Letter to Offerors - Life Insurance.pdf

Embassy of the United States of America

SBU - CONTRACTING AND ACQUISITIONS

September 9, 2020

Dear Prospective Offeror:

SUBJECT: Solicitation Number 19MX53-20-R-0002 for Life Insurance Services.

The Embassy of the United States of America invites you to submit a proposal for locally employed staff life insurance services.

The Embassy intends to conduct a pre-proposal conference on September 18, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.

(CT), and all prospective offerors are invited to attend. See Section L of the attached Request for

Proposals (RFP).

Your proposal must be sent via e-mail to MexicoCityGSOContracts@state.gov on or before

October 9, 2020 before 12:00 noon (CT). No proposal will be accepted after this time.

In order for a proposal to be considered, you must also complete and submit the following:

1. SF-33 Cover page;

2. Section B, Pricing Schedule;

3. Section B, Retention Amounts in B.7;

4. Section K, Representations and Certifications;

5. Additional information as required in Section L; and

6. The Offeror shall submit a completed IRS Form W-14, found at www.irs.gov/w14, to ensure compliance with FAR 52.229-11.

Direct any questions regarding this solicitation to C. Melora Johnston via e-mail to

MexicoCityGSOContracts@state.gov by September 25, 2020, before 12:00 noon (CT).

Please note: Proposals that contain more benefits (even if there is no increase in cost) or fewer benefits than those stated in the solicitation may be deemed technically unacceptable.

The successful offeror shall be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) database https://www.sam.gov prior to contract award pursuant to FAR provision 5.207. Therefore prospective offerors are encouraged to register prior to the submittal of their proposal. The guidelines for registration in SAM are also available at: https://www.fsd.gov/fsd-gov/learning-center-system.do?sysparm_system=SAM.

In order not to jeopardize the solicitation process, please do not contact any person at the

Embassy other than the Contracting team.

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Embassy of the United States of America

SBU - CONTRACTING AND ACQUISITIONS

The U.S. Government intends to award a contract to the responsible company submitting an acceptable offer at the lowest price. We intend to award a contract based on initial proposals, without holding discussions, although we may hold discussions with companies in the competitive range if there is a need to do so.

Sincerely, C. Melora Johnston

Contracting Officer