Locally Employed Staff Health Insurance

Please note this solicitation is not ready to be issued as of this date. The Embassy of the United States in Cyprus will launch the solicitation on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website when it is available.

The Embassy of the United States in Nicosia will issue a solicitation for providing health insurance for locally employed staff of the U.S. Embassy Nicosia, Cyprus. The estimated number of employees is 160 with approximately 260 eligible dependents. Please note 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 type contract with economic price adjustment.

The Government is planning a pre-proposal 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 quotations/proposals.

The guidelines for registration in SAM are also available at:

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

Electronic Submission/Responses:
No electronic offers will be accepted. Please mail your offer to the contracting office listed in this notice prior to the response date and time.