Department of State, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Embassy Quito, Ecuador

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

The requirement is for providing health and life insurance to locally employed staff of the U.S. Mission in Ecuador.  The estimated number of employees is 402 with approximately 652 eligible dependents.  Please note that these are estimated quantities. 

The solicitation will be issued via the SAM- Contract Opportunities.  Note: The response date in this synopsis is not a firm date; please see the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the actual date.

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 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-quotation 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://sam.gov/content/entity-registration

Contracting Office Address: U.S. Embassy, Quito, P.O. Box 17-17-1538, Quito, Ecuador

Place of Performance: Quito and Guayaquil (U.S. Mission), Ecuador

For additional information contact the Contracting Officer, Deryl van Coblijn, phone ++593-2398-5106, or via email [email protected]

Or the secondary point of contact, Jose Balseca, phone ++593-2398-5284, or via email [email protected]