Presolicitation
Supply and Delivery of Fuel for December 2026
Department of State
AI summaryThe U.S. Embassy in Manila plans to buy fuel supply and delivery for December 2026, with the solicitation expected on or about the second week of November 2026. This is a presolicitation (an early notice, not a request for quotes), and the response due date will be in the solicitation. The Government intends to award a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) contract to the lowest priced offer that meets the requirements. More in the summary
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The U.S. Embassy in Manila plans to buy fuel supply and delivery for December 2026, with the solicitation expected on or about the second week of November 2026. This is a presolicitation (an early notice, not a request for quotes), and the response due date will be in the solicitation. The Government intends to award a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) contract to the lowest priced offer that meets the requirements.
Who can bid
- Registered in SAM.gov before submitting an offer, under FAR provision 52.204-7
How to submit: Email to ManilaPurchasing@state.gov. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Worth checking: Work and delivery are in the Philippines. The notice text does not say whether a local office, licenses, a local entity or host-country taxes apply, or what currency offers use.
- Minor: Award may be made without discussion. The Government may award on the first offer, so your first price should be your best.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Supply and deliver fuel for December 2026 (type, quantity and delivery site are not in the notice text)
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price contract or purchase order
- Period of performance
- December 2026
- Place of performance
- Philippines (outside the United States); the delivery site is not stated
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA: the lowest price among offers that meet the requirements), award may be made on the initial offer without discussion
- How to submit
- Email to ManilaPurchasing@state.gov
- Page limits
- Each email: files up to 10MB in total; larger submissions go in separate files in separate emails
What to include when you submit
- Send the offer as MS-Word, MS-Excel or Adobe Acrobat (pdf) files
- Keep each email under 10MB, splitting files across emails if needed
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation has not been posted; fuel type, quantities, delivery sites and schedule will be in it.
- The response due date will be set in the solicitation.
- Whether a local office or presence, host-country licenses, taxes or a required currency apply is not stated.
- No set-aside is stated on SAM.gov.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to ManilaPurchasing@state.gov. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- U.S. Embassy Manila
- Product/service code
- 9140 · Fuel Oils
- Business type
- Energy, fuel & utilities (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 424720)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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