The purpose of this BPA call against the LCD BPA set up aid-685-E-15-00004 is to hire a short term consultant who will serve as construction inspector for the young african leadership intiative (YALI)…

The purpose of this BPA call against the LCD BPA set up aid-685-E-15-00004 is to hire a short term consultant who will serve as construction inspector for the young african leadership intiative (YALI) regional leadership center (RLC). Under general supervision of dakar USAID/mission GDO director or her her designee, the consultant performs inspection and quality assurance on the rehabilitation of dakar YALI dedicated facilities located in cesag. The consultant will insure compliance with technical and environmental standards, codes, and design specifications. The consultant will represent USAID in technical meetings, approve technical documents, inspect and supervise construction. This includes ensuring contractor's work conforms to the project plans and specifications. This is accomplished by: - representing USAID in site visits, pre-proposal meeting, construction firms selection committee, post award orientation, pre-construction meetings, construction monitoring reviews, close-out meetings - approving detailed design and drawings, technical specifications, bill of quantity (BOQ), emmp reports, final reception reports - inspecting the contractors work; - keeping a record of instructions given to the contractor regarding plan and specification interpretation and any required change orders; - verifying quality of materials, workmanship, line and grade. - inspecting and performing oversight on the installation of water lines, electrical equipment sewer drains. - conducting final construction site inspections for compliance with the technical specifications and the environmental standards this is a firm fix price of CFA 9,525,000 (not to exceed $17,000) for a period of performance of eleven (11) month from december 1ST, 2015 to october 31, 2016. The contractor shall submit invoices based on the payment schedule with a completed SF 1034 and payment will be made as stated in page 8. The COR will review the submitted invoice and forward IT to the office of financial management.