Global medical coverage for LES employees in US Embassy Podgorica, Montenegro
State · EMBASSY PODGORICA
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 19MJ1926R0001 in this department, oldest first.
- May 26, 2026Pre-solicitationOpen
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
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/purchase order based on initial proposals, without holding discussions, although we may hold discussions with companies in the competitive range if there is a nee… (show all)
d to do so. The Embassy intends to conduct a pre-proposal conference. Pre-proposal conference to discuss the requirements of this solicitation will be held by Government on 23 July 2026 at the time and place which offerors will receive information by email. See Section L of the attached Request for Proposals (RFP). Proposals are due by 17:00 Central European Time (CET) on 14 August 2026. 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 PodgoricaSolicitations@state.gov . It is important to make sure the submission is made in specific size and format; Adobe Acrobat (pdf) file format. The file size must not exceed 30MB. If the file size should exceed 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-33 2. Section B, Pricing Schedule. 3. Section B, Retention Amounts in B.3 and B.7. 4. Section K, Representations and Certifications; and 5. Additional information as required in Section L. 6. The Offeror should submit a completed IRS Form W-14, found at www.irs.gov/w14, to ensure compliance with FAR 52.229-11 7. 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.
Who won similar work
15 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (State), same product/service code (PSC) G007.
Single-winner award sizes (15): middle half $410K to $7.5M, median $3.2M; range $18K to $18.7M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHILHEALTHCARE, INC. | 2 | $18.8M | Oct 14, 2026 |
| INSULAR HEALTH CARE INC | 2 | $36K | Jul 2, 2026 |
| PRIVATE JOINT STOCK COMPANY | 1 | $18.0M | May 14, 2025 |
| Segment Company | 1 | $8.4M | Jun 10, 2026 |
| OMINT SOCIEDAD ANONIMA DE SERVICIOS Ciudad de Buenos Aires ARG | 1 | $7.6M | Feb 19, 2025 |
| AAR INSURANCE KENYA LIMITED | 1 | $7.4M | Jul 15, 2025 |
| FIDELITY LIFE MEDICAL AID SOCIETY Harare ZWE | 1 | $6.1M | Apr 21, 2026 |
| SIGAL INSURANCE GROUP SH.A. Tirane ALB | 1 | $3.4M | Sep 3, 2026 |
| BOTSOGO HEALTH PLAN PROPRIETARY LIMITED | 1 | $3.2M | May 12, 2025 |
| SICOM General Insurance Ltd | 1 | $2.2M | Jul 16, 2025 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Oct 14, 2026PHILHEALTHCARE, INC.$18.7MGROUP LES HEALTH INSURANCE UNDER GMC
- Sep 3, 2026SIGAL INSURANCE GROUP SH.A. Tirane ALB$3.4MHealth and Life Insurance service for LE staff
- Jul 2, 2026INSULAR HEALTH CARE INC$18KJUSMAG SASP & Contractual Employees Health Insurance
- Jul 1, 2026INSULAR HEALTH CARE INC$18KJUSMAG SASP & Contractual Employees Health Insurance
- Jun 10, 2026Segment Company$8.4MU.S. Embassy Iraq LES Global Medical Coverage (GMC) Health Insurance Services
- May 22, 2026TAKAFUL BRUNEI AM SDN BHD Negara BE1518 BRN$570KHealth Insurance for Locally Employed Staff (LES), U.S. Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
- Apr 21, 2026FIDELITY LIFE MEDICAL AID SOCIETY Harare ZWE$6.1MHealth Insurance Services for Locally Employed Staff at U.S. Embassy Harare, Zimbabwe
- Jul 16, 2025SICOM General Insurance Ltd$2.2MHealth Insurance for Locally Employed Staff for the U.S. Embassy Port Louis, Mauritius
- Jul 15, 2025AAR INSURANCE KENYA LIMITED$7.4MLE Staff Health Insurance Services
- Jul 11, 2025Policlinica de Santiago CPV$996KHealth Insurance for Locally Employed Staff, U.S. Embassy Praia, Cabo Verde
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied State, Dept of (DOS) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past State, Dept of (DOS) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 33 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.