19GE5024R0053Pre-Solicitation Notice.pdf

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE

Solicitation No.: 19GE50-24-R-0053

The Regional Procurement Support Office, Frankfurt provides the following Pre-Solicitation Notice regarding the issuance of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for:

Life Insurance for Locally Employed Staff of the U.S. Embassy Kyiv, Ukraine

The Regional Procurement Support Office in Frankfurt, Germany, intends to issue a Request for

Proposals (RFP) and award a Firm Fixed Price Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type of contract during the second/third quarter of calendar year 2024.

The successful contractor shall provide competitive proposals for group life insurance services for

Locally Employed Staff (LE Staff).

It is anticipated that there will be one (1) Base Year and four (4) Option Years. RPSO intends to issue the solicitation package in March/April 2024. Contract award is expected in May/June

2024.

Companies interested in the solicitation should express their interest by written correspondence, no later than Monday, March 25, 2024, at the following email address (Christeh@state.gov ) and

SHALL include the following information: Name of Firm, Name, Telephone, Email Address of

Point of Contact and Complete Physical and Mailing Address of the Firm. DO NOT

TELEPHONE.

Firms shall be knowledgeable in written and spoken English.

APPLICATION FOR SOLICITATION DOCUMENTATION CHECK LIST

In applying for the solicitation material, you are acknowledging that your company is able to reach compliance with the following highlighted requirements included in the solicitation.

In accordance with DOSAR 652.242-73 AUTHORIZATION AND PERFORMANCE (AUG

1999), it will be necessary for your organization to possess authorization to operate and do business in the country in which this contract will be performed. Furthermore, authorization shall include the requirement to be registered to do business in Ukraine:

a. A thorough description as to what steps you have taken to investigate all requirements to obtain authorization to perform in the given country, and to obtain in-country business registration;

b. Details of your findings and a description of what your organization will actually be required to undertake to obtain licensing; and

c. Specific information concerning the period of time you anticipate it will take to obtain appropriate authorization.

You will be required to provide information that clearly shows you are able to perform work in the country of Ukraine. Any entry or work visa issues requirements must be clearly discussed with a plan to mitigate any risk clearly identified.

Offerors must have an active System Award Management (SAM.gov) registration.

mailto:Christeh@state.gov

Please provide your 12-character alphanumeric Unique Entity ID when applying to participate in this procurement action.

UEID number: _____________________________________

See also https://sam.gov

The failure to provide the above documentation when submitting your proposal may result in your proposal being found technically unacceptable and removed from the competition without further discussions.

Solicitation and award will be subject to the laws and regulations of the United States of America.

This requirement is being competed utilizing full and open competition procedures.

The Contract Specialist for the administration of this contract is Mr. Hartmut Christe, email:

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