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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF JULY 17, 2015 FBO #4984
SOLICITATION NOTICE

Q -- Emergency Medical Coverage for International Visitors - Statement of Work

Notice Date
7/15/2015
 
Notice Type
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
 
NAICS
524114 — Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers
 
Contracting Office
Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, Acquisition Management Division, Contracts Operations Branch, 1280 Maryland Avenue, SW, Portals Bldg., Room 508A, Washington, District of Columbia, 20250-0567
 
ZIP Code
20250-0567
 
Solicitation Number
AG-3151-S-15-0068
 
Archive Date
8/11/2015
 
Point of Contact
Erin Lindsey, , Vincent Palmer,
 
E-Mail Address
Erin.Lindsey@Wdc.USDA.Gov, vincent.palmer@wdc.usda.gov
(Erin.Lindsey@Wdc.USDA.Gov, vincent.palmer@wdc.usda.gov)
 
Small Business Set-Aside
N/A
 
Description
Please read the Statement of Work (SOW) very carefully. All proposals must demonstrate an understanding of the SOW. OCBD is requesting provision of blanket sickness and accident insurance as required in 22 CFR Part 62 of the Exchange Visitor Act. The insurance will cover approximately 600 foreign nationals temporarily residing in the United States for training, higher education, and technical exchanges during stated performance period. Minimum coverage shall provide: (1) Medical benefits of at least $100,000 per accident or illness; (2) Repatriation of remains in the amount of $25,000; (3) Expenses associated with the medical evacuation of exchange visitors to his or her home country in the amount of $50,000; and (4) Deductibles not to exceed $500 per accident or illness. (c) Insurance policies secured to fulfill the requirements of this section: (1) May require a waiting period for pre-existing conditions that is reasonable as determined by current industry standards; (2) May include provisions for co-insurance under the terms of which the exchange visitor may be required to pay up to 5% of the covered benefits per accident or illness; and (3) Must not unreasonably exclude coverage for perils inherent to the activities of the exchange program in which the exchange visitor participates. (d) Any policy, plan, or contract secured to fill the above requirements must, at a minimum, be: (1) Underwritten by an insurance corporation having an A.M. Best rating of "A-" or above; a McGraw Hill Financial/Standard & Poor's Claims-paying Ability rating of "A-" or above; a Weiss Research, Inc. rating of "B+" or above; a Fitch Ratings, Inc. rating of "A-" or above; a Moody's Investor Services rating of "A3" or above; or such other rating as the Department of State may from time to time specify; or (2) Backed by the full faith and credit of the government of the exchange visitor's home country; or (3) Part of a health benefits program offered on a group basis to employees or enrolled students by a designated sponsor; or (4) Offered through or underwritten by a federally qualified Health Maintenance Organization or eligible Competitive Medical Plan as determined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (e) Federal, state or local government agencies; state colleges and universities; and public community colleges may, if permitted by law, self-insure any or all of the above-required insurance coverage. (f) At the request of a non-governmental sponsor of an exchange visitor program, and upon a showing that such sponsor has funds readily available and under its control sufficient to meet the requirements of this section, the Department of State may permit the sponsor to self-insure or to accept full financial responsibility for such requirements. (g) The Department of State may, in its sole discretion, condition its approval of self-insurance or the acceptance of full financial responsibility by the non-governmental sponsor by requiring such sponsor to secure a payment bond in favor of the Department of State guaranteeing the sponsor's obligations hereunder. (h) Accompanying spouses and dependents are required to be covered by insurance in the amounts set forth in paragraph (b) of this section. Sponsors must inform exchange visitors of this requirement, in writing, in advance of the exchange visitor's arrival in the United States. (i) Exchange visitors who willfully fail to maintain the insurance coverage set forth above while a participant in an exchange visitor program or who make material misrepresentations to the sponsor concerning such coverage will be deemed to be in violation of these regulations and will be subject to termination as an exchange visitor. (j) Sponsors must terminate an exchange visitor's participation in their program if the sponsor determines that the exchange visitor or any accompanying spouse or dependent willfully fails to remain in compliance with this section. [79 FR 60307, Oct. 6, 2014]
 
Web Link
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/FSA/MSD/AG-3151-S-15-0068/listing.html)
 
Place of Performance
Address: N/A, District of Columbia, 20024, United States
Zip Code: 20024
 
Record
SN03797850-W 20150717/150715235602-4e2a4cac0c6cddf171103ba6ee4b6c03 (fbodaily.com)
 
Source
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