Every reason behind the verdict rather than the headline one — which of your certifications match, how much runway is left, whether the work is your size, and what we would need to know to sharpen it.
Written against this notice and what you have told us about your company. Anything we do not know is marked [NEEDS INPUT] in the draft rather than guessed at — read it before you send it.
Start a free trial to draft these. Nothing is sent to an agency on your behalf, ever — you get a document to review, edit and submit yourself.
Compliance matrix
Every stated and implied requirement, its source section, whether it is mandatory, and where your response will address it.
Proposal outline
A submission skeleton where every required element is a heading with its source requirement quoted beneath it. You write the substance; nothing gets forgotten.
Questions to submit
Genuine ambiguities and requirements that disadvantage a smaller bidder, drafted as questions you can submit before the Q&A deadline.
Past performance write-ups
Which of your prior awards best match this requirement, and draft write-ups in the format the agency asked for.
Solicitation details
Solicitation number
19GT5026Q0078
Notice type
Solicitation
NAICS
332312
Product service code
Y1GZ
Set-aside
No Set aside used
Posted
2026-08-17
Response deadline
Sep 14, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC
Place of performance
ESCUINTLA, GT-ES
Contracting contact
guatemalabids@state.gov
Market intelligence
Account requiredWho wins this work, and what it pays
Comparable awards under NAICS 332312 at this agency — the incumbent, what they were paid, when their period of performance ends, and the real pricing distribution rather than the headline number. From public federal award records.
Enclosed is a Request for Quotes (RFQ) for the provision and installation of one (1) modular structural mezzanine with thirty-five (35) industrial storage modules racks, that fulfill or exceed the requirements of the statement of work (SOW) detailed in this document. If you would like to submit a quotation, follow the instructions in Section J of the solicitation, complete the required portions of the attached document, and submit it to the address shown on the Standard Form that follows this letter. The U.S. Government intends to award a contract/purchase order to the responsible company submitting an acceptable offer at the lowest price. We intend to award a contract/purchase order based on initial proposals, without holding discussions, although we may hold discussions with companies in the competitive range if there is a need to do so. A site visit has been scheduled for Thursday, August 27, 2026, at 9:30 am local time. Participants will meet at Comando Naval de Pacifico, Km. 109 Aldea Santa Rosa, Puerto San José, Escuintla, Guatemala. If you would like to attend, please contact Ingrid Cifuentes at CifuentesIG@state.gov no later than August 24 by 10:00 am to arrange access to the building. Quotations are due on Monday, September 14, 2026, at 17:00 hours local time. No quotations will be accepted after this time. Quotations must be in English and incomplete quotations will not be accepted. Your quotation must be submitted electronically to GuatemalaBids@state.gov It is important to make sure the submission is made in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) file format. The file size must not exceed 30MB. If the file size should exceed 30MB, the submission must be made in separate files and attached to separate emails with less than 30MB each. For a quotation to be considered, you must also complete and submit the following: 1. SF-1442 2. Section A, Pricing 3. Section L Representations and Certifications 4. Additional information as required in Section J 5. Proof of SAM Registration 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.
Contact
Point of contact
Beau Garrett
Role
not stated on this notice — SAM publishes a role for only about 5% of them, so this may be a contract specialist rather than the contracting officer
Email
guatemalabids@state.gov
Secondary
Guatemalabids@state.gov
Submit questions
Ambiguities and requirements worth clarifying, written as questions you can send before the deadline.
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Emails open in your mail client and are sent from your address, so the reply comes back to you and the exchange stays yours. Confirm the correct channel and any question deadline on the notice before sending — many solicitations require questions in a specific way.
