Health Insurance Services

This contract starts January 7, 2018.

The solicitation package was posted March 23, 2017. Your proposal must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked "Proposal Enclosed" to Sarah Kahnt, General Services Office, Marina Avenue, on or before 10:00am local time on April 28, 2017. This opportunity allows for electronics response at KahntSE@state.gov. Please submit your offer prior to the response date and time. 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
2. Section B, Pricing Schedule
3. Section B, Retention Amounts in B.3 and B.7
4. Section K, Representations and Certifications;
5. Additional information as required in Section L.

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

Direct any questions regarding this solicitation to Ayawo Agboto by letter or by telephone at +22921367977 during regular business hours.

Please note: Proposals that contain more benefits (even if there is no increase in cost) or fewer benefits than those stated in the solicitation may be deemed technically unacceptable.

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.

Please see below the final solicitation package. Your proposal must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked "Proposal Enclosed" to Sarah Kahnt, General Services Office, Marina Avenue, on or before 10:00am local time on April 28, 2017. This opportunity allows for electronics response at KahntSE@state.gov. Please submit your offer prior to the response date and time. 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
2. Section B, Pricing Schedule
3. Section B, Retention Amounts in B.3 and B.7
4. Section K, Representations and Certifications;
5. Additional information as required in Section L.

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

Direct any questions regarding this solicitation to Ayawo Agboto by letter or by telephone at +22921367977 during regular business hours.

Please note: Proposals that contain more benefits (even if there is no increase in cost) or fewer benefits than those stated in the solicitation may be deemed technically unacceptable.

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.

Please note this solicitation is not ready to be issued as of this date. The Embassy of the United States in Benin will launch the solicitation on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website when it is available. The requirement is for the providing of Health and Life insurance services to the locally hired employees of the U.S. Mission. The estimated number of employees is 175 with approximatively 650 eligible dependents. Please note that these are only estimated quantities. 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 quotation which will be considered.

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 adjustment type contract.

The Government is planning a pre-quotation conference and the date for this conference will be in the solicitation.

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

The guidelines for registration in SAM are also available at:

https://www.statebuy.state.gov/pd/Pages/AdditionalVendorReg.aspx

Electronic Submission/Responses:

This opportunity allows for electronic responses. Please submit your offer prior to the response date and time.