Residence Painting Services

The U.S. Embassy Quito require restoration services to be performed at a US Government owned Residence. The work required under this contract consists of providing all professional services, labor, materials, equipment, supplies, etc. to complete the painting work of the residence. The Contractor’s proposal shall include a detailed cost breakdown of the recommended services to be performed.  The residenceis located at Campo Alegre, Quito. 

Work shall be completed in 90 calendar days.  The residence will not be occupied during the execution of this contract.  Contractor shall coordinate with the Contracting Officer for work phasing and job sequencing in each stage of this project in a sequential manner.  Contractor has to submit a phasing plan and with the construction schedule for review and approval prior to commencement of work at the site.

The Contractor shall provide all project planning, installation personnel, equipment, materials, tools, and supervision as needed to complete the services that meet the requirements. It is expected that the Contractor shall partner closely with U. S. Embassy personnel.

The Contractor shall be required to prepare and submit, before the related work commences; product specifications, drawings, project schedule in Gantt format, quality management plan ,project safety plan, activity hazard analysis, hot work permit and work costs.  All documents must be in English and Spanish, in PDF format and must be sent via email to the COR.

The Government intends to award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the lowest priced technically acceptable offeror who is a responsible contractor. The Government may award the contract based on the initial offer without discussion. The resultant contract will be a firm fixed-price type contract.

If you are interested in this project, please contact QuitoProcurement@state.gov , to send you the complete solicitation package.

Pursuant to FAR 4.1102, bidders are required to be registered in SAM (System for Award Management) at the time a quotation is submitted.

To register to SAM, please follow the instructions detailed in the following link: https://sam.gov/content/entity-registration.

Vendor shall contract a civil liability policy of USD100.000. Besides a DBA Insurance (Defense Base Act) will be required upon the work commencement. The DBA insurance may be obtained from any authorized DBA insurance broker, see Sub-Section I.12, FAR 52.228-3 WORKER’S COMPENSATION INSURANCE (DEFENSE BASE ACT) (APR 1984).  New DBA insurances policies can be purchased directly from any DOL (Department of Labor) approved insurance carrier.

The Embassy intends to conduct a pre-quotation conference and site visit on September 23,  2024 at 10a.m. at the project site.

Offerors planning to attend the site visit must submit the Name, Phone number, Organization/Company, ID or Passport No. and nationality, of their company’s representatives to QuitoProcurement@state.gov ; no later than             September 17, 2024 at 5:00 p.m., local time.  This information must be provided to ensure access to the site. No substitutes or additional persons may attend the site visit. Attendees are requested to carry copy of the Request for Quotations and their Photo ID along with them.  Attendance is limited to two persons per company.

Direct any questions regarding this solicitation, by e-mail, to QuitoProcurement@state.gov , before 5:00 p.m., local time, September 23, 2024.

Your quote must be submitted, by e-mail, to the Contracting Officer, Alan Royston, at QuitoProcurement@state.gov , before 4:00 p.m., local time, on September 25, 2024. No quotation will be accepted after this time.

Period of performance

The period of performance for the project shall be completed in 90 calendar days from the date of commencement.

Project Site Location

The residenceis located at Campo Alegre, Quito-Ecuador

Payment Terms

Credit. After delivery, 30-45 days.