Regional Sub-Saharan Africa: Digital Infrastructure Opportunities Desk Study Series
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 1131PL26R0002
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541690 Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- PSC
- R499 Support- Professional: Other
- Place of performance
- United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is soliciting desk study services to assess digital infrastructure opportunities across sub-Saharan Africa, including connectivity, cloud computing, data centers, smart cities, and cybersecurity sectors. The contractor shall review up to 10 initial project proposals and develop up to 15 Project Reports that evaluate feasibility and recommend whether USTDA should fund activities such as feasibility studies, technical assistance, or pilot projects. Key requirements include conducting Infrastructure Risk Screenings, assessing U.S. export opportunities and foreign competition, identifying interested U.S. companies, and developing detailed Terms of Reference and activity budgets. Evaluation will focus on technical approach, regional expertise, past performance of similar scope and complexity, and price reasonableness, with technical merit weighted significantly more heavily than cost. The proposal deadline is March 20, 2026, at 1:00 PM Arlington, Virginia time, with past performance questionnaires also due by the same deadline, and questions regarding the solicitation were due by February 25, 2026.
This procurement is a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS Code 541690 (Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services) with no current incumbents identified. The maximum contract value is $19,000,000 on a Firm Fixed Price basis, with an estimated period of performance of 24 months from contract award and an optional 6-month extension available. Award is limited to U.S. firms or U.S. individuals, with contractor and subcontractor employees required to be either U.S. citizens or non-U.S. citizens lawfully admitted for permanent residence, and subcontractor use capped at less than 50 percent of the proposed price. Deliverables include individual Project Reports submitted on a rolling basis, a comprehensive Final Report compiling all approved reports, and a Public Market Report suitable for publication, all submitted electronically in Adobe PDF format. The place of performance is the United States, and all offerors must be registered and maintain active status in the SAM database at time of submission through final payment.
Notice text
SUBJECT: COMBINED SYNOPSIS /SOLICITATION: Regional Sub-Saharan Africa Digital Infrastructure Opportunities Desk Study Series
SOLICITATION NUMBER: 1131PL26R0002
ISSUANCE DATE: February 19, 2026
CLOSING DATE: March 20, 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; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.
This solicitation is being issued IAW FAR Part 15. 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 SET-ASIDE FOR 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 in the 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) Wednesday, February 25, 2026. Send your questions by email to
Solicitation Number: 1131PL26R0002
Title: Regional Sub-Saharan Africa Digital Infrastructure Opportunities Desk Study Series
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contractproposals@ustda.gov and
aasibey@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 contains all information necessary to respond to this RFP:
1. Section B – Schedule of Supplies/Services,
2. Section C – Contract Clauses,
3. Section D – Any Contract Documents, Exhibits and Attachment, and
4. Section E – Instructions to Offerors.
//Signed//
Afua Serwah-Asibey
Contract Specialist
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