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Health & Life Solicitation PreProposal Questions and Answers 1

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1

1. Question – Does the Presolicitation under solicitation number SPM07017R0001 contain requirements similar to a current contract? If possible, please provide the current contract number. Or, is this a new requirement for the government?

Answer – The current solicitation contains similar requirements that our current contract. The current contract number is SPM070-12-D-0001 and our current contractor is Aseguradora Ancon.

2. Question – With reference to the above mentioned solicitation, please comment if Licensed Insurance Brokers in Panama can participate?

Answer – The current health and life insurance contract is handled directly with the vendor. A broker must submit a proposal on behalf of a particular insurance provider as opposed to representing various insurance provider’s coverage and pricing from which we must choose. The actual insurance company would be required to have the necessary licenses and permits and would sign the SF 33. A broker’s proposal must comply with the solicitation requirements and would be evaluated in accordance with the solicitation requirements. We would not deviate from the terms and conditions of the solicitation, and payments would be made in accordance with the solicitation requirements. As a practical matter, the entity signing the SF 33 and certifications normally the insurance company.

3. Question – Please provide the number of the people that will be on this insurance. Age of all of them and Names (if it’s possible)

Answer – The solicitation includes the estimated number of people that will be covered in the insurance (see Section B.2.3 – B.2.7.) Exhibits A, B, C & D list the current employees’ salaries and ages. See attached list of group of ages as well for reference. Names will not be given during the solicitation.

4. Question – Please provide the total number of the people that will be on this insurance with the average ages, their nationality and occupation.

Answer – See Question 3. Nationalities and occupations will not be given during the solicitation.

5. Question- Please provide a report of the claims paid and Premiums collected or a report of the claim presented during the previous contract.

Answer – Please see the attached claims paid and Premiums collected report for the past three years. The details of the claims are considered confidential, therefore they will not be provided.

6. Question When the contract is awarded, can the contract be submitted in Spanish according to local laws, and then translated accordingly.

Answer – The questions shall be sent in English, the proposal shall also be sent in English (52.214-34 SUBMISSION OF OFFERS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE (APR 1991)) and the Contract will be awarded in English, but the winning contractor can translate it, however (Section I, Contract Clauses) - 52.225-14 INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN ENGLISH VERSION AND TRANSLATION OF CONTRACT (FEB 2000):

“In the event of inconsistency between any terms of this contract and any translation into another language, the English language meaning shall control.”