CDC Embassy Internet Service

The Department of State is seeking a contractor to provide dedicated broadband internet services for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the U.S. Mission in Sierra Leone. The contract is a firm fixed-price arrangement for a one-year base period plus four optional one-year periods, with award contingent on appropriated funds. Key requirements include delivering 10/10 Mbps transmission bandwidth with a 1:1 contention ratio, five public IP addresses, fiber optic terrestrial connectivity, and guaranteed 24/7 service availability of at least 99.97% (maximum acceptable downtime of 26.28 annual hours). The solicitation also requires compliance with cybersecurity standards, including prohibition of ZTE, Huawei, Xiaomi, and affiliated equipment, customer VPN encryption capability without Network Address Translation, and direct connections to U.S. tier-one Internet Service Providers with backup paths. Evaluation will be conducted using FAR 13 comparative evaluation procedures, assessing technical quality, past performance, and price. The deadline for proposal submission is March 6, 2026, at 4:00 PM local time, with a pre-proposal conference scheduled for February 24, 2026; interested parties must confirm attendance by February 20, 2026.

This is an unrestricted solicitation with no set-aside designation, and no incumbent contractor is identified in the solicitation documents. Offerors must be registered in SAM at the time of offer submission, provide proof of business establishment in Sierra Leone, submit completed SF-1449 forms, C-SCRM questionnaires and attestation forms, IRS Form W-14, and evidence of past performance. Pricing must be submitted in Sierra Leone Leones, and the contractor must provide online traffic analysis graphs updated daily with one-year traffic history retention, along with 7x24 support capabilities including on-site support if necessary. The place of performance is Freetown, Sierra Leone, with the contract period running through September 30 of each respective contract year. Responsible offerors must acknowledge receipt of the recent amendment (issued February 10, 2026) that rescheduled the pre-proposal conference and extended the submission deadline, or their offers may be subject to rejection.