Solicitation
Health & Life Insurance Services for Locally Employed Staff of the U.S. Mission in Belize
Department of State · Sol. 19BH2026Q0028
Due in 29 days
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The U.S. Embassy in Belmopan, Belize wants quotes for health and life insurance services for its locally employed staff. It plans to award a purchase order to the lowest-priced acceptable offer, possibly without discussions. Quotes are due 4 November 2026 by email.
Watch out for
- Pre-quotation conference in Belize. The conference is October 15 at the Embassy and you must email by October 8 for information or entry, which is a tight window and requires travel to attend in person.
The pre-proposal conference will be held on October 15, 2026 at 9:00 am (local time)
- Lowest price award. Award goes to the lowest-priced acceptable offer, possibly without discussions, so your first quote must be complete and competitive.
We intend to award a purchase order based on initial quotations, without holding discussions
- Foreign-based insurance work. Offerors need to be able to provide insurance coverage for staff in Belize, and the notice does not say what local licensing is required.
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Full brief
What they want
- Health insurance services for U.S. Mission Belize locally employed staff
- Life insurance services for the same staff
- A complete quotation using SF-1449 and the required sections
- Contract type
- Purchase order (Request for Quotations)
- Place of performance
- Belmopan, Belize
- How they'll choose
- Lowest price among acceptable offers
- Offers due
- November 4, 2026 at 5:00 pm (local time)
- How to submit
- Email to GillettER@state.gov
- Page limits
- File size must not exceed 30MB per email; split into several emails if needed
What they'll judge offers on
- Price (lowest price, acceptable offer)
What to include when you submit
- Email subject line must read “Solicitation 19BH2026Q0028”
- Use MS-Word, MS-Excel or PDF format, in English
- Submit SF-1449 Section I, Pricing, and Section 5 Representations and Certifications
- Include additional information required in Section 3 of the solicitation
- Submit a completed IRS Form W-14 and proof of SAM registration
- Pre-quotation conference October 15, 2026 at 9:00 am local time at the Embassy; email by October 8, 2026 to arrange entry
You must have
- Must be registered in SAM when submitting a proposal
offerors be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) database
- Incomplete quotations will not be accepted
incomplete proposals will not be accepted
Not in the notice text
- Contract period of performance
- Number of staff to be covered and coverage requirements (in the solicitation attachment)
- Local licensing or insurer registration requirements in Belize
- Estimated value
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Key facts
- Response due
- Nov 4, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 5, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- 19BH2026Q0028
- Agency
- Department of State
- Office
- U.S.Embassy Belmopan
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- NAICS
- 524114
- Product/service code
- G009
- Business type
- Consulting & professional services
- Place of performance
- Belmopan, BZ-CY
- Contracting contact
- Salman KhalilKhalilSK@state.gov5018224011
- Versions
- 2 (amended since first posted)
Full notice text from SAM.gov
This a Request for Quotations (RFQ) for Health and Life Insurance Services. If you would like to submit a quotation, follow the instructions in Section 3 of the solicitation, complete the required portions of the attached document, and submit it to the address shown on the Standard Form 1449 that follows this letter. The U.S. Government intends to award a purchase order to the responsible company submitting an acceptable offer at the lowest price. We intend to award a purchase order based on initial quotations, 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-quotation conference at the site, The pre-proposal conference will be held on October 15, 2026 at 9:00 am (local time) at the US Embassy in Belmopan. Prospective offerors/quoters should send an email to GillettER@state.gov by October 8, 2026 for additional information or to arrange entry to the building. Quotations are due on November 4, 2026 at 5:00 pm (local time). No quotations will be accepted after this time. Proposals must be in English and incomplete proposals will not be accepted. Your quotation must be submitted electronically to GillettER@state.gov. It is important to make sure the submission is made in the specified size and format; in MS-Word 2007/2010 or MS-Excel 2007/2010 or Adobe Acrobat (pdf) file format. The file size must not exceed 30MB. If the file size should exceed the 30MB, the submission must be made in separate files and attached to separate emails with less than 30MB each. The email subject line must read “Solicitation 19BH2026Q0028”. In order for a quotation to be considered, you must also complete and submit the following: SF-1449 Section I, Pricing Section 5 Representations and Certifications Additional information as required in Section 3 The Offeror should submit a completed IRS Form W-14, found at www.irs.gov/w14, to ensure compliance with FAR 52.229-11 Proof of SAM Registration Notwithstanding FAR 4.203-1(b)(5)(ii), the Contracting Officer has determined that it is in the best interest of the U.S. Government that offerors be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) database at https://www.sam.gov at the time of submitting a proposal.
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