Health & Life Insurance Services for Locally Employed Staff of the U.S. Mission in Belize
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 19BH2026Q0028
- Agency
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Department of State
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 524114 Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers
- Place of performance
- Cayo Belize
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of State, through the U.S. Embassy Belmopan contracting office, seeks health and life insurance services for locally employed staff under Solicitation 19BH2027Q0001, with quotations due November 10, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. local time. Amendment 00001, issued November 2, 2026, changed the solicitation number from 19BH2026Q0028 and moved the deadline from November 4, 2026. No set-aside is used.
Place of performance is Cayo District, Belize. Contractors must be authorized by the Government of Belize or an equivalent foreign government to provide health insurance. Offerors must be registered in SAM at proposal submission, submit an IRS Form W-14, and submit proposals in English in MS-Word, MS-Excel, or PDF format, with each file not exceeding 30MB. Eligible participants include active U.S. Government employees in Belize employed by the Department of State, Department of Defense (MILGP and MSG), Department of Justice (DEA), USDA, Millennium Challenge Corporation, and Peace Corps.
Health coverage covers an estimated 129 employees across Self, Self Plus One, and Family categories, and group life covers approximately 5,309 employees based on estimated payroll. The period of performance is one base year, four one-year options, and a six-month extension option. The contract is fixed-price with Economic Price Adjustment and a minimum guaranteed order of BZ$787,936.07 per performance period. The Government pays 90% of health premiums, and group life premiums are 100% employer-paid.
Award goes to the lowest-priced, technically acceptable, responsible offeror. The Government intends to award without discussions but may hold discussions with the competitive range. Technical evaluation emphasizes qualifications, past performance with similar contracts, plan administration capability, and licensing verification, and the source assigns no numeric weights. Offerors must provide pricing tables for each coverage category and period, bi-weekly retention amounts, and a management plan.
Submit quotations to GillettER@state.gov. Offerors must acknowledge Amendment 00001 before the deadline by completing items 8 and 15 of the SF 30 or by equivalent written acknowledgment, and failure to do so may result in rejection. Contracting Officer Salman Khalil and Contract Administrator Elisa Gillett are the named government points of contact. No incumbent is named.
Notice text
This a Request for Quotations (RFQ) for Health and Life Insurance Services. If you would like to submit a quotation, follow the instructions in Section 3 of the solicitation, complete the required portions of the attached document, and submit it to the address shown on the Standard Form 1449 that follows this letter.
The U.S. Government intends to award a purchase order to the responsible company submitting an acceptable offer at the lowest price. We intend to award a purchase order based on initial quotations, without holding discussions, although we may hold discussions with companies in the competitive range if there is a need to do so.
The Embassy intends to conduct a pre-quotation conference at the site, The pre-proposal conference will be held on October 15, 2026 at 9:00 am (local time) at the US Embassy in Belmopan. Prospective offerors/quoters should send an email to GillettER@state.gov by October 8, 2026 for additional information or to arrange entry to the building.
Quotations are due on November 4, 2026 at 5:00 pm (local time). No quotations will be accepted after this time. Proposals must be in English and incomplete proposals will not be accepted.
Your quotation must be submitted electronically to GillettER@state.gov. It is important to make sure the submission is made in the specified size and format; in MS-Word 2007/2010 or MS-Excel 2007/2010 or Adobe Acrobat (pdf) file format. The file size must not exceed 30MB. If the file size should exceed the 30MB, the submission must be made in separate files and attached to separate emails with less than 30MB each. The email subject line must read “Solicitation 19BH2026Q0028”.
In order for a quotation to be considered, you must also complete and submit the following:
- SF-1449
- Section I, Pricing
- Section 5 Representations and Certifications
- Additional information as required in Section 3
- The Offeror should submit a completed IRS Form W-14, found at www.irs.gov/w14, to ensure compliance with FAR 52.229-11
- Proof of SAM Registration
Notwithstanding FAR 4.203-1(b)(5)(ii), the Contracting Officer has determined that it is in the best interest of the U.S. Government that offerors be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) database at https://www.sam.gov at the time of submitting a proposal.
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Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| This notice | Solicitation | |
| Health & Life Insurance Services for Locally Employed Staff of the U. S. Mission in Belize | Pre-Solicitation |
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