Health Insurance for South Central Asia (SCA) Region Locally Employed Staff
Closed Solicitation Posted
This opportunity was awarded. See the award notice from .
- Solicitation number
- 19AQMM21R0015
- Agency
-
Office of Acquisition Management
Department of State
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 524114 Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers
- Place of performance
- KAZ
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
Notice text
4 versions
Update #4 · Latest ·
Dear Prospective Offeror:
The US Department of State invites you to submit a proposal in response to the attached request for proposal document 19AQMM21R0015 for locally employed staff health 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.
Your proposal must be submitted via email to murphypj@state.gov on or before 3:30 pm EDT on May 27, 2021. No proposal will be accepted after this time.
In order for a proposal to be considered, you must also complete and submit the following:
1. SF-33 (ATTACHED)
2. Section B, Pricing Schedule;
3. Section B, Retention Amounts in B.3;
4. Section K, Representations and Certifications; and
5. Additional information as required in Section L.
6. The Offeror shall submit a completed IRS Form W-14, found at www.irs.gov/w14, to ensure compliance with FAR 52.229-11;
Direct any questions regarding this solicitation to Mr. Patrick J. Murphy at murphypj@state.gov.
Please note: Proposals that contain less than the minimum reimbursement levels or do not provide all benefit categories may be deemed technically unacceptable.
The successful offeror shall be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) database https://www.sam.gov prior to contract award pursuant to FAR provision 5.207. Therefore, prospective offerors are encouraged to register prior to the submittal of their proposal. The guidelines for registration in SAM are also available at: https://www.fsd.gov/fsd-gov/learning-center-system.do?sysparm_system=SAM
The U.S. Government 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 if there is a need to do so.
Update #3 ·
Attached is the Department's response to industry's second set of questions. The Department anticipates that the final formal RFP will be issued within the next couple of weeks. Please continue to monitor this beta.SAM.gov for the release of the formal request for proposal.
Update #2 ·
Attached is the Department's response to industry questions on the Draft RFP documents. The Department anticipates that the final formal RFP will be issued before the end of March 2021. Please continue to monitor this beta.SAM.gov for its release.
Update #1 ·
THIS IS A DRAFT SOLICITATION FOR INDUSTRY REVIEW AND COMMENT
The United States Department of State Office of Acquisition Management (A/OPE/AQM) is releasing this draft solicitation for regional health insurance coverage for locally employed staff (LES) of the U.S. Diplomatic Missions in Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan (including the U.S. Embassy in Nur-Sultan and Consulate General in Almaty).
A draft version of the Section C and requests for information were previously released under FEDBIZOPS announcement 19AQMM20N2020. A/OPE/AQM encourages prospective offerors to provide comments and questions on this draft solicitation which contains solicitation Sections B-M.
Please note that Afghanistan is now added to the schedule. Offerors are encouraged to comment on their approach as to how they would provide medical insurance coverage in Afghanistan. Also Afghanistan has a requirement to keep the covered employees identity safeguarded and as such the employee should only be identified by a policy number or similar.
A/OPE/AQM does not intend to conduct a pre-proposal conference for this solicitation.
Please submit your solicitation comments to the undersigned at murphypj@state.gov on
or before January 15, 2021, 2:00 PM USA Eastern Standard Time.
The successful offeror shall be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) database https://www.sam.gov prior to contract award pursuant to FAR provision 5.207. Therefore, prospective offerors are encouraged to register prior to the submittal of their proposal. The guidelines for registration in SAM are also available at: https://www.fsd.gov/fsd-gov/learning-center-system.do?sysparm_system=SAM
The U.S. Government 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 if there is a need to do so.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Question Set 4.docx | DOCX document | |
| 19AQMM21R0015 - A0001 - add Exh B.1.pdf | ||
| Hospitals List.docx | DOCX document | |
| 19AQMM21R0015.pdf | ||
| Responses to Vendor Questions RFP 19AQMM21R0015 Set 2.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| Responses to Vendor Questions RFP 19AQMM21R0015.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| 19AQMM21R0015 DRAFT RFP Central Asia and Afghanistan Global Medical Coverage Insurance.docx | DOCX document | |
| Spreadsheet for Central Asia and Afghanistan GMC Insurance.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| DRAFT RFP Central Asia and Afghanistan Post Demographic Exhibits.docx | DOCX document |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Health Insurance for South Central Asia (SCA) Region Locally Employed Staff | Award Notice | |
| This notice | Solicitation | |
| Health Insurance for South Central Asia (SCA) Region Locally Employed Staff | Pre-Solicitation |
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