Department of StateIssuing agency·Nationwide·via the SAM.gov Get Opportunities APIThe Consulate of the United States in Sao Paulo, Brazil is soliciting for gardening services and building external grounds
maintenance services for the U.S. Consulate General in Sao Paulo.
The U.S. Government intends to award a contract/purchase order to the responsible company
submitting an acceptable offer at the lowest price. We intend to award a contract/purchase order
based on initial quotations, without holding discussions, although we may hold discussions with
companies in the competitive range if there is a need to do so.
The Embassy intends to conduct a pre-quotation conference at the site. The pre-proposal conference
will be held on October 21, 2026, at the U.S. Consulate Sao Paulo. Prospective offerors/quoters
should contact Juliana Goncalves by October 19, 2026, for additional information or to arrange
entry to the building.
Quotations are due by October 28, 2026, at 5 p.m. No quotations will be accepted after this time.
Proposals must be in English and incomplete proposals will not be accepted.
Your quotation must be submitted electronically to procurementsp@state.gov. It is important to
make sure the submission is made in specific size and format; in MS-Word 2007/2010 or MS-Excel
2007/2010 or Adobe Acrobat (pdf) file format. The file size must not exceed 30MB. If the file size
should exceed 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:
SF-1449
Section I, Pricing
Section 5 Representations and Certifications
Additional information as required in Section 3
Proof of SAM Registration
Offerors shall be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) database at
https://www.sam.gov prior to submittal 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-responsive 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.
The Contractor shall perform gardening services and building external grounds maintenance including furnishing all labor, material, equipment and services for the U.S. Consulate Sao Paulo, Brazil. Services include lawn care (grass cutting, edging, trimming, weeding, turf repair), pruning, leaf removal, debris removal, watering, fertilizing, pest and disease control, and maintenance of potted plants. The Contractor must submit an annual Grounds Maintenance Plan, provide a trained horticulturist, and maintain work schedules between 6:00 AM and 4:00 PM Monday through Friday.
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Source: SAM.gov (notice 7a113c984f94485b88598e430c735978), retrieved via the SAM.gov Get Opportunities API. View the official posting, and always confirm requirements and deadlines with the issuing agency.