08/03/2026 - USA | DC | DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COUNTY | WASHINGTON
Natural Resources Expertise/ Criminal Networks
INL/WHP: Guyana & Suriname Gold Traceability - Sole- Source Contract Award Notice Awarding Agency: Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs ( INL) Vendor: Global Venture Consulti
Gold traceability system development and implementation in Guyana and Suriname. CLIN ****: ME Framework Data Support CLIN ****: Program Management Reporting ( Option Year 1) CLIN ****: Suriname Application Development ( Dutch Language) CLIN ****: Suriname Training Stakeholder, Suriname, Guyana Engagement CLIN ****: Guyana/Suriname ME Cross Border Analysis CLIN ****: Program Management Reporting ( Option Year 2) CLIN ****: Platform Sustainment Enhancement ( Guyana, Suriname) CLIN ****: Advanced Training Capacity Building CLIN ****: Impact Evaluation Policy Support CLIN ****: Program Management Reporting
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This is a sole-source contract award for a gold traceability system in Guyana and Suriname. The vendor, Global Venture Consulting (GVC), is uniquely qualified due to its required natural resources expertise and ability to integrate with mandatory proprietary systems without unacceptable risk. GVC possesses deep knowledge of Guyana's mining sector and is currently operating there. The system must integrate with GVC's proprietary DDIM and LIMS systems. The estimated value for the entire period of performance, including options, is not explicitly stated numerically but is referred to as the anticipated cost to the government. The contract period is base and two years, with an anticipated cost of $12,500,000. A Request for Information (RFI) was posted on SAM. gov, which produced 18 vendor responses, but none could meet the unique integration requirements with GVC's proprietary systems. The contract was awarded under 41 ****, FAR 6. 103-1. The period of performance is August 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026, extendable through December 31, 2028.
The contract was awarded under the authority of 41 USC ****, as implemented by FAR ****, specifically because only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.
Global Venture Consulting (GVC) is uniquely qualified due to its required natural resources expertise and ability to integrate with mandatory proprietary systems without unacceptable risk. GVC possesses deep knowledge and experience in Guyana's mining sector and is currently operating in Guyana under a contract.
Other vendors were disqualified due to lack of in-country presence, inability to integrate with mandatory proprietary systems, proposing physical marker approaches unsuitable for artisanal mining, being ineligible as a large business, relying on unnamed subcontractors, lacking mining sector experience, proposing overscoped pricing, and having no regional presence.