Presolicitation Notice – Health & Life Insurance Services

Notice Type: Presolicitation Notice

Posted Date: 20-APR-17

Office Address: Department of State; Western Hemisphere Posts; U.S. Embassy Panama City, Panama; P.O. Box 0816-02561 Panama City 1

Subject: Health & Life Insurance Services

Classification Code: Q - Medical services

Contact: Matthew J. Miller, Contracting Officer, Phone 507-317-5142, Fax 507-317-5141, Email MillerMJ2@state.gov - Malena Dawson, Procurement Supervisor, Phone 507-317-5402, Fax 507-317-5141, Email dawsonmc@state.gov

Setaside: N/AN/A

Place of Performance (address): 783 Demetrio B. Lakas AvenueClayton Panama

Place of Performance Country: PA

Description: Department of State

Western Hemisphere Posts

U.S. Embassy Panama City, Panama

Please note this solicitation is not ready to be issued as of this date. The Embassy of the United States in Panama will launch the solicitation on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website when it is available. The requirement is to provide health and life insurance services for the local employee staff (LES) of the U.S. Embassy Panama. The anticipated performance is for a base year, with four one-year option periods, if exercised by the Government. All responsible sources may submit an offer, 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-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: Electronic responses/proposals will not be allowed.

Link/URL: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/State/WHA/Panama/SPM070-17-R-0001/listing.html