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U.S. Embassy Baku Solicitation for Taxi & Transportation Services
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The U.S. Embassy in Baku is soliciting quotations for passenger transportation services under RFQ 19AJ2026Q0009, seeking a responsible contractor to provide business and comfort class taxi services using vehicles with drivers for embassy personnel. The contract is an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) type with a one-year base period beginning July 1, 2026, and four optional one-year extensions, for a maximum duration of five years. The contractor must furnish all necessary resources, including vehicles, drivers, fuel, maintenance, insurance, and administrative support, with pricing structured on a firm-fixed-rate basis across multiple distance brackets—for example, AZN per kilometer for trips ranging from 3–4 km up to over 120 km, plus a per-minute waiting fee and an annual Defense Base Act (DBA) insurance requirement. All services are to be performed exclusively in Baku, Azerbaijan, with delivery terms set at FOB Destination, and orders may be issued throughout the contract period as needed. The government will award the contract to the lowest-priced, technically acceptable, and responsible offeror using a LPTA approach, evaluating submissions based on strict compliance with mandatory requirements and financial viability. Proposals must be submitted electronically in English no later than June 8, 2026, at 18:00 Baku time to BakuBidBox@state.gov, in MS Word, Excel, or PDF format, and must not exceed 25 MB per file—larger submissions must be split across multiple emails. To be considered, offerors must complete and submit the SF-1449 form including pricing and schedule details, Section 5 Representations and Certifications, and proof of active SAM registration with a valid UEI number. Failure to register in SAM prior to submission will result in automatic disqualification. Additional mandatory requirements include implementing a secure passenger authentication system such as a PIN or unique code, establishing a priority pickup mechanism for authorized personnel during peak hours, and ensuring drivers hold valid licenses and possess local route knowledge. Offerors must also demonstrate an established business presence in Azerbaijan or a plan to establish one within 30 days of award, designate an English-speaking Project Manager, and provide police clearances and biographic data for all proposed personnel for U.S. background checks. All contractors must comply with numerous FAR clauses covering ethics, labor standards, equal opportunity, anti-trafficking, and prohibitions on Kaspersky, Byte
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Baku, AZ-BA, 1007, AZESet-Aside
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Submission Closed
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Subject: Request for Quotations number
Enclosed is a Request for Quotations (RFQ) for taxi and transportation services. 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 the 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-quotation conference at the site. The pre-proposal conference will be held on June 3, 2026 at 2:00 P.M., at the U.S. Embassy in Baku, located on the 6th floor of Landmark building 1, on Nizami Street 96. Prospective offerors/quoters should email full names and telephone numbers of their representatives to Vahid Movsumov at MovsumovVI@state.gov no later than June 1, 2026 on or before 10:00 A.M. This information is required to provide access to the building. No substitutes or additional persons can attend the conference. Attendees are requested to carry their photo ID along with them.
Quotations are due by June 8, 2026, on or before 18:00 Baku time No quotations will be accepted after this time. Proposals must be in English and incomplete proposals will not be accepted.
Your quotation must be submitted electronically ONLY to BakuBidBox@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 the 25MB, the submission must be made in separate files and attached to separate emails with less than 25MB each.
In order for a quotation to be considered, you must also complete and submit the following:
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
Offerors shall be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) database at https://www.sam.gov prior to submittal of their offer/proposal as prescribed under FAR 4.1102. Failure to be registered at time of proposal submission may deem the offeror’s proposal to be considered non-responsible and no further consideration will be given. Therefore, offerors are highly encouraged to register immediately if they are interested in submitting a response to this requirement.
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