Cover Letter_RFQ PR15075703.pdf

Embassy of the United States of America Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

January 14, 2025

Dear Prospective bidder:

Subject: Request for Quotation PR15075703

Enclosed is a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for Outgoing Pouch services for U.S Embassy Abu

Dhabi. If you would like to submit a quotation, review the scope of work, follow the instructions in

Section 3 of the RFQ, complete the required portions of the attached document, and submit it to the address shown on the Standard Form (SF1449) that follows this letter.

The U.S. Government intends to establish a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to the responsible company submitting an acceptable bid at the lowest price. We intend to set up a BPA 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.

Quotations are due by February 12, 2025 at 17:00 (local time). 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 AbuDhabiContracts@state.gov and copy to mokbelia@state.gov with subject line “Quotation Enclosed – RFQ No. PR15075703”. It is important to make sure the submission is made in specific size and format; in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) file format. The file size must not exceed 10MB. If the file size should exceed the 10MB, the submission must be made in separate files and attached to separate emails with less than 10MB each. Quotations in any other document formats, hyperlinks, hardcopy etc., will not be accepted.

Submit Technical and Price quotations separately.

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

1. SF-1449

2. Section 1, Pricing

3. Information/evidence as required in Section 3 and 4

4. Section 5 Representations and Certifications

Submit all your questions via email to AbuDhabiContracts@state.gov on January 24, 2025 by

10:00 am (local time). Refer the RFQ number on the subject line of your email.

Important Note: Quoters shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at https://www.sam.gov prior to submittal of their quote as prescribed under FAR 4.1102.

Failure to be registered at time of quote submission may deem the quoter’s bid to be considered non-responsible and no further consideration will be given. Therefore, quoters are highly mailto:AbuDhabiContracts@state.gov mailto:mokbelia@state.gov mailto:AbuDhabiContracts@state.gov https://www.sam.gov/ encouraged to register immediately, if they are interested in submitting a response to this requirement.

Sincerely, Chelsea Geier

Contracting Officer

Attachments:

o Standard Form 1449 o Request for Quotation PR15075703