Pre-solicitationPosted Sep 28, 2026·Responses due Nov 6, 2026

US Embassy Yaounde Cellphone Services

State · EMBASSY YAOUNDE

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
517112
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
19CM8026Q0008
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
5805
Place
Yaounde, CM-CE, CMR
Contact
Matthew R Gribbin (GribbinMR@state.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 19CM8026Q0008 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 21, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
  • Sep 21, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
  • Sep 24, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
  • Sep 24, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
  • Sep 24, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
  • Sep 28, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
  • Oct 6, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 26, 2026 to Mar 5, 2027, middle of the range Jan 11, 2027.
Measured from 110 past early notices at State, Department of that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 21, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

Please note this solicitation is not ready to be issued as of this date. The Embassy of the United States in Yaounde will launch the solicitation on the SAM.gov website when it is available. The requirement is for mobile telephone services. The U.S. Embassy is using 500 lines for official purposes. The Contractor shall provide complete mobile telephones services for the U.S. Embassy of Yaounde, Cameroon. Services provided shall include: Calls within Cameroon International Calls International Roaming Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) SMS Messaging Voice Mail 24-hour Customer Service Detailed … (show all)

Billing of Calls Made Data Services All responsible sources may submit a quotation which will be considered. Government may award the contract based on the initial offers without discussion. The resultant contract will be a firm fixed price. The Government may award the contract based on the initial offers without discussion. The anticipated performance is for one base period of twelve months and four one-year option periods, at the option of the Government. The option to exercise these option years is unilateral decision by the U.S. Embassy. Prospective offerors must be able to comply with all legal and regulatory requirements for operating in Cameroon including Telecommunication Regulatory Agency of Cameroon. The Government is planning a pre-quotation conference and the date for this conference will be in the solicitation. The solicitation (SF1449), all attachments, and all amendments will be published for viewing and printing from the beta.sam.gov website. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the beta.sam.gov website for the solicitation and any amendments to the solicitation. The response date in this synopsis is not firm; please see the Request for Proposal for the actual closing date of the solicitation. Questions will not be accepted at this time. However, interested parties may submit questions regarding this requirement after the solicitation is posted. All contractors must be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) Database https://www.sam.gov prior to submitting an offer pursuant to FAR provision 52.204-7. Therefore, prospective offerors are encouraged to register prior to the submittal of quotations/proposals. This opportunity is subject to 52.229-12 - Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements (FEB 2021) Electronic Submission/Responses: This opportunity allows for electronic responses. Please submit your offer prior to the response date and time. Please ensure your email with your offer does not exceed (30 MB), if it does then you might have to send more than one email. Also send hard copy to the given address.

Who won similar work

10 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (State), same NAICS 517112.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ADVANCED WIRELESS NETWORK COMPANY1$3.0MOct 20, 2024
STE AIRTEL CONGO S.A Kinshasa COD1$1.6MOct 1, 2026
SMART COMMUNICATIONS, INC.1$1.4MApr 22, 2025
JORDAN MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICES Amman 11194 JOR1$1.2MDec 17, 2025
PARTNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY1$1.1MJun 30, 2025
Jazzworld Pakistan Limited1$922KAug 27, 2026
VIETTEL BURUNDI SA Bujumbura BDI1$800KJan 15, 2026
Telia Mobil Danmark A/S Kobenhavn S DNK1$233KMar 7, 2025
DIGICEL (FIJI) PTE LIMITED1$207KSep 5, 2025
LATVIJAS MOBILAIS TELEFONS Riga LVA1$140KApr 29, 2026

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied State, Dept of (DOS) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past State, Dept of (DOS) job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 33 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.

Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.