Internet Circuit for 24 Ips - Kuwait Transmitting Station
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 951700-26-R-0006
- Agency
-
US Agency for Global Media
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 517810 All Other Telecommunications
- PSC
- R499 Support- Professional: Other
- Place of performance
- Kuwait
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) seeks a 400 Mbps symmetrical, dedicated Internet circuit via microwave link to its Kuwait Transmitting Station, with proposals due July 28, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET. This is a full and open acquisition under FAR Parts 12 and 13 (commercial products and services) with no set-asides.
Place of performance is Al Mutla, Kuwait. The contractor must provide all labor, equipment, materials, licensing, installation, testing, and support, including obtaining microwave frequency licensing from BNetzA (Ministry of Communication, Kuwait). The service must deliver 24 static private IP addresses (RFC1918) with no Network Address Translation, maintain 99.97% monthly availability with a minimum 70% link margin under worst-case environmental conditions, and meet latency targets of 80 ms regional and 150 ms international, with packet loss not exceeding 0.1% and jitter at 10 ms. The contractor is responsible for all equipment upstream of the government demarcation point and must provide 24/7/365 on-site support with a maximum Mean Time to Repair of 4 hours. The contractor must furnish the Customer Edge router and conduct independent engineering assessment for antenna mounting; subcontracting direct labor services is prohibited.
Period of performance includes a one-month transition phase (August 26–September 25, 2026), a one-year base period (September 26, 2026–August 25, 2027), and four optional one-year extension periods through August 25, 2031. All line items are firm fixed-price commercial services priced monthly, with payment through the Invoice Payment Platform per the Prompt Payment Act.
Evaluation criteria—technical approach, past performance, and price—weight technical and past performance combined as substantially more important than price. Key personnel must include a Project Manager with minimum five years' network engineering experience, CISCO/CCNA certification or IT-related degree, and English fluency; commitment letters are required. The NAICS code is 517810 with a $40 million small business size standard.
Amendment 0001 extended the proposal deadline to July 28 and responds to 18 contractor questions. A pre-proposal site visit is authorized for July 26 at 8:00 AM local time, limited to two representatives per company.
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Update #2 · Latest ·
This solicitation has been amended to incorporate the response to questions and to extend the proposal submission date to no later than 12pm (ET) on Tuesday, 28 July 2026. See attached Amendment 0001 document, for details.
PROPOSAL DUE DATE: Proposals are due no later than 12:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) on Tues., 28 July 2026.
Proposals shall be emailed to Ms. Nicole Wright, Contracting Officer at NWright@usagm.gov with the following in the subject line: Response to “Combined Synopsis / Solicitation No.: 951700-26-R-0006 – USAGM Internet Circuit for 24 Ips, Kuwait Transmitting Station.”
***LATE PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AND PROPOSALS SENT BY FACSIMLE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED***
Update #1 ·
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA (USAGM)
USAGM Kuwait Transmitting Station
For
Internet Circuit for 24 Ips
INTRODUCTION
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested, and a written solicitation will not be issued.
This combined synopsis / solicitation number 951700-26-R-0006 is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP).
ACQUISITION AUTHORITY
This acquisition is for a commercial item or service and is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 – Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services & FAR Part 13 – Simplified Acquisition Procedures.
This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Effective Date, 13 March 2026.
NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE
The NAICS code for this procurement is 517810; All Other Telecommunications, and the Small Business Administration (SBA) Standard Size of $40 million.
ACQUISITION STATUS
This acquisition shall be procured as full and open.
DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT
The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) shall furnish all labor, equipment, materials, licensing, installation, testing, and support necessary to provide a 400 Mbps symmetrical, dedicated Internet Circuit via Microwave link to the USAGM Kuwait Transmitting Station. Further details are described in Attachment A – Performance Work Statement, to this solicitation.
Contract Line Items Number (CLINs) and item, quantities unit of measure, and description are identified under the Supplier / Services section of this RFP.
SOLICITATION DATES / TIME:
SUBMISSION OF QUESTIONS DUE DATE: Deadline for receipt of questions are due no later than 12:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) on Tues., 14 July 2026.
Offerors may submit written questions regarding the solicitation via e-mail to Nicole Wright, Contracting Officer at NWright@usagm.gov. Questions received after this date run the risk of not being answered. Only written questions will receive a response. It is required that each question should include the document name, document date, specific page, paragraph, clause or other definitive citation requiring clarification.
Subject line for Questions shall be submitted with the following title: “Combined Synopsis / Solicitation No.: 951700-26-R-0006 – USAGM Internet Circuit for 24 Ips, Kuwait Transmitting Station.”
PROPOSAL DUE DATE: Proposals are due no later than 12:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) on Thurs., 23 July 2026.
Proposals shall be emailed to Ms. Nicole Wright, Contracting Officer at NWright@usagm.gov with the following in the subject line: Response to “Combined Synopsis / Solicitation No.: 951700-26-R-0006 – USAGM Internet Circuit for 24 Ips, Kuwait Transmitting Station.”
***LATE PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AND PROPOSALS SENT BY FACSIMLE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED***
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