Cook Services for the U.S. Embassy Panama (MSG)

The U.S. Embassy in Panama has a requirement for cook services for the U.S. Embassy Panama, Marine Security Guards, as per the attached Statement of Work (SOW). Pricing shall be submitted in the formatand for the quantities indicated in the SOW. The solicitation number is 19PM0725Q0008 and is issued as a Request for Quotation. Your quotation must be submitted electronically to pnmprocreq@state.gov.

It is important to make sure the submission is made in specific size and format; in MS-Word or MS-Excel or Adobe Acrobat (pdf) file format. The file size must not exceed 30MB. If the file size should exceed the 30MB, the submission must be made in separate files and attached to separate emails with less than 30MB each. In order for a quotation to be considered, you must also complete and submit the following:

1. SF-1449 2. Section 1, The schedule 3. Section 5, Representations and Certifications 4. Additional information as required in Section 3 5. Proof of SAM Registration Offerors shall be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) database at https://www.sam.gov prior to submit of their offer/proposal as prescribed under FAR 4.1102. Failure to be registered at time of proposal submission may deem the offeror’s proposal to be considered non-responsible and no further consideration will be given.

Therefore, offerors are highly encouraged to register immediately if they are interested in submitting a response to this requirement. System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations. Examples include 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance, and paragraph (d) of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

Contracting officers will not consider these representations when making award decisions or enforce requirements. Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM. If there are any questions regarding this solicitation, please submit them in writing by email to:

pnmprocreq@state.gov no later than March 25th, 2025 at 10:00 am. Offers are due by Thursday April 03, 2025, 4:30pm (local time).