Pre-Solicitation Notification: Mission Brazil Areawide CFE Electric Power Support (Brazil-ACEPS) 19BR9325R0001

The U.S. Government intends to publish a Request for Proposal (RFP) to consolidate electric supply services using 100% Carbon Pollution-Free Electricity (CFE)[1] for four (4) US Embassy and consulates site under one contract.

A. U.S. Embassy - Brasília

B. U.S. Consulate General - Recife

C. U.S. Consulate General - Rio De Janeiro

D. U.S. Consulate General - São Paulo

The applicable North American Industrial Classification Code System (NAICS) code is 221122, Electric Power Distribution.

Please note this solicitation is not ready to be issued as of this date. U.S. Consulate General Sao Paulo will launch the solicitation on SAM.gov when it is available.

The U.S. Government intends to award a contract to the responsible company submitting an acceptable offer at the lowest price. We intend to award a contract based on initial proposal, without holding discussions, although we may hold discussions with companies in the competitive range if there is a need to do so.

The contract type will be firm-fixed price indefinite-quantity indefinite-delivery type contract under which may be placed firm-fixed price delivery orders.

Industry Day

We will be hosting a virtual Industry Day for this requirement (in both English and Portuguese) on Tuesday, September 10th at 2:00pm BRT. Please use the link in this Pre-Solicitation Notice to access the event. At the conclusion of the Industry Day event, a Pre-Proposal conference date and time will be announced. It is to your benefit to attend the Industry Day event.

In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, offerors are required to have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at https://www.sam.gov when submitting an offer or quotation.

Questions can be directed to: MissionBrazilCFE@state.gov

Attachment 01: SAM.gov Guia rápido para entidades internacionais

[1] CFE is electrical energy produced from resources that generate no carbon emissions, including marine energy, solar, wind, hydrokinetic (including tidal, wave, current, and thermal), geothermal, hydroelectric, nuclear, renewably sourced hydrogen, and electrical energy generation from fossil resources to the extent there is active capture and storage of carbon dioxide emissions that meets Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requirements (Sec. 603(d) of E.O. 14057).

The virtual pre-proposal conference is the final forum to ask questions regarding the required service and will be held on Monday, December 2, 2024 at 2:00pm (local time) via Teams link. Prospective offerors should submit questions to MissionBrazilCFE@state.gov.