What this opportunity is
The Department of State is soliciting bids for two water tanker trucks with a 5,000-gallon capacity, stainless steel tanks, PTO-driven pumps, and automatic transmissions, to be delivered to the American Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia. This opportunity is suitable for small businesses capable of meeting technical specifications and financial requirements, including securing a 50% performance bond. Interested vendors should note that the solicitation is a competitive bid process, with award based on the lowest priced, technically acceptable offer, and must submit their quotations via email by the specified deadline.
Analysis by Mindy, grounded in the SAM.gov notice.
Description
AMERICAN EMBASSY MONROVIA
INVITATION TO BID FOR WATER TANKER TRUCKS
PR16034666
Submission Deadline: August 31, 2026
The American Embassy in Monrovia has a requirement for a contractor to provide the following:
Description
* Water Tanker Trucks
5,000 US Gallon Capacity | Stainless Steel Tank | PTO-Driven Pump | Extended Cab |
Automatic Transmission
* QTY = 2 EA.
Delivery Time:
180 Days After Receipt of purchase order
Additional requirements/specification: See attached specification
Your quotation should include shipping/delivery charges to the stipulated delivery address. The
delivery address for this requirement is:
American Embassy
502 Benson Street
Monrovia, Liberia
The Embassy’s payment term is net-30 days after receipt of all goods or services.
Please send your offer via email to MonroviaBids@state.gov .
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EVALUATION FACTORS
Award will be made to the lowest priced, technically acceptable offer. The Government reserves the
right to reject proposals that are unreasonably low or high in price. Each offer must consist of, or
address the following, in order to be evaluated:
1. Make, model, and full technical datasheet of the equipment being offered, demonstrating
compliance with each specification element.
2. Evidence of financial resources or the ability to obtain same.
3. Evidence of the ability to secure a 50% performance bond from a bank in support of an award
4. List of relevant past performance project information that is equal to or similar in nature to the
requirements of this project.
5. SAM Registration or all required documentation outlined by FAR on the below pages
FAR CLAUSES
DOSAR 625.8001 Vendor vetting
Afghanistan and Iraq – Iraqi and Afghan Vendor Vetting.
DOSAR Compliance – The US Embassy is required to ensure all prospective awardees are in
compliance with the above DOSAR clause; however, the US Embassy also reserves the right to
award to the next best offeror if the time being taken to satisfy this requirement reaches an impasse
capable of causing the late delivery of goods or services.
52.204-90 Offeror Identification. “Offeror Identification (AUG 2025) (DEVIATION 25-19)”
(effective November 3, 2025)
If the Offeror will not have an active Federal Government contracts registration in the System for
Award Management (https://www.sam.gov) when submitting its offer, it shall complete paragraphs
(c) and (d) of this provision and include its responses with its offer.
Definitions. As used in this provision—
(a) Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code has the meaning provided in the clause
at FAR 52.204-91, Contractor Identification, of this solicitation.
Common parent means that corporate entity that owns or controls an affiliated group of corporations
that files its Federal income tax returns on a consolidated basis, and of which the offeror is a
member.
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) indicator means a bank account identifier to establish additional
System for Award Management records for identifying alternative EFT accounts (see part 32) for the
same entity.
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Highest-level owner means the entity that owns or controls an immediate owner of the offeror, or
that owns or controls one or more entities that control an immediate owner of the offeror. No entity
owns or exercises control of the highest-level owner.
Immediate owner means an entity, other than the offeror, that has direct control of the offeror.
Indicators of control include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: ownership or
interlocking management, identity of interests among family members, shared facilities and
equipment, and the common use of employees. There may be more than one immediate owner (e.g.,
joint ventures).
Predecessor means an entity whose assets were acquired by the offeror or another entity (most often
through merger or acquisition) and whose affairs are now carried out by the offeror or the other
entity under a new name.
Taxpayer Identification Number means the number required by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
to be used by the offeror to report income tax and other returns. It may be either a Social Security
Number or an Employer Identification Number.
Unique entity identifier (UEI) has the meaning provided in the clause at FAR 52.204-91, Contractor
Identification, of this solicitation.
(b) Unique entity identifier (UEI).
(1) The Offeror shall enter, in the block with its name and address on the cover page of its offer, the
annotation “Unique Entity Identifier” followed by the UEI that identifies the Offeror's name and
address exactly as stated in the offer. The Offeror shall also enter its EFT indicator, if applicable.
(2) If the Offeror does not have a UEI, it shall go to https://www.sam.gov to obtain one. The
Government will independently validate the existence and uniqueness of the Offeror before
assigning a UEI.
(c) Taxpayer identification. The Offeror shall provide with its offer the following information that is
necessary to comply with debt collection requirements of 31 U.S.C. 7701(c) and 3325(d); reporting
requirements of 26 U.S.C. 6041, 6041A, and 6050M; and the implementing IRS regulations:
(1) Taxpayer identification number (TIN)
□ TIN: ______________;
□ TIN has been applied for; or
□ TIN is not required because:
□ Offeror is a nonresident alien, foreign corporation, or foreign partnership that does not have
income effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States and does
not have an office or place of business or a fiscal paying agent in the United States;
□ Offeror is an agency or instrumentality of a foreign government; or
□ Offeror is an agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government.
(2) Type of organization.
□ Sole proprietorship;
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□ Partnership;
□ Corporate entity (not tax-exempt);
□ Corporate entity (tax-exempt);
□ Government entity (Federal, State, or local);
□ Foreign government;
□ International organization per 26 CFR 1.6049-4; or
□ Other.
(3) Common parent.
□ Offer…
Source: SAM.gov, as posted. Verify the current solicitation before responding.