Health Insurance for Locally Employed Staff, US. Embassy Maputo

The Department of State Office of Acquisition Management is preparing to procure health insurance coverage for Locally Employed Staff at U.S. Embassy Maputo, Mozambique, with capability responses due August 23, 2026. No set-aside is anticipated. Place of performance includes medical treatment in Mozambique and South Africa, with out-of-country medical treatment and travel coverage required.

Coverage must include comprehensive benefits at specified minimum levels: hospitalization, emergency services, and HIV/AIDS medications at 100%; ambulance services, outpatient services, optical services, and dental services at 90%; hearing aids at 80%–90%; mental health and substance abuse care and rehabilitative services at 50%. Prescription drugs require 100% inpatient and 90% outpatient coverage. Obstetric, newborn, and pediatric services require 100% inpatient and 90% outpatient coverage. Dental coverage includes orthodontia up to $2,400 lifetime. The plan must provide 60-day extended dependent coverage after employee death and an Employee Assistance Program. Excess coverage is $40,525; catastrophic coverage is $56,728 per person per year. Maximum annual coverage limit is 6,600,000 meticais (approximately $109,627 USD at the May 28, 2021 exchange rate).

Vendors must demonstrate past performance history, hold authorization to operate in Mozambique with current licenses and permits, confirm ability to provide services for 5 years and 6 months, maintain active SAM registration, and identify an English-speaking project manager with at least 2 years of experience on similar-sized contracts. Submit responses to Contracting Specialist Hakim Dyane at DyaneA@state.gov. The government does not guarantee contract award based on this notice.