Locally Employed Staff Health Insurance
Overview
Buyer
Place of Performance
NAICS
PSC
Set Aside
Original Source
Timeline
Qualification Details
Fit reasons
- NAICS alignment with historical contract wins in similar service areas.
- Scope strongly matches core technical capabilities and delivery model.
Risks
- Past performance thresholds may require one additional teaming partner.
- Potential clarification needed on staffing minimums before bid/no-bid.
Next steps
Validate eligibility requirements, assign capture owner, and schedule partner outreach to confirm teaming strategy before submission planning.
Please note this solicitation is not ready to be issued as of this date. The Embassy of the United States in Cyprus will launch the solicitation on the SAM (System for Award Management) Database https://www.sam.gov website when it is available.
The Embassy of the United States in Nicosia will issue a solicitation for providing health insurance for locally employed staff of the U.S. Embassy Nicosia, Cyprus. The estimated number of employees is 157 with approximately 404 eligible dependents. Please note these are only estimated quantities. The anticipated performance is for a base year, with four one-year option periods, if exercised by the Government. These requirements may change depending on funding availability in forth coming periods.
All responsible sources may submit an offer, which shall be considered
All responsible sources may submit an offer, which shall be considered. The Government plans to issue the solicitation in December 2025.
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 must be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) Database https://www.sam.gov prior to submitting an offer pursuant to FAR provision 52.204-7. Therefore, prospective offerors are encouraged to register prior to the submittal of quotations/proposals.
This opportunity is subject to 52.229-12 - Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements (FEB 2021)
Please mail your offer to the contracting office listed in this notice and electronically to NicosiaContracting@state.gov prior to the response date and time. Please ensure your email with your offer does not exceed 15MB, if it does then you might have to send more than one email.