RFQ_CellPh_Cover Letter_092226.pdf

United States Department of State

Washington, DC 20521

Panama, Republic of Panama

September 22, 2026

Dear Prospective Quoter:

SUBJECT: Request for Quotations No. 19PM0726Q0012 - Mobile and Data services for the

U.S. Embassy Panama

Enclosed is a Request for Quotations (RFQ) for Mobile and Data services for the U.S. Embassy

Panama. If you would like to submit a 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 to the most qualified, responsible offeror representing best value using trade-off evaluation methodology.

The Embassy intends to conduct a pre-quotation conference, and all prospective quoters are invited to attend. Prospective offerors should contact Aranza Gutierrez at (507) 317-5309, or by email to

PNMPROCREQ@state.gov for additional information or to arrange access to the virtual meeting.

Quotations are due by 3:00p.m. on Tuesday, October 13th, 2026. No quotations will be accepted after this time. Quotations must be in English and incomplete quotations will not be accepted.

Your quotation must be submitted electronically to PNMPROCREQ@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 30MB. If the file size should exceed the 30MB, the submission must be made in separate files and attached to separate emails with less than 30MB each.

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

1. SF-1449

2. Section 1, Pricing

3. Section 5, Representations and Certifications

4. Additional information as required in Section 3

5. The Offeror shall submit a completed IRS Form W-14, found at www.irs.gov/w14, to ensure compliance with FAR 52.229-11.

6. Proof of SAM Registration.

7. CYBERSECURITY SUPPLY CHAIN RISK MANAGEMENT (C-SCRM) C-SCRM

Questionnaire and/or State Department Secure Software Development Attestation Form mailto:PNMPROCREQ@state.gov http://www.irs.gov/w14

Direct any questions regarding this solicitation in writing to Alex Phannestiel, Contracting Officer.

Questions must be written in English and may be emailed to PNMPROCREQ@state.gov or sent to fax number (507) 317-5141 no later than COB Wednesday, September 23, 2026.

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 at the time of submitting a proposal.

Sincerely, Alex Phannestiel

Contracting Officer

Enclosure: 19PM0726Q0012