Questions-Answers 23R0039.pdf

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LE Staff Health Insurance, U. S. Embassy Juba, South Sudan
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LE Staff Health Insurance Services

Embassy of the United States of America

Juba, South Sudan Solicitation 19GE5023R0039

Questions and Answers

Q1: Who is the current insurance carrier for the contract?

A1: New Sudan Insurance Company

Q2: Is the current insurance carrier local or US based?

A2: The current insurance carrier is local.

Q3: Who is your current broker?

A3: None.

Q4: Are all covered employees US citizens?

A4: No.

Q5: Do you have detailed past claims data?

A5: Please see Exhibit A - Employee Statistic.

Q6: Do you have a list of the current members on the present contract?

A6: Please see Exhibit A - Employee Statistic.

Q7: Is it possible to age band the family rates or are we only allowed to price individual, individual

+spouse, individual + spouse & dep, etc.?

A7: Please create your pricing according to the CLINs in the Pricing Table (Attachment 1).

• Single Employees (Self Only)

• Employee + 1

• Family Plan (three or more individuals)

Q8: Regarding the Period of Performance: you mentioned that not quoting all optional years will be considered not responsive, are the quoted prices fixed too or may they be adjusted at all based on the base/current claims history?

A8: This is going to be a Firm-Fixed Price contract – The Prices are fixed and will not be adjusted based on the base/current claims history. Please see FAR 52.216-1 – Type of

Contract (on page 51 of 71) and Section 1.A.3.1. “Economic Price Adjustment, Premium

Adjustment Based on Experience”.

Q9: The historical claims information is missing data from 05/17/2022 to 09/29/2023. Could you please provide the claims amount for this period?

A9: Data from 05/17/2022 to 09/29/2022: $73,798.21

Q10: Optional Benefits: Section I.IV Specification (B.1.16 to B.1.19) of solicitation mentions some benefits under the “optional benefits” category. Please confirm if you want us to provide 2 separate pricing:

i) That includes the optional benefits under sections B.1.16 to B.1.19

ii) With the standard benefits that does not include optional benefits listed under sections

B.1.16 to B.1.19

A10: Please provide one proposal, with all benefit levels (mandatory + optional).

Please see the attached updated Section 1.IV,B. “Employee & Dependent Health Services

Benefits”. To avoid misunderstandings the word “optional” has been deleted.

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