EXTERIOR REPAINTING OF NOX 1 BLDG.

UPDATE 08/22/2025

• Amendment 001


• Questions and Answers

UPDATE 08/14/2025

• Minutes of the Pre-Quotation Conference and Site Visit

Enclosed is a Request for Quotes (RFQ) for the Exterior Repainting of NOX 1 Bldg. 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.

The Embassy intends to conduct a pre-quotation conference and a mandatory site visit on 14 August 2025, 9:00 A.M. (Philippine local time) at the U.S. Embassy Manila, Chancery Compound, Roxas Boulevard, Ermita, Manila. To facilitate preparation of access clearance, submit name/s of representatives (limit to two) by email to ManilaContracting@state.gov no later than 11 August 2025, 1:00 P.M. (Philippine local time). Access to USG facilities will not be permitted without prior access clearance. The site visit is mandatory. Acceptance of any offer is contingent upon compulsory attendance of the site visit. Failure to attend the site visit will result in proposal rejection.

Submit any questions you may have concerning the solicitation documents in writing to ManilaContracting@state.gov on or before 18 August 2025, 4:00 P.M. (Philippine local time).

Quotations are due by 28 August 2025, 4:00 P.M. (Philippine 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 ManilaContracting@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 10MB. If the file size should exceed the 10MB, the submission must be made in separate files and attached to separate emails with less than 10MB each.

In order 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.