Latin America and the Caribbean: Transportation Infrastructure Project Scoping Services
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 1131PL26R0035
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541690 Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- PSC
- R499 Support- Professional: Other
- Place of performance
- United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The United States Trade and Development Agency seeks project scoping services for transportation infrastructure projects across Latin America and the Caribbean, with proposals due May 11, 2026. The procurement is restricted to small businesses under NAICS Code 541690 and is set aside for Women-Owned Small Businesses with a minimum size standard of $19 million in annual revenues.
Place of performance is the United States. The contractor will conduct definitional missions to identify and evaluate up to 25 transportation infrastructure project opportunities across Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, the Caribbean, Central America, Ecuador, Mexico, and Paraguay. Deliverables include up to 15 individual Project Reports with Terms of Reference and budgets, a Final Report analyzing all reviewed projects, and comprehensive support documentation comprising detailed economic analyses, financing plans, environmental and social impact assessments, infrastructure resilience screenings, regulatory assessments, and U.S. export potential analyses.
The contract is valued at $19 million for a two-year period of performance. Award is limited to U.S. firms or U.S. individuals; contractor and U.S. subcontractor employees must be either U.S. citizens or non-U.S. citizens lawfully admitted for permanent residence. Subcontractor use is limited to less than fifty percent of the proposed price.
Required qualifications include Spanish and Portuguese language proficiency at Level 3 or above on the Interagency Language Roundtable scale (or equivalent professional interpretation and translation services), relevant experience developing feasibility studies and technical assistance activities, expertise in transportation infrastructure and international financing mechanisms, and knowledge of USTDA funding criteria. Optional travel is estimated at up to ten LAC countries for approximately five business days per trip.
Evaluation assesses technical capability, relevant professional experience, technical approach, language proficiency, past performance on similar contracts within the last three years, and price reasonableness. All offerors must be registered and maintain active SAM status through final payment.
Notice text
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT SCOPING SERVICES
SOLICITATION NUMBER: 1131PL26R0035
ISSUANCE DATE: April 13, 2026
CLOSING DATE: May 11, 2026, 1:00 PM, Arlington, VA Time
This Request for Proposal was prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 and procedures in Subpart 15.3 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only RFP; offer/requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.
This solicitation is being issued IAW FAR Part 12. The Government will offer one award resulting from this solicitation to the offeror who is deemed responsible and is determined, based on the evaluation factors and sub factors, to represent the best value to the Government.
This procurement is RESTRICTED to small businesses under NAICS Code 541690, Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services. Award is limited to U.S. Firms or U.S. individuals. Contractor and U.S. subcontractor employees used shall be either U.S. citizens or non-U.S. citizens lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States.
Contractor use of subcontractors is limited to less than fifty percent of the proposed price.
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS REPRESENT THE "PROPOSAL PACKAGE" THAT SHOULD BE RETURNED IN RESPONSE TO THIS SOLICITATION (Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (SEP 2023).
According to FAR 52-204-7 (b) (1) An Offeror is required to be registered in SAM when submitting an offer or quotation and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation. All Offerors must be registered and have an active status within SAM database (www.SAM.gov) in order to be eligible for contract award. Offerors are reminded that failure to properly enroll in the SAM database and provide accurate information shall make an offeror ineligible for award as described in FAR 52.204-7.
Should you have any questions, please send them to this office not later than 1:00 p.m., Eastern Time (ET) Monday, April 20, 2026. Send your questions by email to contractproposals@ustda.gov and vpringle@ustda.gov . Questions submitted by facsimile or to alternate email addresses will NOT be accepted. No phone calls will be accepted.
Any contract awarded to a Contractor who at the time of award was suspended, debarred, and ineligible for receipt of contract with Government Agencies or is in receipt of a notice of proposed debarment from any Government Agency, is voidable at the option of the Government.
Award is limited to U.S. Firms or U.S. individuals. Contractor and U.S. subcontractor employees used shall be either U.S. citizens or non-U.S. citizens lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States.
Enclosed are the following sections, which contain all information necessary to respond to this RFP:
1. Section B – Continuation of SF 1449,
2. Section C – Contract Clauses,
3. Section D – Performance of Work Statement, Exhibits and Attachment, and
4. Section E – Instructions to Offerors.
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