Guatemala - Preventive Maintenance Services for Potable Treatment Plant
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 19GT5026Q0057
- Agency
-
US Embassy Guatemala City
US Consulates and Embassies, Department of State
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 561210 Facilities Support Services
- Place of performance
- Guatemala Guatemala 01016 Guatemala
- Points of contact
-
- Beau Garrett guatemalabids@state.gov +50223540000
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of State, US Embassy Guatemala City, seeks preventive maintenance services for the potable water treatment plant at the New Embassy Compound in Guatemala City, with quotations due September 11, 2026, at 5:00 PM local time. The procurement is unrestricted, firm fixed price for a one-year base period with four one-year options, and award will be made to the lowest-priced acceptable offer.
Place of performance is Guatemala. Work includes quarterly, semi-annual, monthly, and weekly preventive maintenance activities across six treatment skids covering raw water chlorination, activated carbon filtration, final filtration and chlorination, sand pre-filtration, tank cleaning, and booster pump systems. Contractor must maintain certified laboratory capacity for annual physicochemical and microbiological water quality analyses, provide 52 weekly on-site visits annually, submit monthly reports, and provide 12 hours of annual training in English and Spanish. All work must comply with NSF, AWWA, ANSI, ASTM D, NFPA, UL, IEEE, NEMA, and OSHA Standards, as well as manufacturer operation and maintenance instructions. Tank specifications include two raw water tanks (750,000 liters each; 13.15m x 9.5m x 6m) and two potable water tanks (50,000 liters each; 1.98m x 4.15m x 6m), both requiring cleaning and sanitization. Standard working hours are 7:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Contractors must demonstrate at least five years' experience with potable water treatment in industrial or large facilities and service to a minimum of 10 similar facilities, provide three customer references of similar scope and value, and pass background checks and security clearances for embassy facility access. All costs—including logistics, customs, shipping, transportation, labor, water treatment chemicals, tools, testing kits, and administrative support—must be included in quoted prices with no escalation adjustments. Contractor must maintain Defense Base Act insurance and liability coverage. Quotations must be submitted electronically to GuatemalaBids@state.gov. A pre-quotation conference was held August 18, 2026. An amendment effective August 28, 2026, incorporated Questions and Answers as Attachment B clarifying tank specifications and maintenance scope. NAICS code is 561210, Facilities Support Services. PSC code is J046, Maint/Repair/Rebuild Of Equipment—Water Purification And Sewage Treatment Equipment.
Notice text
The purpose of this firm fixed price contract is to acquire preventive maintenance services for the potable water treatment plant at the U.S. Embassy Guatemala. This is a firm fixed price contract payable entirely in the proposed currency.
The contract will be for a one-year period from the date of the contract award, with four (4) one-year options.
The Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) has a requirement to obtain water treatment maintenance services to execute this work, including logistics, customs, shipping, transportation, labor, water treatment chemicals, tools, water treatment testing kits/equipment, administrative and all associated management support functions. The water treatment service contract will include but not limited to combinations of physical methods, chemical methods, equipment servicing and testing to control water-related problems such as corrosion, scaling, general deposits, and microbiological fouling of the Potable Water Treatment System. All work shall comply with the requirements described in the following, as a minimum:
- NSF Standards (National Sanitation Foundation)
- AWWA Standards (American Water Works Association) ANSI Standards
- MSDS Regulations
- ASTM D
- NFPA Codes
- UL Standards
- IEEE Standards
- NEMA Standards
- OSHA Standards
- And all applicable manufacturer O&M and installation instructions/requirements.
The purpose of the scope of work is to define the requirements for the planning, procurement, and maintenance of the Potable Water Treatment System located at the New Embassy Compound, Guatemala City. The intent of this service contract is to preserve the current piping, potable water systems, and sprinkler piping/equipment, and establish a cost-effective water treatment program to control water related problems such as corrosion, scaling, general deposits, and microbiological fouling and meet water treatment goals.
All work shall be executed in accordance with the project statement of work, approved water treatment chemicals, associated contract documents and be compliant with all applicable safety, equipment and building codes and standards.
Pursuant to FAR 4.1102(s), offeror shall be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) Database https://www.sam.gov prior to submittal of their offer/proposal. Failure to be registered at the time of proposal submission shall deem the offeror’s proposal to be considered non-responsive to the solicitation requirements and no further consideration will be given. Therefore, prospective offerors are encouraged to register prior to the submittal of proposals/offers.
This opportunity is subject to 52.229-12 - Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements (FEB 2021)
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