191T5225Q0002_FINAL_Cover Letter-SIGNED.pdf

U.S. Consulate General Milan, Italy

Date: Milan, January 22, 2025

Dear Prospective Quoter:

Subject: Request for Quotations number 191T5225Q0002 – Italian Language Lessons

Enclosed is a Request for Quotations (RFQ) for Italian Language Lessons to be provided to AmConGen Milan eligible employees. 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.

Classes shall be either in person ONLY or virtual ONLY. There will be NO hybrid mix of classes. Offerors are welcome to bid on either method of delivery. The method of delivery of will be selected by the Government after review of all bids.

The Government will hold a pre-quotation conference to discuss the requirements of this solicitation on March 26, 2025 – at 10:00 AM (local time) at the American Consulate in Milan, Via Principe Amedeo, 2/10 – 20121 Milano. Participants may attend virtually if requested in advance.

Prospective offerors/quoters should contact via email: MilanGSO-ProcurementDL@state.gov by March 10, 2025 at 12:00 o’clock (local time)for additional information or to arrange entry to the building.

Quotations are due by April 4, 2025, by 12:00 (local time) by email: MILANGSO- OFFERS@STATE.GOV. 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 to MILANGSO-OFFERS@STATE.GOV. It is important to make sure the submission is made in specific size and format; in MS Office or .PDF or .ZIP 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. Please do NOT send your offer via Cloud storage, DropBox, Google Drive, or other formats. They will not be received.

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.GOV 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.

Sincerely, Thimothy P. Lockwood Contracting Officer

Enclosure: a/s

01/22/2025 16:35 GMT

Lockwood, Timothy (LockwoodTP@state.gov)