Health Insurance for Locally Employed Staff

The Embassy of the United States of America invites you to submit a proposal for locally employed staff health insurance coverage. The Embassy encourages prospective offerors to offer off-the-shelf plans that meet at least the minimum benefit levels required in this solicitation. 

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. 

The Embassy intends to conduct a pre-proposal conference. The pre-proposal conference will be held on October 28, 2026 at 10 a.m. at the U.S. Embassy Kuala Lumpur. Prospective offerors should contact the Procurement Supervisor; Punitha Ratnasingam at ratnasingamp@state.gov by October 23, 2026 before 12 p.m. for additional information or to arrange entry to the building. 

Proposals are due on November 20, 2026 before 12 p.m. No proposals will be accepted after this time. Proposals must be in English and incomplete proposals will not be accepted. 

Your proposal must be submitted electronically to KualaLumpurDTO@state.gov .It is important to make sure the submission is made in specific 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.  

In order for a quotation to be considered, you must also complete and submit the following: 

1. SF-1449  

2. Section B, Pricing Schedule. 

3. Section B, Retention Amounts in B.3 

4. Section K, Representations and Certifications; and 

5. Additional information as required in Section L. 

6. Proof of SAM Registration  

Offerors shall be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) database at https://www.sam.gov prior to submittal of their offer/proposal as prescribed under FAR 4.1102. Failure to be registered at time of proposal submission may deem the offeror’s proposal to be considered non-responsible and no further consideration will be given. Therefore, offerors are highly encouraged to register immediately if they are interested in submitting a response to this requirement.