Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Angkor Sentinel 27 Transportation Services
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryOpen to all businesses (no set-aside): the Army's 413th Contracting Support Brigade wants van and coach transportation with drivers in Cambodia for the Angkor Sentinel 2027 exercise, solicitation W91QVP-26-AS27-TRANSPORTATION. It is a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) job from February 6 to March 5, 2027, moving about 100 U.S. Government passengers between Phnom Penh airport, hotels and a training center in Kampong Speu. The response due date is November 20, 2026, 1:00 PM Hawaii Standard Time, and the quote must include a Defense Base Act (DBA) insurance estimate: workers' compensation cover for U.S. contract work abroad. More in the summary
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Open to all businesses (no set-aside): the Army's 413th Contracting Support Brigade wants van and coach transportation with drivers in Cambodia for the Angkor Sentinel 2027 exercise, solicitation W91QVP-26-AS27-TRANSPORTATION. It is a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) job from February 6 to March 5, 2027, moving about 100 U.S. Government passengers between Phnom Penh airport, hotels and a training center in Kampong Speu. The response due date is November 20, 2026, 1:00 PM Hawaii Standard Time, and the quote must include a Defense Base Act (DBA) insurance estimate: workers' compensation cover for U.S. contract work abroad.
Who can bid (6)
- A Defense Base Act insurance estimate from a Department of Labor authorized carrier must come with the quote, and the insurance must be in place before work starts
- Active SAM registration with a CAGE code (a business ID code) and active WAWF (the Government's online invoicing and payment system) enrollment
- Able to accept payment through WAWF in U.S. dollars
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- Signed Section 889 form with the quote
- Vehicles, drivers, licenses and registration must meet Cambodian rules, and the contractor must be cleared at its own expense to do business unescorted in Cambodia
- Staff who enter the training center must be authorized by Cambodian law to work in Cambodia and meet the center's security criteria
How to submit: Email to MAJ Phillip Pandy (phillip.d.pandy2.mil@army.mil) and SSG Uchechukwu Mbawuike (uchechukwu.mbawuike.mil@army.mil). What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (9)
- Serious: Work is in Cambodia: licenses, clearance and local rules. A U.S. small business must meet Cambodian vehicle, driver and safety rules and be cleared, at its own cost, to work unescorted in the country; the documents do not say whether a local office is needed.
- Serious: Defense Base Act insurance estimate required with the quote. A quote without the estimate may be thrown out, and the price cannot be raised after award, so the real insurance cost must be priced in.
- Worth checking: Options listed although the form says no options. The evaluation clause says no options, but the line item table lists two optional cultural event day trips with dates still to be set, so it is unclear whether they will be priced and bought.
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- Worth checking: Funds not yet available. The Government is not bound to pay until money is made available and the contractor is told in writing, which could affect planning for vehicles and insurance.
- Worth checking: Government can change or cancel on short terms. The Government may cancel or change the requirement at no penalty within 48 hours of the period of performance starting, and quantities and dates may shift, so costs already spent may not be recovered.
- Worth checking: Tax treatment differs between documents. The offer instructions say to price without taxes, while the foreign-contract tax clause says the contract price includes applicable taxes; ask the contracting officer which governs before pricing.
- Worth checking: Payment only through WAWF in U.S. dollars. Payment runs through the Government's online system, which needs an active SAM registration; a lapsed registration delays payment. Check a SAM.gov registration.
- Minor: Long driver days and short notice for trips. Drivers may work 12-hour days with night operations, the Government gives at least 12 hours notice for pickups, and the contractor must provide vehicles within a 24-hour period when required.
- Minor: Bus size stated as 40 and 45 passengers. One PWS paragraph calls the bus a 40-passenger bus but requires seats for at least 45, while the line items say 45-passenger coaches; confirm the size before pricing.
Read from the notice and 2 attachments. Show which files.
- B08 Combined Synopsis and Solicitation AS27 Transportation Services.docx (read)
- Performance Work Statement__Cambodia Angkor Sentinel Transportation Service.docx (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Contract line item number (CLIN) 0001: three 9-passenger vans with drivers, February 6 to February 27, 2027, 1 Job, mainly airport shuttles between Techno International Airport and the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Phnom Penh
- CLIN 0002: one 9-passenger van with driver, February 27 to March 5, 2027, 1 Job
- CLIN 0003: two 45-passenger coaches with drivers, February 13 to February 27, 2027, 1 Job: airport shuttle days, Phnom Penh to Kampong Speu transfer, then daily hotel-to-training-center commute
- CLIN 0004: Defense Base Act (DBA) insurance for all personnel, February 6 to March 5, 2027, 1 EA, priced inside the overall quote
- Option, cultural event day for U.S. forces: two 45-passenger coaches, round trip from Kampong Speu to the Siem Reap/Angkor Wat area, 1 Job, estimated February 20-21, 2027
- Option, cultural event day for Cambodian forces: five 45-passenger coaches, same round trip, 1 Job, exact dates and times to be confirmed no later than 14 days before
- Supply licensed drivers, fuel, insurance, tolls, maintenance and replacement vehicles (within 12 hours if a vehicle is down more than 12 hours; disabled vehicles recovered within 24 hours)
- Keep vehicles climate-controlled with privacy blinds, room for military gear bags, and vehicle tracking the Government can ask to see
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price, commercial services, bought with simplified procedures under FAR 13.5; non-personal services
- Period of performance
- February 6, 2027 to March 5, 2027: three 9-passenger vans February 6-27, one van February 27 to March 5, two 45-passenger coaches February 13-27. The solicitation form says no options, yet two cultural event day options are listed (estimated February 20-21, 2027).
- Place of performance
- Cambodia: Techno International Airport Phnom Penh, Hyatt Regency Hotel in Phnom Penh, Phum Serey Hotel in Kampong Speu, and the PKO Training Center in Kampong Speu
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Comparative evaluation of quotes against each other (FAR 13.106-2(b)(3)); one firm-fixed-price award to the responsible quoter whose price and other factors are most advantageous to the Government. Not necessarily the lowest price.
- Offers due
- November 20, 2026, 1:00 PM Hawaii Standard Time (6:00 PM Eastern) (from the version posted Oct 23, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Email to MAJ Phillip Pandy (phillip.d.pandy2.mil@army.mil) and SSG Uchechukwu Mbawuike (uchechukwu.mbawuike.mil@army.mil)
What they'll judge offers on
- Other (non-price) factors: clear understanding of the requirements and a safe, effective approach per the performance work statement (PWS), valid licenses and registration, recovery plan, pictures of the vehicles to be used
- Price: complete pricing for every line, no unbalanced pricing, reasonable compared with the Government's estimate and market prices
What to include when you submit
- Send responses in PDF format and the pricing sheet in Excel format
- Include the signed and dated solicitation with a total price for all CLINs, with the last page (contractor information) completed
- Include a copy of your Defense Base Act insurance estimate and show you can buy the insurance within 72 hours of award
- Include a capability statement and a signed Section 889 form (the rule against using certain Chinese telecommunications equipment)
- Give the name, title and phone number of the company contact who makes decisions on the offer and can bind the company
- Price every line in U.S. dollars without taxes or contingencies, with fuel and all other costs built in, and give individual unit prices so quantities can change
- Keep the quote valid for at least 90 days from submission
- Show valid licenses and registration, a recovery plan, and pictures of the vehicles you would use
- Fill in the company information page: company name, unique entity identifier, CAGE code, contact details, and whether you are active in the System for Award Management (SAM) and Wide Area Workflow (WAWF)
- Do not share the request for quotes (RFQ) with other vendors
After award, you must have
- Key personnel (the lead contract manager or site manager) must be fluent in English, and drivers must speak conversational basic English From Performance Work Statement__Cambodia Angkor Sentinel Transportation Service.docx:
Key personnel MUST be fluent in English in both spoken, listening, and written form.
Not in the notice text
- Whether the Government has an estimate or budget for this work: no dollar value is given in the notice or its two attachments
- Which Cambodian business licenses or registrations are required beyond 'valid licenses/registration', and whether a local office or Cambodian partner is needed
- Exact dates and times of the two optional cultural event day trips, to be confirmed no later than 14 days before; the Cambodian forces trip needs five 45-passenger coaches
- The relative weight of the non-price factors versus price; the solicitation lists Other Factors then Price without saying how they compare
- Whether the optional trips will be priced as part of the quote, given the form's 'NO OPTIONS' statement
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 MAJ Phillip Pandy (phillip.d.pandy2.mil@army.mil) and SSG Uchechukwu Mbawuike (uchechukwu.mbawuike.mil@army.mil). 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 23, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- 0413 AQ HQ Contract AUG, Fort Shafter, HI
- Product/service code
- V112 · Transportation/Travel/Relocation – Transportation: Motor Freight
- Business type
- Transportation, logistics & vehicles (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 485510)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 26, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 20, 2026
- Oct 23, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (this version)Due Nov 20, 2026
- 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
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
See attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) and Combined Synopsis and Solicitation Documents Questions can be sent to MAJ Pandy, Phillip at phillip.d.pandy2.mil@army.mil and SSG Mbawuike, Uchechukwu at uchechukwu.mbawuike.mil@army.mil. Last Date/Time for questions is 06 November 2026 @ 1300 1PM Hawaii Standard Time Zone. All responses must be submitted in PDF format and the Pricing Sheet must be submitted in Excel format via email to MAJ Pandy, Phillip at phillip.d.pandy2.mil@army.mil and SSG Mbawuike, Uchechukwu at uchechukwu.mbawuike.mil@army.mil. All submissions are due to the responsible Contracting Office no later than 20 November 2026 @ 1300 1PM Hawaii Standard Time Zone.
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