DESK STUDY SERIES FOR REGIONAL MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICA, EUROPE & EURASIA: INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AND RAILWA Y TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES

**AMENDMENT 00001 - Desk Study (DS) for REG'L MENA - ITS and Railway Transportation Ops DS 1) This Solicitation has been Extended to close on Friday, January 14, 2022 at 1:00PM, Arlington, Virginia Time. 2) Please find attached Responses to Questions in reference to this soliciation under Amendment Number: 1131PL22RDS21023A00001. All Else Remain Unchanged. This request for commercial item prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 and procedures in Subpart 13.1 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only RFP; offers are being requested and written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is being issued IAW FAR Subpart 13.104. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the offeror who is deemed responsible and is determined, based on the evaluation factors and sub factors, to represent the best value to the Government. This procurement is a 100 percent Small Business Set-Aside with a small business size standard of $16.5M annual sales under NAICS Code 541690. Award is limited to U.S. Firms or U.S. individuals. Contractor and U.S. subcontractor employees used shall be either U.S. citizens on non-U.S. citizens lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States. Contractor use of subcontractors is limited to less than fifty percent of the proposed price. International transportation and insurance must have their nationality; source and origin in the U.S., local lodging, food and transportation in the host country are not subject to this restriction. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS REPRESENT THE "PROPOSAL PACKAGE" THAT SHOULD BE RETURNED IN RESPONSE TO THIS SOLICITATION (Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (JUN 2021)). All Offerors must be registered and have an active status in the SAM database (www.SAM.gov) in order to be eligible for contract award. Offerors are reminded that failure to properly enroll in the SAM database and provide accurate Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS)/Tax Identification Number (TIN) information shall make an offeror ineligible for award as described in FAR 52.204-7. Offerors may obtain information on SAM registration via (www.SAM.gov). Do NOT delay submission of your offer pending receipt of a CAGE code. Any contract awarded to a Contractor who at the time of award was suspended, debarred, and ineligible for receipt of contract with Government Agencies or is in receipt of a notice of proposed debarment from any Government Agency, is voidable at the option of the Government. Award is limited to U.S. Firms or U.S. individuals. Contractor and U.S. subcontractor employees used shall be either U.S. citizens or non-U.S. citizens lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States.