Sources Sought
Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. ASG-J_Cellular_00008
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The U.S. Army (contracting office ACC-RSA) is doing market research for commercial cellular phone, text and data service in Jordan, including the Joint Training Center in Zarqa, with roaming across a list of countries. This is a Sources Sought notice. Responses are due October 30, 2026, and the full Performance Work Statement is only given to firms that send a capability statement.
Watch out for
- Needs real network coverage in Jordan. You must provide 5G coverage across the training center, including indoors, and fix coverage gaps at your own cost, which usually means being or partnering with a Jordanian carrier.
Complete 5G cellular service coverage
- On-site support in Jordan. Support personnel must arrive within 24 hours and 24/7 support is required.
on-site hardware/software support personnel available to arrive within 24 hours of notification
- Coverage upgrades at no extra cost. You must add towers, antennas or similar equipment at no additional cost to the Government.
Capability to enhance coverage via towers, antennas, Cellular-On-Wheels (COWs), repeaters, or in-building solutions at no additional cost to the Government
- Full requirements only on request. The Performance Work Statement, which is the authoritative document, is not public.
will be provided upon request to interested parties that submit a capability statement
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Full brief
What they want
- Voice, SMS/MMS and data service throughout Jordan and designated roaming countries
- 5G coverage (or the current commercial standard) at the Joint Training Center, including indoors, and reliable service at U.S. Government facilities in Jordan
- Premium plans: unlimited local minutes and texts, 150 international/roaming minutes, 150 international/roaming texts, 18 GB data, plus extra data packs and MiFi plans
- SIM activation, change or disable within 12 hours, usage alerts, and plans that stop overages
- 24/7/365 technical support and on-site support within 24 hours
- Network performance targets (99.9% availability, 98% call setup success, 2% dropped calls; the comparison symbols are garbled in the notice)
- Mass text notification to all users within 60 seconds
- Improve coverage with towers, antennas or repeaters at no extra cost to the Government
- Contract type
- Not stated; Sources Sought notice
- Place of performance
- Jordan, including the Joint Training Center in Zarqa and U.S. Government facilities in Jordan
- Offers due
- 2026-10-30T16:00:00-04:00
- How to submit
- Not stated in the text; send a capability statement to get the full PWS
What to include when you submit
- Submit a capability statement to receive the full Performance Work Statement dated 07 October 2026
You must have
- Registration in JCCS and a Combating Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) plan
JCCS registration and Combating Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) plan requirements
- Meet the quality of service obligations in your telecommunications license, so you must operate under one
compliance with primary Quality of Service (QoS) performance obligations in the
- Invoice through Wide Area Workflow (WAWF)
WAWF invoicing
Not in the notice text
- Where and how to send the capability statement (no email address in the text)
- Number of lines or users and expected volume
- Contract type, length and estimated value
- Whether a future contract will be set aside
- Whether there is a current provider
- Full PWS (available on request only)
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 30, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 9, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Solicitation
- ASG-J_Cellular_00008
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army
- Office
- W6QK ACC-Rsa
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- NAICS
- 517112
- Product/service code
- DE02
- Business type
- IT, software & telecom
- Place of performance
- Zarqa, 09315
- Contracting contact
- Yaa D. Agyepong-Wiafeyaa.d.agyepongwiafe.mil@army.mil
- Versions
- 2 (amended since first posted)
Before you respond
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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