Presolicitation
Cell Phone Services
Department of State
AI summaryPresolicitation from the U.S. Embassy in Pristina, Kosovo, for cell phone services in support of its operations. The embassy expects to issue a request for quotation (RFQ), solicitation number 19KV4227Q0001, on November 2, 2026, for a base year plus two one-year options at a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing). The solicitation is not yet issued; SAM.gov lists a response date of the end of November 29, 2026. More in the summary
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Presolicitation from the U.S. Embassy in Pristina, Kosovo, for cell phone services in support of its operations. The embassy expects to issue a request for quotation (RFQ), solicitation number 19KV4227Q0001, on November 2, 2026, for a base year plus two one-year options at a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing). The solicitation is not yet issued; SAM.gov lists a response date of the end of November 29, 2026.
Who can bid
- Registered in SAM.gov (System for Award Management) before submitting an offer
How to submit: Email is allowed in the notice (keep each email under 5MB); the notice also says no electronic offers will be accepted and to mail offers, due End of Nov 29, 2026 on SAM.gov; November 30, 2026, 12:00 LT in the attached notice. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 20, 2026.
- Worth checking: Unclear how to submit: email or mail. The notice says electronic responses are allowed, and also says no electronic offers will be accepted and to mail offers. Ask the contracting officer which applies.
- Minor: Solicitation not yet issued. The RFQ with the real requirements is expected on November 2, 2026. The pre-quotation conference date will be in that solicitation.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- PrA-PreSolicitation SAM Notice 19KV4227Q0001.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Cell phone services for the U.S. Embassy in Pristina
- Base year with two one-year option periods, if the Government exercises them
- A firm-fixed-price contract, which the Government may award on the first quotation without discussion
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (planned)
- Period of performance
- Base year + 2 one-year option periods (anticipated)
- Place of performance
- U.S. Embassy in Pristina, 4 Korriku # 2, 10000, Pristina, Kosovo
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- End of Nov 29, 2026 on SAM.gov; November 30, 2026, 12:00 LT in the attached notice
- How to submit
- Email is allowed in the notice (keep each email under 5MB); the notice also says no electronic offers will be accepted and to mail offers
What to include when you submit
- Be registered in SAM.gov (System for Award Management) before submitting an offer
- Keep each email under 5MB; send more than one email if the offer is larger
- Follow the solicitation, expected November 2, 2026, for the pre-quotation conference date and quotation terms
Not in the notice text
- Number of phones or lines, coverage, data needs and service levels are not stated; they will be in the solicitation
- The notice does not say whether a Kosovo office, local business registration or license, currency for quotations, or tax treatment (such as VAT) is required
- The pre-quotation conference date is not given; it will be in the solicitation
- Which response date and submission method (email or mail) apply
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 is allowed in the notice (keep each email under 5MB); the notice also says no electronic offers will be accepted and to mail offers. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- U.S. Embassy Pristina
- Product/service code
- DG11 · IT and Telecom – Network: Satellite Communications and Telecom Access Services
- Business type
- IT, software & telecom (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 517112)
- 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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