or U.S. individuals. Contractor and U.S. subcontractor employees used shall be either U.S. citizens or non-U.S. citizens lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States.
Contractor use of subcontractors is limited to less than fifty percent of the proposed price.
This solicitation is being issued IAW FAR Part 12. Government may elect to award to a single offeror or to award up to but not to exceed two (2) offerors for the services under this solicitation. Under this multiple-award procurement, the Government anticipates making two (2) awards.
Due to high interest and a large number of prospective digital infrastructure activities across the Indo-Pacific, the Regional Team recommended funding this DM with the potential to permit two awards for up to four (4) preliminary reviews, fifteen (15) project reports, three (3) scoping mission reports, and two (2) activity amendment reviews to two separate bidders for a total of eight (8) preliminary reviews, thirty (30) project reports, six (6) scoping mission reports, and four (4) activity amendment reviews in order to more effectively manage bandwidth given the high volume of proposals.
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS REPRESENT THE "PROPOSAL PACKAGE" THAT SHOULD BE RETURNED IN RESPONSE TO THIS SOLICITATION (Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (SEP 2023)).
According to FAR 52-204-7 (b) (1) An Offeror is required to be registered in SAM when submitting an offer or quotation and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation. All Offerors must be registered and have an active status in the SAM database (www.SAM.gov) in order to be eligible for contract award. Offerors are reminded that failure to properly enroll in the SAM database and provide accurate information shall make an offeror ineligible for award as described in FAR 52.204-7.
Should you have any questions, please send them to this office not later than 1:00 p.m., Eastern Time (ET) Friday, June 26, 2026. Send your questions by email to contractproposals@ustda.gov and tjohnson@ustda.gov . Questions submitted by facsimile or to alternate email addresses will NOT be accepted. No phone calls will be accepted.
Any contract awarded to a Contractor who at the time of award was suspended, debarred, and ineligible for receipt of contract with Government Agencies or is in receipt of a notice of proposed debarment from any Government Agency, is voidable at the option of the Government.
Award is limited to U.S. Firms or U.S. individuals. Contractor and U.S. subcontractor employees used shall be either U.S. citizens or non-U.S. citizens lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States.
Enclosed are the following sections, which contains all information necessary to respond to this RFP:
1. Section B – Schedule of Supplies/Services,
2. Section C – Contract Clauses,
3. Section D – Any Contract Documents, Exhibits and Attachment, and
4. Section E – Instructions to Offerors.
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