Health insurance services for the locally employed staff in the U.S. Embassy in Bogota

The Embassy of the United States of America invites you to submit a proposal for locally employed staff health and/or life 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. The U.S. Government intends to award a contract/purchase order to the responsible company submitting an acceptable offer at the lowest price.

We intend to award a contract/purchase order 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.

The Embassy intends to conduct a pre-proposal conference at the site, The pre-proposal conference will be held on Thursday December 19, 2024 at 9AM (local time) at the U.S. Embassy in Bogota Prospective offerors should contact this email bogotagsocompras@state.gov by Friday December 13, 2024 at 4PM Bogota time for additional information or to arrange entry to the building.

Questions must be addressed to bogotagsocompras@state.gov and the due date for questions is Thursday January 2, 2025, 4PM response to all questions will be posted on Monday January 13, 2025. in SAM.GOV Proposals are due by Monday January 27, 2025 No proposals will be accepted after this time. Proposals must be in English and incomplete proposals will not be accepted.

Your proposal must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked "Proposal Enclosed for 19C02025R0001 Health insurance services for the locally employed staff in the U.S. Embassy in Bogota” to Carrera 45 #24B-27, Bogotá, Colombia. In order for a quotation 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; and 5. Additional information as required in Section L. 6. “The Offeror should submit a completed IRS Form W-14, found at www.irs.gov/w14, to ensure compliance with FAR 52.229-11;”] 7. Proof of SAM Registration Offerors shall be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) database at https://www.sam.gov prior to submittal of their offer/proposal as prescribed under FAR 4.1102.

Failure to be registered at time of proposal submission may deem the offeror’s proposal to be considered non-responsible and no further consideration will be given. Therefore, offerors are highly encouraged to register immediately if they are interested in submitting a response to this requirement.