Questions and Answers

Solicitation No_19BH2026Q0028

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Health and Life Insurance Services

Q1: Group Life Insurance - Sum Insured - Kindly advise the sum insured amount for the Group Life coverage if all listed individuals will be provided with the same coverage amount. A1: Group Life coverage is not a flat amount. Per Section B.1.1 of the Statement of Work, each employee's sum insured is a multiple of his or her monthly basic salary: 24 times for natural death, 30 times for accidental death, and 12 to 24 times for disability, as specified in B.1.1.3. "Salary" is defined in B.1.8 as one-twelfth of annual basic salary, excluding premium pay, allowances and bonuses.

Q2: Individual Sum Insured Amounts - If each individual will require a different sum insured amount, kindly provide a list of the individuals’ dates of birth along with the corresponding sum insured for each person.
A2: Anonymized employee census information is attached. The U.S. Government is not permitted to disclose any personally identifiable information (PII) (See Attachment 1 – Anonymized Employee Census )

Q3: Group Personal Accident Coverage - If medical coverage is not provided, would the Embassy be interested in Group Personal Accident coverage as an alternative. If so, we would require the job position and sum insured amount for each listed individual in order to provide the appropriate quotation.
A3: No. The Government is not seeking Group Personal Accident coverage as an alternative to the medical coverage required by the solicitation. A quote that proposes Group Personal Accident coverage in place of the required medical coverage may adversely affect the quote's evaluation. Accidental death is already covered under B.1.1.2 and B.1.1.3 in the Solicitation document under Attachment 1Description/Specifications/Performance Work Statement

Q4: Please provide the employee census rather than summary employee statistics A4: Anonymized employee census information is attached. The U.S. Government is not permitted to disclose any personally identifiable information (PII) (See Attachment 1 – Anonymized Employee Census)
Q5: Current Benefits: Could the Embassy provide a copy of its current Schedule of Benefits? (Combination of existing schedule of benefit and the minimum benefit requirements established in the solicitation).
A5: The Statement of Work for contract No: 19BH2022D0001 is attached (See Attachment 2 – Statement of Work)

Q6: Claims Experience: Could the Embassy provide the premiums billed for each of the last