Pre-Solicitation Notice for Residential Janitorial Services at American Embassy – Lusaka

Please note this solicitation is not ready to be issued as of this date. The Embassy of the United States in Lusaka, Zambia will launch the solicitation on the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) website when it is available.

The requirement is for residential cleaning services for approximately twenty residences per annum at U.S Embassy in Lusaka, Zambia.

The anticipated performance period is for a base year, with four one-year option periods, if exercised by the Government.  All responsible sources may submit a quotation which will be considered. 

The solicitation will include FAR Clause 216-27 Single or Multiple Awards (Oct 1995). That the Government may elect to award a single delivery order contract or task order contract or to award multiple delivery order contracts or task order contracts for the same or similar supplies or services to two or more sources under this solicitation.

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. 

The Government is planning a pre-quotation conference and the date for this conference will be in the solicitation. 

Offerors shall be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) database at https://www.sam.gov prior to submittal of their offer/proposal as prescribed under FAR 4.1102. Failure to be registered at time of proposal submission may deem the offeror’s proposal to be considered non-responsible and no further consideration will be given. Therefore, offerors are highly encouraged to register immediately if they are interested in submitting a response to this requirement.