US EMBASSY MANILA GROUP LES LIFE INSURANCE   3

The Embassy of the United States of America invites you to submit a proposal for locally employed staff life insurance coverage.

The Embassy intends to conduct a pre-proposal conference, and all prospective offerors are invited to attend. See Section L.8 of the attached Request for Proposals (RFP).

Electronic submissions will be accepted. Your proposal must be submitted by email to ManilaContracting@state.gov on or before 4:30P.M. on January 11, 2021 (Manila date and time). No proposal will be accepted after this time.

In order for a proposal 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;

5. Additional information as required in Section L.

Direct any questions regarding this solicitation to Jason B. Haskins, Contracting Officer by email to ManilaContracting@state.gov during regular business hours.

Please note: Proposals that contain more benefits (even if there is no increase in cost) or fewer benefits than those stated in the solicitation may be deemed technically unacceptable.

The successful offeror shall be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) database https://www.sam.gov prior to contract award pursuant to FAR provision 5.207. Therefore prospective offerors are encouraged to register prior to the submittal of their proposal. The guidelines for registration in SAM are also available at: https://www.fsd.gov/fsd-gov/learning-center-system.do?sysparm_system=SAM

The U.S. Government intends to award a contract to the responsible company submitting an acceptable offer at the lowest price. We intend to award a contract 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.

Updated to attach minutes of meeting.

• UPDATE: Attachment SF30 and Exhibit D.

UPDATES:

• Attachment SF30
• Exhibit A
• Questions and Answers