INL Kyiv EOD Equipment for NPU and SGBS

NOTICE TO VENDORS:

Please use the attached Excel sheet to submit your questions by the due date stated below.

INFORMATION TO CONTRACTOR

Contractors are reminded that information furnished under this Request for Quote (RFQ) may be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).  Therefore, all items that are confidential to business or that contain trade secrets or proprietary or personnel information shall be clearly marked.  Marking of items shall not necessarily preclude disclosure when Department of State (DOS) determines disclosure is warranted by FOIA.  However, if such items are not marked, all information contained within the submitted documents shall be deemed releasable.

QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

Offerors are warned against contacting any INL personnel other than the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist prior to award of the Contract resulting from this RFQ.  If such contact occurs and found to be prejudicial to competing vendors, the vendor making such contact may be excluded from award consideration.

No information concerning this RFQ shall be provided in response to telephone calls.  All such requests shall be submitted in writing via email. 

Question and Answer Period

Answers to inquiries/questions, if given, shall be provided in writing to all vendors being solicited.

Written questions relating to this RFQ shall be accepted through:

Question and Answer Period:

• 10:00 A.M. (local Washington D.C. time) Tuesday, Jun 09, 2026. 

Any communications in reference to this RFQ shall cite the reference section title and page number, and directed to the following individual:

Name:              Mohan Krishnakumar

Title:                Contracting Officer

E-mail:                         KrishnakumarM@state.gov 

NOTICE OF RFQ CLOSING DATE AND TIME

All offers shall be submitted to the designated Government Representative, via email.

Proposals relating to this RFQ shall be accepted through:

Closing Date and Time:

• 10:00 A.M. (local Washington D.C. time) on the following date: Tuesday, June 16, 2026. 

Any communications in reference to this RFQ shall cite the reference section title and page number, and directed to the following individual:

Name:              Mohan Krishnakumar

Title:                Contract Specialist

E-mail:                         KrishnakumarM@state.gov

PERIOD OF ACCEPTANCE OF OFFERS

All Quotes must be valid for 90 days from the closing date for this solicitation. Contractors shall agree, if the proposal is accepted within ninety (90) calendar days (unless a greater period is inserted by the contractor) from the date specified in the solicitation for receipt of proposals, to furnish any or all of the requirements upon which prices are proposed at the price set opposite each item, performed and/or delivered at the designated point(s) within the time specified.  No exceptions or qualifications

CONTRACTOR RELATIONSHIPS

The Department of State (DOS) encourages the use of subcontractors.  In addition, the Department requires that any potential Organizational Conflict of Interest be identified in the proposal to ensure proper firewalls established prior to award. 

MULTIPLE PROPOSALS/ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS

Contractors shall not submit, nor shall the Government accept or evaluate, multiple proposals offering alternative solutions.  Contractors shall not submit, nor shall the Government accept or evaluate, multiple solutions within one proposal.