Pre-solicitationPosted Jun 30, 2026·Responses due Jul 14, 2026

Life Insurance Services for Locally Employed Staff

State · EMBASSY MANAMA

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
524113
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
19BA3026R0002
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
G006
Place
Zinj, BHR
Contact
Sean Daniels (danielss@state.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 19BA3026R0002 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jun 30, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
  • Jul 29, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
Solicitation
  • Jul 14, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 4, 2026 to Dec 12, 2026, middle of the range Oct 20, 2026.
Measured from 110 past early notices at State, Department of that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jun 30, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

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  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

Please note this solicitation is not ready to be issued as of this date. The Embassy of the United States in the Kingdom of Bahrain will launch the solicitation on the SAM.gov website when it is available. The requirement is for providing Life insurance services to the Locally hired employees of the United States Mission in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The estimated number of employees is approximately 104. Please note these are only estimated quantities. The anticipated performance period is for a base year, with four one-year option periods, if exercised by the Government. All qualified sources m… (show all)

ay submit a quotation which will be considered. 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 Fixed-Price with Economic Price Adjustment. The Government is planning a pre-quotation conference and the date for this conference will be in the solicitation. SAM registration is not required; however, qualified offerors must have a valid CAGE/N-CAGE code for verification. Electronic Submission/Responses: This opportunity allows for electronic responses. Please submit your offer prior to the response date and time. Please ensure your email with your offer does not exceed 30 MB, if it does then you might have to send more than one email.

Who won similar work

4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (State), same product/service code (PSC) G006.

Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $630K to $276.4M, median $1.0M; range $250K to $1.1B.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ATHORA BELGIUM Ixelles 1050 BEL1$1.1BOct 2, 2025
GENERALI LIFE ASSURANCE (THAILAND) PUBLIC COMPANY1$1.3MApr 9, 2026
InLife Benefits Insurance Company1$757KMay 29, 2026
METLIFE EMEKLILIK VE HAYAT ANONIM SIRKETI Istanbul (anatolia) 34805 TUR1$250KJan 23, 2026

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Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 4 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
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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
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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
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