Solicitation
Law Enforcement equipment: Binoculars, Monocular, and Helmets.
Department of State
AI summaryThe U.S. Embassy San Salvador (State Department), for its International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Section (INL), wants night vision gear: QTY 9 EA binoculars, QTY 20 EA AN/PVS-14 monoculars and QTY 24 EA Wilcox G24 helmet mounts. Delivery goes to a U.S. dispatch agent in Doral, Florida, and the items will be donated to El Salvador's government. The response due date is November 16, 2026, 10:00 AM Central, with no set-aside. More in the summary
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The U.S. Embassy San Salvador (State Department), for its International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Section (INL), wants night vision gear: QTY 9 EA binoculars, QTY 20 EA AN/PVS-14 monoculars and QTY 24 EA Wilcox G24 helmet mounts. Delivery goes to a U.S. dispatch agent in Doral, Florida, and the items will be donated to El Salvador's government. The response due date is November 16, 2026, 10:00 AM Central, with no set-aside.
Who can bid
- Hold any export licenses needed to manufacture, sell or transfer the night vision items under U.S. export control rules (ITAR or EAR)
- Be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov), or complete the offeror identification paragraphs of provision 52.204-90 with the quote
- Be licensed by and comply with U.S. transportation and safety requirements for shipping the diplomatic cargo
How to submit: The RFQ does not state how to submit; the form lists blandonki@state.gov or SanSalvadorProcurement@state.gov for the issuing office. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (7)
From the version posted Oct 16, 2026.
- Serious: Export-controlled night vision equipment. Gen 3 night vision may fall under ITAR or EAR, and the items cannot ship until any needed export license is approved, so a bidder needs export compliance experience.
- Worth checking: All three CLINs and no partial shipments. A quote must price all three lines and ship everything together; quotes that skip a line or propose partial shipments are not considered.
- Worth checking: Technical literature must prove every specification. A quote missing manufacturer literature for each salient characteristic can be rated Unacceptable, which removes it from award consideration.
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- Worth checking: Delivery within 180 business days, marked Diplomatic Cargo. All items must arrive together within 180 business days of receiving the order, with boxes and the air waybill marked as diplomatic cargo.
- Minor: Outside-U.S. place of performance, but delivery is in Florida. SAM.gov lists San Salvador, yet the RFQ has you deliver to Doral, Florida, in U.S. dollars with no local office, local license or El Salvador tax stated; VAT is not included in prices.
- Minor: Pre-delivery testing and long warranty built into the price. Prices must cover functional testing before delivery, delivery to Doral, packaging and warranty, including five years on the helmet mounts.
- Minor: New items only; clones not allowed. Used, refurbished, generic or clone products, including Chinese products, are not permitted.
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- 19ES6027Q0007_RFQ.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- CLIN 0001: Light weight night vision binocular, brand name or equal AN/PVS-31D (F5032) by Elbit, QTY 9 EA
- CLIN 0002: Gen 3 white phosphor autogated AN/PVS-14 night vision monocular (L3Harris or Elbit or equal), QTY 20 EA
- CLIN 0003: Wilcox G24 helmet mount for the monocular, P/N 28300G24 or equal, QTY 24 EA
- Deliver all items together, new and unused, to the U.S. dispatch agent at 11380 NW 34th Street, Doral, FL 33178, marked Diplomatic Cargo
- Test each item before delivery (figure of merit, signal-to-noise, resolution, infrared illuminator, sealing) and pack to ISPM 15 wood packaging rules if wood is used
- Provide warranties of at least one year, and five years on the helmet mounts, with a named warranty contact
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) purchase order, one award for all three contract line item numbers (CLINs: priced lines of the order)
- Period of performance
- Delivery within 180 business days after the order is received; warranty of 1 to 5 years from Government acceptance
- Place of performance
- San Salvador, El Salvador, as SAM.gov gives it; the RFQ has the contractor deliver to Doral, Florida, United States
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA): the lowest total evaluated price among quotes rated Acceptable on every technical subfactor, if the firm is responsible and the price is fair and reasonable
- Offers due
- November 16, 2026, 10:00 AM Central
- How to submit
- The RFQ does not state how to submit; the form lists blandonki@state.gov or SanSalvadorProcurement@state.gov for the issuing office
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical Acceptability (pass or fail): Product Compliance (Brand Name or Equal) for CLINs 0001, 0002 and 0003, shown by manufacturer literature
- Price: lowest total evaluated price across all three CLINs
What to include when you submit
- Send quotes in two parts: Part I Technical Quotation and Part II Price Quotation
- In Part I, give the manufacturer, model, part number and whether each CLIN is the brand name or an equal product
- In Part I, include manufacturer specification sheets or certifications that show each salient characteristic; restating the specs is not enough
- In Part I, include statements on delivery, inspection and testing, warranty, export compliance, and packing and marking
- In Part II, give a completed pricing schedule with unit and extended prices for every CLIN, in U.S. dollars
- Include the solicitation number, your name, address and phone, and your unique entity identifier (UEI, your SAM.gov registration number)
- Price all three CLINs; quotes that do not, or that propose partial shipments, will not be considered
- Hold prices firm for 60 calendar days from the response due date
Not in the notice text
- How and where to send the quote is not stated; the form lists two State Department email addresses for the issuing office. Ask the contracting office.
- The question deadline and any site visit are not stated in the text.
- Whether an export license is actually required is not stated; the RFQ says the items will be donated to the government of El Salvador.
- The RFQ lists ISPM 15 and Diplomatic Cargo marking, but the dispatch agent's receiving hours and contact are not given.
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: The RFQ does not state how to submit; the form lists blandonki@state.gov or SanSalvadorProcurement@state.gov for the issuing office. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 16, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- U.S. Embassy San Salvador
- Product/service code
- 1240 · Optical Sighting and Ranging Equipment
- Business type
- Wholesale & general supplies (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 45613)
- 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
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- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
The Contractor shall supply and deliver lightweight night?vision binoculars, Gen 3 white?phosphor autogated AN/PVS-14 night?vision monoculars, and Wilcox G24 helmet mounts to the INL Office of the U.S. Embassy in San Salvador, following all specifications and terms in the attached RFQ.
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