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U.S. Embassy Pretoria Residential Solar Preventative Maintenance Services

Department of State · U.S. EMBASSY PRETORIA
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Solicitation details

Solicitation number
19SF7526Q0039
Notice type
Solicitation
NAICS
811490
Product service code
Z1FA
Set-aside
No Set aside used
Posted
2026-08-19
Response deadline
Aug 27, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC
Place of performance
PRETORIA, ZA-GT
Contracting contact
baasdenjw@state.gov

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Statement of work, as posted

The US Mission South Africa in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Durban requires preventive maintenance services for the Photovoltaic, Tesla and battery backup systems at 161 Residences, 25 Guard Booths, and 1 x Photovoltaic and WECO Battery backup system in Pretoria, 35 Residences and 5 Guard Booths in Johannesburg, and 13 Residences in Durban, all RMA warranty claims are included in the responsibilities of the vendor that is awarded the contract at no additional cost for callouts. These services shall result in all systems being serviced under this agreement being in good operational condition when activated. Please see SOW in the RFQ

Contact

Point of contact
Johann Baasden
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
baasdenjw@state.gov
Secondary
kriekjx@state.gov
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