Health insurance services for the locally employed staff (LES) at the U.S. Embassy Bogota.

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

The requirement is for providing health insurance services for the locally employed staff (LES) at the U.S. Embassy Bogota. The potential number of employees is approximately 580 with approximately 1000 eligible dependents. Please note that these are only estimated quantities for the purpose of this advance notice.

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.

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

Pursuant to FAR 4.1102(a), offerors must be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) Database https://www.sam.gov at the time of proposal submission. 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.fsd.gov/fsd-gov/learning-center-system.do?sysparm_system=SAM

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.

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.