SF_30_Amendment_QA.pdf

This document is a Standard Form 30 (Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract) issued by the American Embassy in Addis Ababa on January 26, 2026, amending RFP 19ET1026R0001 for Group Life Insurance. The amendment incorporates responses to ten questions submitted by prospective offerors regarding the solicitation requirements.

The Q&A addresses key clarifications including: (1) confirmation that Partial and Total Disability Coverage benefits do not require separate line items in pricing tables as they are encompassed within existing contract sections; (2) historical claims data for the past five years, showing death claims ranging from 7.89 million to 37.8 million ETB and accident claims ranging from 1.03 million to 4.09 million ETB; (3) confirmation that the claims data does not include Ordinarily Resident Employees (ORE) or Employee Association employees; (4) historical member counts for 2021-2025 ranging from 1,018 to 1,174 participants; (5) clarification that individual salary and age data is sensitive and unavailable, with demographic information provided by gender and age range instead; (6) confirmation that bi-weekly payments mean salary disbursement every two weeks; (7) employee demographic breakdown showing 173 female and 818 male employees across specified age ranges; (8) total annual payroll of approximately $17.5 million USD; and (9) clarification that Defense Base Act insurance requirements apply only to the contractor's employees performing contract work, not to U.S. Embassy locally employed staff. The amendment also clarifies that sections marked "RESERVED" in the RFP are intentionally inapplicable to this procurement and that offerors should complete Section B, Part 2 for pricing submissions.