PreSolicitationSynopsis.docx

ACTION CODE:

Pre-Solicitation: P

DATE POSTED:

June 28, 2017

CLASSIFICATION CODE:

G – Social Services

NAICS CODE:

524114 – LES Health and Life Insurance

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS:

U.S. Embassy Beijing No. 55, An Jia Lou Road Beijing, People’s Republic of China 100600

SUBJECT:

Locally Employed Staff (LES) Health and Life Insurance

PROPOSED SOLICITATION NUMBER:

SCH50017R2000

CLOSING RESPONSE DATE:

PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT:

Kennan Watt Contracting Officer Phone: 00-8610-8531-4160 Fax: 00-8610-8531-3303 WattKD@state.gov

SECONDARY POINT OF COTACT:

Shi Baoling Procurement Supervisor Phone: 00-8610-8531-3279 Fax: 00-8610-8531-3303 ShiBL@state.gov

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE:

Beijing, People’s Republic of China Shanghai, People’s Republic of China Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China Chengdu, People’s Republic of China Shenyang, People’s Republic of China Wuhan, People’s Republic of China

DESCRIPTION:

The Department of State, U.S. Embassy Beijing requires customized Group health insurance services for employees and their dependents and Group life/accidental death/total and partial disability insurance coverage for employees only, located at the Embassy and Consulates of (list).

Please note that this solicitation is not ready to be issued as of this date and see the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the actual date proposal due date.

The anticipated performance period is for a base year, with four one-year option periods, if exercised by the Government. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered. The Government plans to issue the solicitation on the FedbizOpps in the mid July 2017 timeframe.

The Government intends to award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the lowest priced technically acceptable offeror who is a responsible contractor. The Government may award the contract based on the initial offer without discussion. The resultant contract will be a firm fixed price with economic price adjustment requirements type contract under which will be issued firm fixed price task orders. The estimated number of current employees is approximately _1500__ with approximately _1700_ eligible dependents. Please note these are only estimates.

NOTE: No electronic submissions shall be accepted. Only hardcopy proposal submissions will be accepted.

All contractors have to be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) to contract award pursuant to FAR provision 52.204-7. Therefore prospective offerors are encouraged to register prior to the submittal of proposals.

REFER TO THE ATTACHED LINK ON THE REGISTRATION PROCESS:

http://www.sam.gov

ARCHIVE POLICY:

Automatic, on specified date

ARCHIVE DATE:

July 30, 2018

SET ASIDE:

N/A

Is This a Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action?

No

Allow Vendors to Add/Remove From Interest Vendors:

Yes

Allow Vendors to View Interested Vendors List:

No