Pre-Solicitation 19R01024R0002- Mobile services.pdf

American Embassy Bucharest, Romania

May 15, 2024

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE Solicitation No.: 19R01024R0002

American Embassy Bucharest, Romania provides the following Pre-Solicitation Notice regarding the issuance of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for:

Cell phone Services for U.S. Embassy Bucharest, Romania.

American Embassy Bucharest, Romania intends to issue a Firm Fixed-Price Contract in calendar year 2024.

The U.S. Embassy Bucharest intends to issue a solicitation for cellphone services for U.S.-

Government employees at the US Embassy Bucharest for local and international use, including mobile cellular voice, text, roaming, and data services with an annual estimated cell phone usage.

The successful contractor shall have proof of past performance, technical expertise, and experience to that meets requirements of this contract.

The anticipated performance period is for a base year, with two-year option periods, if exercised by the Government. All responsible sources may submit a quotation, which will be considered.

Pursuant to Subpart 36.204 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), the estimated magnitude for the entire project is between $150,000.00 and $250,000.00 U.S. Dollars (Note:

the prescribed FAR range determinations provide relatively wide ranges only, in order to give potential offerors a very general orientation as to the magnitude of the work. However, the specified range is not meant to give any indication as to the Independent Government Cost

Estimate for this project, which could be at the lower or the upper end of the range indicated).

Requirements:

• Wi-Fi calling enabled

• 5G SIM’s/5G services/eSIM capability

• On hand blank SIM cards that can to be activated upon request

• Possibility to temporarily suspend unused subscriptions without penalty

• Dedicated support team, 24/7 contact number for emergencies

• Web based remote access to the Embassy account and invoices

• Comprehensive table listing countries/zones with their associated roaming tariffs

• Preferential tariffs for voice & data traffic in US, Ukraine, Moldova, Serbia, Turkey

• National – preferably unlimited data, voice, and text. If unlimited data not possible, then throttle speed when traffic limit gets reached, without interrupting Internet data service

• Roaming – explain company’s FUP (Fair Usage Policy) in Roaming for example, home

(RLAH)

• Once maximum roaming data has been reached, data should be disabled to prevent any additional charges (provide cap layers e.g. €50/200/500/no cap)

Qualified companies interested in the solicitation shall express their interest by written correspondence to the attention of American Embassy Procurement team:

BucharestGSOProcurement@state.gov , no later than May 22, 2024 using the solicitation number 19R01024R0002 in the subject line.

DO NOT TELEPHONE. All requests for a copy of the solicitation MUST include the following information: Name of Firm, Unique Entity Identifier (Former Dun’s #), Name, Telephone and Email

Address of Point of Contact and Complete Physical and Mailing Address of Firm.

US Embassy Cellular Subscription Plans and Services Requirements

Description

Qty. of

Services

National minutes Voice/SMS within and outside network

Roaming minutes

Voice/SMS outside EU/SEE

International

Minutes

National Data

Roaming

Data

Outside

EU/SEE

Mobile Voice &

Data services

Currently

Unlimited Best offer Best offer Preferably

Unlimited but other data plans considered

Best offer mailto:BucharestGSOProcurement@state.gov

Firms shall be knowledgeable in written and spoken English and possess all appropriate permits and licenses to perform work in Romania.

The solicitation package will only be available in the English language. All requirements for translations will be at the expense of the Contractor. Solicitation and award will be subject to the laws and regulations of the United States of America.

NOTE: Registration in the US System for Award Management (SAM) database is mandatory to be considered for award. Offerors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the internet at the help tab of https://www.sam.gov.

https://www.sam.gov/ https://www.sam.gov/