US EMBASS LUANDA CELL PHONE SERVICES

Form / Attachment / Pricing Sheet

This document is a Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM) Questionnaire. It requires vendors to provide information regarding their organization's C-SCRM practices. The government may request documentation to validate the responses.

• Section 1: Contact Information: Requires vendor company name, primary Point-of-Contact (POC) name, job title, phone number, and email address.
• Section 2: Vendor Risk Management Plan: Asks about the organization's practices for identifying supply chain threats, mapping suppliers to threats, and having written SCRM requirements in contracts.
• Section 3: Physical and Personnel Security: Inquires about policies for employee background checks, procedures to prevent tampering of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) equipment in supply chain inventory, and insider threat awareness training.

Vendors must complete this questionnaire as part of their offer submission. The responses will be used by the government to assess the vendor's C-SCRM posture and compliance with relevant security standards, including NIST SP 800-53 references provided for several items.

Solicitation / RFP / RFQ

This Request for Quotations (RFQ) seeks proposals for an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for Cellphone and Data Services for the U.S. Embassy in Angola and Sao Tome and Principe. The government intends to award a contract to the responsible offeror whose offer is most advantageous through a comparative evaluation process, not a low price technically acceptable (LPTA) or trade-off process.

• Provision of mobile telephone and data services.

• Services include smartphone communication plans (prepaid and postpaid), mobile device data-only plans, SIM cards (prepaid, postpaid, unassigned), mobile telephone equipment, intra-account calls, international calls, international roaming, Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), Temporary Additional Services (TAS), SMS messaging, voice mail, caller identification, rental of cellular phones, 24-hour customer service, and detailed billing.

• Minimum 4G/LTE service is required, with capacity for 5G growth. 3G/LTE or higher must be supported where 4G/LTE is unavailable.

• Network connection must be of the highest quality, uninterrupted, clear, and without static. Network issues must be addressed immediately.

• 90% local network coverage around Angola is required, with special consideration for urban areas and main traffic routes.

• 24-hour international connectivity with the USA, European countries, and other worldwide countries where telephone services are available.

• Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM) Questionnaire and/or State Department Secure Software Development Attestation Form must be submitted.

• Contract Type: Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)

• Period of Performance: One-year base period with four one-year option periods.

• Minimum Order: 200 electronic/physical SIMs with active services per contract period.

• Maximum Order: 1,000 electronic/physical SIMs with active services per contract period; 6,000 over the life of the contract.

• Quotations are due by 02/28/2026 at 17:30 local time. No late quotations will be accepted.

• Submissions must be in English and incomplete proposals will not be accepted.

• Quotations must be submitted electronically to LuandaGSOProcurement@state.gov.

• Required formats: MS-Word 2007/2010, MS Excel 2007/2010, or Adobe Acrobat (pdf).

• File size limit: 30MB per email; multiple emails allowed if exceeding 30MB.

• Evaluation will be based on comparative evaluation using technical, past performance, and price criteria.

• Not specified as a set-aside.

• Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to proposal submission.

• Standard Form 1449 is the primary document for the solicitation.

• Attachments include: C-SCRM Questionnaire/Attestation Form, Authorization Memorandum, and Complaints Log.