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Embassy of the United States of America Lima, Peru

June 8, 2023

Dear Prospective Offeror:

Subject: Request for Proposals number 19PE5023R0005

The Embassy of the United States of America in Lima, Peru invites you to submit a proposal for locally employed staff health and life insurance coverage. The Embassy encourages prospective offerors to offer off-the-shelf plans that meet at least the minimum benefit levels required in this solicitation.

The U.S. Govemment 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 ifthere is a need to do so.

The Embassy will conduct a pre-proposal conference at the site. The pre-proposal conference wilt be held at the US Embassy, Lima, Peru located at Av. La Encalada, block 17, Surco on June 14,2023 at 09:00 a.m. (local time). Please submit the names and DNIs or passport numbers of people attending the visit to Patricia Martin at nrarlinnl state no later than June 12,2023 by COB (2 people per company) in order to coordinate their access to the building.

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

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Section K, Representations and Certifications; and additional information as required in Section L.

IRS Form W-14, found at *uu.irs.gov,'u,lJ, to ensure compliance with FAR 52.229-'t I

Proof of SAM Registration

Section B, Pricing Schedule.

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

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Offerors shall be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) database at hnos: //www.sam.gov prior to submittal of their proposal as prescribed under FAR 4. I I 02

Failure to be registered at time ofproposal submission may deem the offeror's proposal to be considered non-responsible and no further consideration will be given. Therefore, offerors are highly encouraged to register immediately ifthey are interested in submitting a response to this requirement.

Your proposal must be submitted electronically to Patricia Maftin at martinnrp'4 state. sov It is important to make sure the submission is made in specific size and format; in MS-Word 2007l2OlO or MS-Excel 200712010 or Adobe Acrobat (pdf.1 file format. The file size must not exceed 30MB. If the file size should exceed the 30MB, the submission must be made in separate files and attached to separate emails with less than 30MB each.

Proposals are due by July 17,2023 at 10:00 a.m' (local date and time). No proposals will be accepted after this date and time. Proposals must be in English and incomplete proposals will not be accepted.

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Carlos Quimpo Contracting Officer

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