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RFQ No: 72039120Q00011

RFQ Issuance Date: September 02, 2020

Closing Date for Questions: September 08, 2020 Close of Business (COB)

RFQ Closing Date and Time: October 02, 2020 Close of Business (COB)

Title: Performance Evaluation and Monitoring Services, USAID/Pakistan Blanket Purchase

Agreement (BPA) Procurement

To: Local Entities of Pakistan

Subject: Solicitation for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Services (PMES) (RFQ) Number

72039120Q00011

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Pakistan intends to award a multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to procure Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Services for various USAID projects/interventions. Please refer to the Scope of Work in Section C

Description/Specification this RFQ for a complete statement of goals and expected results. The authority for this RFQ is found in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.

USAID/Pakistan anticipates awarding multiple BPAs for a total estimated cost of US$4,000,000.

USAID anticipates the award of multiple BPAs to Pakistani firms. Prospective contractors should be aware that while USAID may award multiple BPAs, USAID will only award the number of BPAs required to meet

USAID’s current need. Contractor quotes must be submitted in accordance with the RFQ instructions at the specified place and time.

Contractors are required to respond to all areas of the scope of work.

The Offerors are requested to submit a separate Quote and Cost Proposal that is realistic and reasonable for the work described herein. Cost proposals shall be evaluated as a part of a best value determination for contract award as described in Section M.1. Any future amendments to this RFQ will be provided directly to the Offeror. It is the responsibility of the Offeror to ensure that it has received documents related to this RFQ and any future amendment in its entirety.

The Offeror should carefully consider Section L “Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Bidders” of this solicitation when submitting their proposal. Section A through J of this solicitation will become a substantive part of the anticipated contract with blanks to be completed by the Contracting Officer upon award. Section

K – Representations, Certifications and Acknowledgements must be completed and submitted with the proposal. Proposal must be signed by an official who is authorized to bind your organization with the U.S.

Government.

If your organization decides to submit a proposal in response to this solicitation, it must be submitted by the designated date and time indicated above. Proposals received after the closing date and time will be processed as late and handled in accordance with FAR 52.215-1. Proposals in response to this solicitation shall be valid for 120 days.

Any questions regarding this RFQ should be submitted in writing to the attention of Mr. Sohail Humayun at shumayun@usaid.gov by the date and time specified above. Your questions with their answers will be provided as an amendment to this RFQ. Oral instructions or explanations given before the award of the contract resulting from this solicitation will not be binding.

Please confirm receipt of this solicitation in its entirety, via email. USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from email exchange.

Issuance of this solicitation does not in any way obligate the U.S. Government to award a contract, nor does it commit the U.S. Government to pay for costs incurred in the preparation and submission of a proposal.

Furthermore, the Government reserves the right to reject your proposal, if such action is considered to be in the best interest of the U.S. Government.

Thank you for your interest in USAID programs.

Sincerely, Ms. Daphne Collier

Contracting Officer

Office of Acquisition and Assistance

USAID/Pakistan mailto:shumayun@usaid.gov