Legal Advice Services – Pension Schemes

Please note this solicitation is not ready to be issued as of this date. The Embassy of the United States in the United Kingdom will launch the solicitation on the SAM.gov website when it is available.

The American Embassy London has a requirement for Legal Advice Services in relation to UK pensions law regarding existing Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution schemes, including but not necessarily limited to:

• Workplace pensions & auto-enrollment
• Scheme documentation, Scheme Rules, consolidations & amendments
• Member communications and employer pension consultation exercises
• Scheme funding and covenant issues
• Liability management and reduction exercises

The anticipated performance period is for a base year, with up to two one-year option periods, which may be exercised at the sole discretion of the U.S. 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 type contract.

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

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

Electronic submissions will be accepted:

This opportunity allows for electronic responses. Please submit your offer prior to the response date and time. Please ensure your email with your offer does not exceed (50,000 KB), otherwise more than one email may need to be sent.