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.
The requirements that decide a bid — bonding, clearances, experience minimums, page limits — live in the attachments, not in the notice above. Start a free trial to upload them and have them read.
Draft the paperwork
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. Federal notices routinely put the real requirement in an attachment; adding the documents above makes every one of these materially better.
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.
What would disqualify you
Read straight from the solicitation documents: the bonding, clearances, insurance minimums, experience thresholds and deadlines that decide whether you can bid at all — before you write a word.
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
19NS5027S001
Notice type
Solicitation
NAICS
5413
Product service code
C1FC
Set-aside
Unrestricted
Posted
2026-10-19
Response deadline
Nov 6, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC
Place of performance
Paramaribo, SR-PM
Contracting contact
PRMProcurement@state.gov
Market intelligence
Account requiredWho wins this work, and what it pays
Comparable awards under NAICS 5413 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.
The United States Government (USG), U.S. Embassy Paramaribo requires Construction Administration and Monitoring services for one (1) housing project to renovate a former hotel into a Marine Security Guard Residence (MSGR). The attached Statement of Work (SOW) defines the services to be performed by the Architect / Engineer (A/E) Contractor. The selected firm’s/individuals’ qualifications shall include: Proficiency in English, particularly with respect to architectural and engineering technical language. Licensed or otherwise qualified professional services including, but not limited to, either on-staff or through contractual resources: Architecture, Engineering (PE) (electrical, mechanical, plumbing, structural, civil, telecom), and Fire Protection. Demonstrated prior experience with host country codes, standards, and practices. Demonstrated prior experience with local project(s) of comparable scope, scale, and quality of the required tasks. Demonstrated ability to coordinate with local and U.S. professionals engaged under separate agreements to provide other design and construction services. The selected firm and staff will be subject to background checks, as required for visits to US diplomatic facilities. Interested firms/individuals are invited to submit letter of interest and statement of qualifications that include: Complete business address and telephone number of firm. Complete names, nationality, date and place of birth, citizenship, and position/title (if appropriate) of the following: Individuals having ownership of the firm. Key officers of the firm. Key staff who will work on this project. A listing of all major projects in which the firm was involved during the past three (3) years. Base country and base country identification number, if any. Completed attached SF-330 Form Statements of interests are due by Nov 6, 2026. No quotations will be accepted after this time. Statements must be in English and incomplete quotations will not be accepted. Your statement of interest must be submitted electronically to PRMProcurement@state.gov. It is important to make sure the submission is made in specific size and format; in MS-Word 2007/2010 or MS-Excel 2007/2010 or 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. 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
Procurement Team
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
PRMProcurement@state.gov
Secondary
naipalsf@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.
