Locally-Employed Staff Health Insurance Plan Pre-Solicitation

The US Embassy Freetown, under the Department of State, is seeking a service provider for solicitation 19SL2027R0002 to provide medical insurance services for approximately 200 locally hired employees and 805 eligible dependents in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The contract will be awarded as a firm fixed price with economic price adjustment to the lowest priced technically acceptable offeror. The anticipated performance period includes a twelve-month base period followed by four one-year option periods. The government plans to issue the solicitation in November 2026, with an anticipated closing date of December 28, 2026. Prospective offerors must maintain active registration in the System for Award Management and provide a Unique Entity Identifier with their proposal. Submissions must be organized into three distinct volumes: administrative, price, and technical. Financial proposals may be submitted in either United States Dollars or Sierra Leone New Leones. Local offerors may submit their proposals electronically via email or as sealed physical hard copies to the General Services Office at the US Embassy Freetown. The primary point of contact for this requirement is Contracting Officer Rose Weckenmann.