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x x copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted ; or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO BE

RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR

OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted , such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

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13. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS. IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required) is not extended.is extended, Items 8 and 15, and returning

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended , by one of the following methods: (a) By completing

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

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CHECK ONE A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority) appropriation data, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not is required to sign this document and return __________________ copies to the issuing office.

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14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

The purpose of this modification is to:

1.) Extend the Past Performance Information due date to December 8, 2021.

The purpose of this modification is to:

1.) DELETE Section H.5 in its entirety and replace with updated language.

2.) DELETE Section L.7.3 in its entirety and replace with update language.

3.) DELETE Section L.8 in its entirety and replace with updated language.

4.) Update Q&A.

[Past Performance Information Due Date]: December 8, 2021

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16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

15C. DATE SIGNED 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR 16C. DATE SIGNED

(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer)

Rita Habib

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Prescribed by GSA FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

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[Full Proposal Due Date]: December 23, 2021

Failure to comply with submission dates -including for past performance submissions and proposals - will deem the submission unacceptable and it will not be reviewed or evaluated.

All terms and conditions remain unchanged unless noted here.

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NSN 7540-01-152-8067 OPTIONAL FORM 336 (4-86)

Sponsored by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.110

Comprehensive Technical Assistance for Health Supply Chain and Pharmaceutical Management

Solicitation #: 7200AA21R00009 Amendment 2

Solicitation Issuance Date: October 28, 2021

Closing Date/Time for Offeror Questions: November 10, 2021, 5pm EST

Closing Date/Time for Past Performance Information: December 8, 2021, 5pm EST

Closing Date and Time for Receipt of Proposals: December 23, 2021, 5pm EST

Subject: Amendment 2 to Request for Proposals (RFP) No. 7200AA21R00009 Comprehensive Technical Assistance for Health Supply Chain and

Pharmaceutical Management (Comprehensive TA)

COVER LANGUAGE ABOUT AMENDMENT 2

The purpose of this amendment is make the following changes identified on Page 2.

Sincerely, Rita Habib Senior Contracting Officer

USAID Bureau for Management Office of Acquisition and Assistance

1) DELETE Section H.5 in its entirety and replace with:

H.5 DEFENSE BASE ACT (DBA) INSURANCE

Pursuant to AIDAR 752.228-3 Worker's Compensation Insurance (Defense Base Act), USAID's DBA insurance carrier is:

AON Risk Insurance Services West, Inc.

2033 N. Main St, Suite 760 Walnut Creek, CA 94596-3722

Hours: 8:30 A.M. to 5:00 PM, Pacific Time Primary Contact: Fred Robinson Phone: (925) 951-1856

Fax: (925) 951-1890 Email: Fred.Robinson@aon.com

The Contractor must apply for coverage directly to AON Risk Insurance Services Inc., the agent for AWAC DBA Insurance.

Pursuant to AIDAR 752.228-70, medical evacuation insurance is a separate insurance requirement for overseas performance of USAID contracts; the Defense Base Act insurance does not provide coverage for medical evacuation.

For instructions on the required application form and submission requirements, please refer to AAPD 17-01 Revision 4.

(End of Provision)

2) DELETE Section L.7.3 in its entirety and replace with:

L.7.3 Part 3 – Cost/Price Evaluation Matrix

Completed Cost/Price Evaluation Matrix (Attachments J.9 a through d). Offerors must provide a completed cost/price evaluation matrix and follow all instructions provided in the attachments and herein.

(i) Separate cost proposals are required for the unrestricted and partial set-aside awards.

(1) For the unrestricted awards, Offerors must complete Attachments J.9a and J.9b.

(2) For the set-aside awards, Offerors must complete Attachments J.9c and J.9d. As noted in L.7.2.a, Offers may include the labor categories they deem relevant to their technical approach, with the understanding that additional categories cannot be added after award.

(ii) Other than small business prime Offerors must identify and use their current approved indirect rates for the cost/price evaluation matrix . These rates will be incorporated into Section B.13 of the IDIQ contract.

(iii)Small business prime Offerors must identify and use their approved or provisional indirect rates (if available) for the cost/price evaluation matrix. The negotiated indirect rate will be incorporated into Section B.13 of the IDIQ contract.

(iv)Offerors may adjust the number of days of LOE for the designated Long Term Expatriate positions to accurately reflect the application of the Offeror’s NICRA. Any changes to the LOE in Attachments J9a-d must be highlighted. The narratives must explain what changes were made to the templates, why they were changed, and explain the resulting calculations. These instructions also apply to any organization without a NICRA.

3) DELETE Section L.8 in its entirety and replace with:

L.8 WAIVERS UNDER FAR PART 4.2101 PROHIBITION ON COVERED

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SERVICES AND

EQUIPMENT (DEC 2021)

(a) This solicitation and any resultant award(s) is subject to the requirements of section

889(a)(1)(B) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 (Pub. L. 115–232) as implemented through FAR 52.204-24 and FAR 52.204-25 of this solicitation.

(b) Waivers.

(1) The submission of an offer where the Offeror makes a representation at paragraph (d)(2) of the provision at FAR 52.204–24 that it “does” use covered telecommunications equipment or services will mean the Offeror is seeking a waiver.

As part of the disclosure requirements under the provision FAR 52.204–24 submitted as part of the offer, the Offeror/Contractor must describe the circumstances (including in-country circumstances) where the Offeror/Contractor uses covered technology. This must include an identification of whether the covered technology is provided by communications service-providers, such as internet, cell phone, landline or others; the specific country where it is used; whether a Section 889-compliant alternative is or is not available in the specific country where the covered technology is being used based on the Offeror’s/Contractor’s reasonable inquiry; and a description of the presence of any other covered technology, whether it be in any internal systems or elsewhere in the supply chain.

(2) If an existing waiver does not apply, USAID does not guarantee that waiver requests from such an offeror will be considered; USAID may make an award to an offeror that does not require a waiver. Where agency needs do not permit time to obtain a waiver, USAID may move forward and make an award to an offeror that does not require a waiver. Per FAR

4.21, USAID will not make an award to an offeror(s) that does not receive the approved waiver.

(3) Where USAID decides to initiate the formal Agency waiver process:

(i) The CO will require the apparently successful offeror(s) to submit the information in paragraph (4) of this section. Alternately, offerors may provide the information with their initial proposal, at their discretion. Offerors must appropriately mark the appropriate portions of their submission as Proprietary Data where applicable.

(ii) For Indefinite Delivery contracts under (48 CFR) FAR subpart 16.5, waiver requests will be addressed prior to award of the basic contract.

(iii) In the event that the waiver is not approved, the Contracting Officer will notify the offeror.

(4) Additional submission requirements:

(i) A compelling justification for the additional time to implement the requirements under 889(a)(1)(B). The justification must:

a. State the amount of additional time requested to meet the requirements of the statute (No Agency waiver will be authorized to extend beyond August 13, 2022); and

b. Provide an explanation supporting the requested time period, to include the time required to implement the Phase out Plan described below.

(ii) A full and complete laydown of the presences of covered telecommunications or video surveillance equipment or services in the entity’s supply chain to include:

a. Complete technical design documentation of where, how, and what covered equipment or services are being used by the Offeror;

b. Technical architecture diagram of where the covered technologies are being used (for the system, equipment, service); and

c. Description of how the covered technologies are being used, how of ten the covered technology is used by the Offeror, and what data traverses the technology.

(iii) A Phase-Out Plan for eliminating the covered equipment or services from the Offeror’s systems, including the covered equipment or services identified in the laydown. The Plan must include:

a. Description of how the Offeror will eliminate all covered equipment or services by the date specified in (4)(i)(b) above;

b. When applicable, milestones and timeframes for providing updates to the

COR on the Phase-Out Plan implementation;

c. Identification of other available options;

i. Replacement of covered equipment and systems, as applicable;

ii. Accessibility of the alternative equipment and systems, as applicable; and

iii. In the case of covered services, the proposed use and availability of other service provider(s) without the covered technologies in the supply chain.

(iv) Pending waiver requests/Approved waivers:

a. Pending - Solicitation Number/title/Issuing Office (Mission or USAID/W) of those offers where the CO has requested the information under this provision.

b. Approved Waivers - Award number/title/Issuing Office (Mission or

USAID/W)

(End of Provision)

END OF AMENDMENT 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

PART I - THE SCHEDULE

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

B.1 PURPOSE

B.2 CONTRACT TYPE AND SERVICES

B.3 MINIMUM OBLIGATED AMOUNT

B.4 MAXIMUM CONTRACT CEILING

B.5 FIXED FEE CEILING (Cost-Plus- Fixed-Fee task orders only)

B.6 CONTRACT LINE ITEMS (CLINs):

B.7 LABOR

B.8 UNBURDENED CEILING DAILY RATES (CDR)

B.9 DEFINITION OF LABOR CATEGORIES

B.10 MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

B.11 SUBCONTRACTOR RATES

B.12 LABOR (UNBURDENED CDR) RATE CHANGES

B.13 INDIRECT COSTS

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

C.1 PURPOSE

C.2 BACKGROUND

C.3 OBJECTIVES

C.4 TECHNICAL SCOPE

C.5 GENDER

C.6 CLIMATE CHANGE

C.7 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER NEXTGEN ACTIVITIES AND REDUNDANCIES.. 38

C.8 REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NEXTGEN CONTROL TOWER

C.9 REQUIREMENTS FOR MANAGING SUPPLY CHAIN RISKS ASSOCIATED

WITH THE PROJECT

C.10 MANAGEMENT OF GRANTS UNDER CONTRACT (GUCs)

SECTION D - PACKAGING AND MARKING

D.1 AIDAR 752.7009 MARKING (January 1993)

D.2 USAID BRANDING AND MARKING POLICY

SECTION E - INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. 43

E.2 INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE/RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL

E.3 QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN (QASP)

SECTION F - DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

F.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. 45

F.2 PERFORMANCE PERIOD

F.3 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

F.4 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

F.5 REPORTS AND DELIVERABLES AND OUTPUTS

F.6 ORDERING PROCEDURES

F.7 TASK ORDER ADMINISTRATION

F.8 KEY PERSONNEL

F.9 IDIQ PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT

F.10 FIELD SUPPORT FUNDING FOR TASK ORDERS

F.11 AUTHORIZED WORK WEEK

SECTION G - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

G.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. 67

G.2 CONTRACTING OFFICER

G.3 CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE (COR)

G.4 CONTRACTOR’S PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT

G.5 PAYING OFFICE

G.6 ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

G.7 CONTRACTOR'S PAYMENT ADDRESS

G.8 AIDAR 752.7003 DOCUMENTATION FOR PAYMENT. (NOV 1998)

G.9 TECHNICAL DIRECTION/RELATIONSHIP WITH USAID

SECTION H - SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

H.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. 72

H.2 AIDAR 752.7007 PERSONNEL COMPENSATION (JULY 2007)

H.3 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONNEL COMPENSATION

H.4 AUTHORIZED GEOGRAPHIC CODE

H.5 DEFENSE BASE ACT (DBA) INSURANCE

H.6 INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY

H.7 EXECUTIVE ORDER ON TERRORISM FINANCING

H.8 ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS SYSTEM

H.9 SUBMISSION OF DATASETS TO THE DEVELOPMENT DATA LIBRARY (DDL)

(OCT 2014)

H.10 USAID IMPLEMENTING PARTNER NOTICES (IPN) PORTAL FOR

ACQUISITION (JUL 2014)

H.11 NONDISCRIMINATION (JUN 2012)

H.12 GRANTS UNDER CONTRACTS (GUCs)

H.13 USAID-FINANCED THIRD-PARTY WEB SITES (NOV 2017)

H.14 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: DESIGN/IMPLEMENT,

INDEFINITE QUANTITY (SEP 2018)

H.15 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: DESIGN/IMPLEMENT, TASK

ORDERS (SEP 2018)

H.16 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: EVALUATION, INDEFINITE

QUANTITY (SEP 2018)

H.17 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: EVALUATION, TASK

ORDERS (SEP 2018)

H.18 LIMITATION ON ACQUISITION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (APR 2018)

DEVIATION NOs. M/OAA-DEV-FAR-20-3c and M/OAA-DEV-AIDAR-20-2c) (APRIL 2020) 83

H.19 SHARING OF OPERATIONAL DATA WITH THE NEXTGEN CONTROL TOWER

H.20 AIDAR 752.7005 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT

EXPERIENCE DOCUMENTS (September 2013)

H.21 AIDAR 752.229-71 REPORTING OF FOREIGN TAXES (JULY 2007)

H.22 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT DELEGATIONS TO INTERNATIONAL

CONFERENCES

H.23 PROHIBITION OF ASSISTANCE TO DRUG TRAFFICKERS

H.24 SUBCONTRACTING CONSENT

H.25 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

H.26 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST – CONTROL TOWER

H.27 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST – STRATEGIC RISK

MANAGEMENT (SRM) CONTRACT

H.28 RESTRICTIONS AGAINST DISCLOSURE (MAY 2016)

H.29 MEDIA AND INFORMATION HANDLING AND PROTECTION (APRIL 2018) .. 92

H.30 PRIVACY AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS (APRIL 2018)

H.31 ACCESS TO USAID FACILITIES AND USAID’S INFORMATION SYSTEMS

(APRIL 2018) Deviation No M/OAA-DEV-AIDAR-20-2c (April 2020)

H.32 FAR PART 4.21 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING FOR CERTAIN COVERED

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT

(SECTION 889) ALTERNATE I (JAN 2021)

PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES

SECTION I - CONTRACT CLAUSES

I.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE100

I.2 52.216-18 ORDERING (AUG 2020)

I.3 52.216-19 ORDER LIMITATIONS (OCT 1995)

I.4 52.216-22 INDEFINITE QUANTITY (OCT 1995)

I.5 52.252-6 AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS IN CLAUSES (NOV 2020)

I.6 AIDAR 722.170 EMPLOYMENT OF THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS (TCNS)

AND COOPERATING COUNTRY NATIONALS (CCNS)

I.7 AIDAR 752.245-70 GOVERNMENT PROPERTY – USAID REPORTING

REQUIREMENTS (OCT 2017)

I.8 52.204-25 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING FOR CERTAIN

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT

(AUG 2020)

I.9 52.219-7 NOTICE OF PARTIAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (NOV 2020) .. 118

I.10 52.223-99 ENSURING ADEQUATE COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR

FEDERAL CONTRACTORS (OCT 2021) (DEVIATION #M/OAA-DEV-FAR-22-01c) .. 119

I.11 302.3.5.16(a)(1) CONSCIENCE CLAUSE IMPLEMENTATION (ACQUISITION)

(FEBRUARY 2012)

I.12 302.3.5.16(a)(3) CONDOMS (ACQUISITION) (SEPTEMBER 2014)

I.13 302.3.5.16(a)(4) PROHIBITION ON THE PROMOTION OR ADVOCACY OF THE

LEGALIZATION OR PRACTICE OF PROSTITUTION OR SEX TRAFFICKING

(SEPTEMBER 2014)

I.14 52.214-21 BASIC SAFEGUARDING OF COVERED CONTRACTOR

INFORMATION SYSTEMS (JUN 2016)

I.15 52.219-13 NOTICE OF SET-ASIDE ORDERS ALTERNATE I (MAR 2020)

I.16 52.223-9 ESTIMATE OF PERCENTAGE OF RECOVERED MATERIAL CONTENT

FOR EPA-DESIGANTED ITEMS

I.17 52.247-67 SUBMISSION OF TRANSPORTATION DOCUMENTS FOR AUDIT

(FEB 2006)

SECTION J - LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

SECTION K - REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS OF

THE OFFEROR

K.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE127

K.2 ANNUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS (MAR 2020) [Deviation #: M/OAA-DEV-FAR-20-07c (Deviation September 2020)]

K.3 52.204-24 REPRESENTATION REGARDING CERTAIN

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT

(OCT 2020)

K.4 52.204-26 COVERED TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES –

REPRESENTATION (OCT 2020)

K.5 52.209-11 REPRESENTATIONS BY CORPORATIONS REGARDING

DELINQUENT TAX LIABILITY OR A FELONY CONVICTIONS (FEB 2016)

K.6 52.209-13 VIOLATION OF ARMS CONTROL TREATIES OR AGREEMENTS –

CERTIFICATION (FEB 2021)

K.7 52.209-7 INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS. (OCT

2018) 137

K.8 52.215-6 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE. (OCT 1997)

K.9 52.219-1 SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM REPRESENTATIONS. (SEP 2021)

K.10 52.222-56 CERTIFICATION REGARDING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

COMPLIANCE PLAN (OCT 2020)

K.11 52.230-1 COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NOTICES AND CERTIFICATION.

(JUN 2020)

K.12 52.230-7 PROPOSAL DISCLOSURE--COST ACCOUNTING PRACTICE

CHANGES. (APR 2005)

K.13 AUTHORIZED NEGOTIATORS

K.14 AGREEMENT ON, OR EXCEPTIONS TO, TERMS AND CONDITIONS

K.15 SIGNATURE

K.16 KEY INDIVIDUAL CERTIFICATION CONCERNING NARCOTICS OFFENSES

AND DRUG TRAFFICKING

SECTION L – INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS OR

RESPONDENTS

L.1 NOTICE LISTING SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY

REFERENCE

L.2 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984)

L.3 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST. (SEP 2006)

L.4 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

L.5 DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS

L.6 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

L.7 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE COST/BUSINESS

PROPOSAL

L.8 WAIVERS UNDER FAR PART 4.2101 PROHIBITION ON COVERED

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SERVICES AND

EQUIPMENT (AUG 2020)

SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

M.1 GENERAL INFORMATION

M.2 TECHNICAL EVALUATION CRITERIA

M.3 EVALUATION AND RATING METHODOLOGY

M.4 PARTIAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

3PL Third-party logistics provider 4PL Fourth-party logistics provider AMR Antimicrobial Resistance ASN Advanced Shipment Notice

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDR Ceiling Daily Rates CFA Cognizant Federal auditor CFAO Cognizant federal agency official

CFR Code of Federal Regulations CLIN Contract Line Item CO Contracting Officer COR Contracting Officer Representative

CPAF Cost-Plus-Award-Fee CPFF Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee CPIF Cost-Plus-Incentive-Fee CST Contractor Salary Threshold

DEC Development Experience Clearinghouse DSS Defense Security Service EDI Electronic Data Interchange EMMP Environmental mitigation and monitoring plan

EOCC Expanded Object Class Code ER Environmental Review Form eSRS Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System FASP Forecasting and supply planning

FP/RH Family Planning and Reproductive Health FY Fiscal year G2G Government to Government GAO Government Accountability Office

GFATM Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria GH Global Health GHSA Global Health Security Agenda GHSC-BI&A Global Health Supply Chain Business Intelligence & Analytics

GHSC-PLM Global Health Supply Chain Project Last Mile GHSC-PSM Global Health Supply Chain Procurement and Supply Management GHSC-QA Global Health Supply Chain Quality Assurance GHSC-RTK Global Health Supply Chain Rapid Test Kits

GHSC-TA Global Health Supply Chain Technical Assistance GUC Grants under Contract HRH Human Resources for Health ICL In-Country Logistics

ID Office of Infectious Diseases IDIQ Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity Contract IEE Initial Environmental Examination IPC Infection prevention and control

IRS Indoor residual spraying ITN Insecticide-treated mosquito net KMC Knowledge Management and Communication

LMIC Low-to-Middle-Income Countries M&M Mitigation and monitoring MCHN Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition MEL Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

MTaPS Medicines, Technologies, and Pharmaceutical Services NAP National action plan NextGen Next Generation Global Health Supply Chain Suite of Programs ODC Other Direct Cost

OFPP Office of Federal Procurement Policy OHA Office of HIV/AIDS OHS Office of Health Systems OMB Office of Management and Budget

OSDBU Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization PBA Performance-Based Acquisition PCMD Preventing child and maternal deaths

PEPFAR U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief

PMI President’s Malaria Initiative

PMIS Pharmaceutical management information systems PQM+ Promoting the Quality of Medicines Plus PRH Office of Population and Reproductive Health PSA Procurement Services Agent

Pub Publication PWS Performance Work Statement QA Quality Assurance QASP Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan

QuTI Qualifying Testing and Issuing RDC Regional Distribution Center RFP Request for Proposals RFTOP Request for task order Proposal

RTK Rapid Test Kit SB Small Business SCIS Supply chain information systems SMC Seasonal malaria chemoprevention

SME Small and Medium Enterprise SOO Statement of Objectives SOW Scope of Work SSR Summary Subcontracting Report

TA Technical assistance TO Task Order TOCO Task Order Contracting Officer TOCOR Task Order COR

US United States USAID United States Agency for International Development

USAID/W USAID/Washington USD US Dollars USG US Government

USP United States Pharmacopeial Convention WBS Work Breakdown Structure

PART I - THE SCHEDULE

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS

B.1 PURPOSE

The purpose of this contract is to provide services that fall within the Statement of Work (SOW) specified in Section C for Comprehensive Technical Assistance for Health Supply Chain and

Pharmaceutical Management (Comprehensive TA). USAID Task Order Contracting Officers (TOCOs) will request the work through the issuance of task orders during the ordering period as specified in Section F of the contract.

B.2 CONTRACT TYPE AND SERVICES

This is an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract. The Government will issue task orders (TO) that are Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) (term or completion), Cost-Plus- Award-Fee (CPAF), Cost-Plus-Incentive-Fee (CPIF), Time and Material (T&M), Fixed-Priced, or any combination thereof. The Contractor must perform the services set forth in task orders at prices consistent with Section B of this contract.

B.3 MINIMUM OBLIGATED AMOUNT

The basic contract includes an initial obligation of funds in the amount of $25,000.00 to cover the minimum order guarantee USAID is required to order and the Contractor is required to furnish the minimum order amount of services.

Following this initial obligation, individual task orders will obligate funds to cover the work required under that task order.

B.4 MAXIMUM CONTRACT CEILING

This is a multiple award Indefinite Quantity Contract (IDIQ) with an overall ceiling price of $2,200,000,000.00 for Comprehensive Technical Assistance for Health Supply Chain and Pharmaceutical Management. The maximum aggregate dollar value of task orders awarded to all

Contractors must not exceed the contract ceiling. This ceiling is not being subdivided among the number of awardees nor is it being multiplied by the number of awardees.

B.5 FIXED FEE CEILING (Cost-Plus- Fixed-Fee task orders only)

(a) The ceiling on fixed fee does not apply to any Fixed Price, CPIF, and CPAF task orders. Fees for CPIF or CPAF Task Orders will be negotiated by the Task Order Contracting Officer (TOCO) at the time of task order award.

(b) For each CPFF task order issued under this IDIQ, the TOCO and Contractor agree to negotiate a fixed dollar amount for fee. In negotiating the fixed dollar amount for fee, the TOCO must consider the policies and factors for establishing fee in FAR §

15.404-4 as well as any applicable USAID policy on establishing a fixed fee amount. The fixed fee in any individual task order must not exceed [Offeror insert proposed fixed fee percentage] of the task order’s total estimated cost, excluding fee. The fixed fee ceiling applies to the prime contract and all cost-reimbursement subcontracts.

(c) The Total Estimated Cost-Plus- Fixed- Fee for each task order must be negotiated in accordance with the terms of this contract.

(d) Fixed Fee Payment. For any task order issued under this IDIQ Contract, at the time of each payment of allowable costs to the Contractor, the USAID paying office ordinarily pays the Contractor a percentage of fixed fees that directly corresponds to the percentage of allowable costs being paid. One exception to paying fixed fee in this manner applies:

If the TOCO determines that this method results in paying a disproportionately higher ratio of fixed fee than the percentage of work that the Contractor has completed, then the TOCO may suspend further payment of any fixed fee until the Contractor has made sufficient progress to justify further payment, up to the agreed percentage.

(e) Fixed fees must not be applied to Grants under Contracts (GUCs). Contractors are permitted to apply burden to GUCs as permitted by their cost accounting policy and procedure and negotiated indirect rate agreement.

B.6 CONTRACT LINE ITEMS (CLINs):

001 IDIQ Minimum Guarantee $25,000.00

B.7 LABOR

(Only applicable to cost reimbursement type task orders)

(a) Central management costs will be handled through the following method:

The Contracting Officer has determined that a key (full-time) technical manager is not necessary or required to administer the basic IDIQ Contract. Contractors will not be authorized to bill USAID directly for IDIQ management costs under this IDIQ or under task orders.

(b) The workday and work-week policies and method of accounting for paid absences, including holidays, for the Contractor and major subcontractors is set forth in Section J [To be inserted at time of award.]

(c) Compensation of personnel under this contract or any resulting subcontract must be in accordance with AIDAR 752.7007 Personnel Compensation (July 2007) (See Section H.).

B.8 UNBURDENED CEILING DAILY RATES (CDR)

(a) Task order labor rates must not exceed the ceiling daily rates (CDRs) set forth in the table below. All rates must be denominated in US Dollars (USD).

(b) Each CDR for personnel listed below is “unburdened,” meaning it only includes salary costs for the individual providing the services.

(c) In accordance with (b), the CDR for employees must not include the following:

• Payroll costs (fringe benefits, FICA, allowances, differentials, etc.);

• Indirect Costs applicable to labor; and

• Profit or fee, if any.

(d) The labor categories and CDRs set forth below are fixed for the contract period and are for a productive eight (8) hour day, and apply to all subcontractors set forth in clause 52.244-2 in Section I. If a new subcontractor is proposed for a specific task order on other than a fixed-price basis, the CDRs set forth below will apply, and the subcontract is subject to consent by the TOCO in accordance with FAR Part 44.

(e) Actual reimbursable salaries for all personnel will be negotiated under task orders and final approval must be provided by the TOCO. The ceiling rates presented below do not constitute approval of final salaries exceeding the Contractor Salary

Threshold (CST) (see Automated Directives System (ADS) 302 and AIDAR 752.7007).

(f) The unburdened CDRs apply to all labor costs, including prime Contractor and subcontractor labor. CCN and TCN labor are governed by the local compensation plan limitations.

(g) Locally Hired National Personnel or Other Non-U.S. Expatriate Rates

All locally hired national personnel and other non-U.S. expatriates must be paid in accordance with AIDAR 722.170.

Salaries for individual locally-hired personnel and other non-U.S. expatriates under any task orders or resulting subcontracts under this IDIQ contract must be in accordance with AIDAR 752.7007, Personnel Compensation (July 2007), and should be based upon a combination of factors including the prevailing compensation paid to personnel performing comparable work in the cooperating country as determined by USAID and consideration of the individual's education, work experience and recent relevant salary history.

Unless otherwise authorized by USAID, the compensation for CCN and TCN labor must not exceed the prevailing compensation paid to personnel performing comparable work in the cooperating country as determined by USAID and must be paid in the currency of the cooperating country.

(h) The CDRs apply to all task orders awarded under this IDIQ contract, with the exception of Fixed-Priced task orders.

No. Labor Category Level Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year

Technical

Leadership/Management

Senior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Mid $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Finance & Compliance

Staff

Senior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Mid $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Junior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Administrative and Operational Staff

Senior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Mid $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Junior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

004 Medical Doctor

Senior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Mid $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Junior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

005 Pharmacist

Senior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Mid $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Junior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Regulatory Systems

Specialist

Senior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Mid $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Junior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Private Sector Engagement/Optimization

Specialist

Senior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Mid $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Junior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

008 Construction Specialist

Senior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Mid $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Junior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Subject Matter Expert -

General

Senior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Mid $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Junior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Subject Matter Expert – Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)

Senior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Mid $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Junior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Subject Matter Expert –

Information Systems

Senior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Mid $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Junior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Subject Matter Expert – Governance & Financing

Senior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Mid $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Junior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Subject Matter Expert –

Human Resources for

Health (HRH)/ Institutional Development

Senior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Mid $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Junior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Subject Matter Expert –

Supply Chain

Senior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Mid $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Junior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Subject Matter Expert –

Pharmaceutical

Management

Senior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Mid $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Junior $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

B.9 DEFINITION OF LABOR CATEGORIES

001 –Technical Leadership/Management - Provides technical and strategic leadership and guidance in the development of approaches, methodologies, and tools for task orders. Manages the task order, field offices and/or teams of SMEs.

002 – Finance & Compliance Staff - Includes managers and specialists responsible for financial matters for the task order and Field Offices, grants under contracts, with experience providing or supervising financial and accounting services for U.S. government funded programs, as well as compliance with regulatory and legal requirements and government policies.

003 – Administrative & Operational Staff - Includes managers and specialists responsible for providing programmatic, operational, logistics, and administrative support to the task order and Field Offices.

004 – Medical Doctor - Includes licensed physicians and practitioners holding an M.D. degree and with experience relevant to one or more IDIQ technical areas.

005 - Pharmacist - Includes licensed pharmacists holding a pharmacy degree and with experience relevant to one or more IDIQ technical areas including product selection, appropriate use, antimicrobial resistance, pharmacovigilance, good pharmacy practices, pharmacy accreditation, drug and therapeutic committees.

006 – Regulatory Systems Specialist - Professional with technical expertise in strengthening medical products regulatory capacity for quality, safety, and efficacy of health commodities and pharmacy practices, including through regional regulatory harmonization and convergence.

007 – Private Sector Engagement/Optimization Specialist - Includes professionals with industry leading technical expertise from the private sector which is not commonly found in the SME pool including experience consulting, strategizing, aligning, collaborating, and implementing with the private sector for greater scale, sustainability, and effectiveness of supply chain and pharmaceutical management interventions.

008 - Construction Specialist - Includes professionals with experience in civil engineering, urban planning, architecture, or a related field, knowledge of construction standards, and experience with construction, construction management, and evaluating infrastructure projects in a development context.

009 – Subject Matter Expert – General - Includes a technically diverse range of industry and functional specialists who are not otherwise specified in any other labor categories with professional experience in one or more technical fields relevant to the IDIQ and task orders (example: laboratory, health systems, medical equipment).

010 – Subject Matter Expert –Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) - Includes technical specialists with professional experience in the MEL field including but not limited to:

• Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Specialist: Includes experience with causal model development, monitoring, assessments, data collection and management, evaluation of interventions using a variety of methodologies, and learning in developing countries

• Outreach and Communications Specialist: Includes experience in public outreach knowledge sharing, communications strategy, advocacy, media engagement, and effective utilization of social media.

• Research Specialist: Includes expertise with implementation research studying and evaluating systemic aspects of country pharmaceutical systems, including supply chains and laboratory diagnostic networks, and analyzing the impact of interventions on the overall healthcare system.

• Technical Writer / Editor: Includes professionals with expertise writing and editing technical documents, progress reports, and other program materials.

011 – Subject Matter Expert – Information Systems - Includes technical specialists with professional experience in the Information Systems field, including but not limited to:

• PMIS/HMIS Specialist: Professional with expertise strengthening interoperable in-country pharmaceutical and health information management systems for collecting, analyzing, and using commodity and related patient data, including within regulatory, pharmacy, hospital, laboratory, and health insurance arena.

• Information systems, Data Management, and Analytics Specialist: Professional with technical expertise in information system management, data analytics, and interoperability including supporting governments and other entities to develop and roll-out interoperable information systems that allow utilization of patient and product data for informed decision making that improves supply chain and pharmaceutical management, including for diagnostic laboratories.

• LMIS Specialist: Includes professionals with experience in the design, implementation, use of Logistics Management Information Systems to improve data flow, interoperability, and use for effective commodity management.

012 – Subject Matter Expert – Governance & Financing - Includes technical specialists with professional experience with governance and financing for health commodities, including but not limited to:

• Governance, Leadership, and Policy Development Specialist: Includes expertise building the capacity, transparency, and accountability of country government bodies (at the federal, state and local level) in managing supply chain, regulatory, pharmacy, and other pharmaceutical systems and supporting the development and implementation of related policies and enabling environment reforms.

• Strategic Planning and Design Specialist: Includes support to country counterparts to plan, design, and effectively implement health sector strategic plans that include supply chain and other pharmaceutical management concerns (e.g., antimicrobial resistance).

• Health Financing / Resource Optimization Specialist: Includes expertise strengthening country systems and mechanisms for optimizing financing of health commodities and of their management, including product prioritization, selection, pricing and purchasing, benefits coverage and reimbursement, expenditure tracking, domestic resource mobilization, allocation, and use.

013 – Subject Matter Expert – Human Resources for Health (HRH)/Institutional

Development - Includes technical specialists with professional credentials and experience in the HRH / Institutional Development field, including but not limited to:

• Human Resources / Workforce Development Specialist: Includes expertise strengthening in-country systems to build capacity of the workforce responsible for supply chain, laboratory, regulatory, pharmacy and other pharmaceutical systems.

• Institutional/ Organizational Development Specialist: Includes expertise supporting sustainable institutional and/or organizational development in the public and private sectors for greater self-reliance and transition from donor assistance, including improved structure, operating procedures and workflow, governance/lines of authority, funding, staffing, and transition planning.

• Training Specialist: Includes experience designing and/or delivering pre-service training, in-service training, and/or continuing education, including institutionalizing in-country training capacity and programs.

• Gender Specialist: Includes experience conducting gender analysis, developing and implementing gender appropriate policies, procedures and systems in different international environments.

• Change Management Specialist: Includes experience in strategic planning programming with government and private sector stakeholders to improve long-term engagement with project activities and support the Journey to Self-Reliance. Improves institutional capacity through demonstrated familiarity with capacity development, performance management, and donor coordination.

• Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Development Specialist: Includes experience providing support to small and medium enterprises in areas including commodity market dynamics, supply chain management, and pharmacies.

014 – Subject Matter Expert – Supply Chain - Includes technical specialists with professional experience in the Supply Chain field, including but not limited to:

• Supply Chain Systems Strengthening Specialist: Includes expertise supporting country counterparts to sustainably improve the design and functioning of in-country health commodity supply chain(s) to be flexible, agile, and responsive including public and private sector approaches.

• Emergency Response Supply Chain Specialist: Includes expertise in ensuring uninterrupted flow of health commodities to service delivery points during emergencies or unanticipated shocks.

• Procurement and Logistics Specialist: Includes experience providing global procurement and/or shipment and freight services, creating and maintaining contingency plans and product risk profiles, and/or assembling global forecasts of procurement needs.

• Health Commodity Risk Management Specialist: Professional with expertise maintaining contingency plans and product risk profiles to mitigate the risks affecting the reliable flow of commodities along supply chains, including production delays, disruptions of raw materials and component supplies, problems with manufacturing capacity, changes in supply and demand of products, long lead times, theft, reduced accuracy of forecasting and planning, and registration and customs requirements and delays.

015 – Subject Matter Expert – Pharmaceutical Management - Includes technical specialists with professional experience in the pharmaceutical management field, including but not limited to:

• Pharmaceutical Systems Strengthening Specialist: Includes technical expertise strengthening country pharmaceutical systems including product policy, prioritization, pricing, selection, introduction, appropriate use, governance, pharmaceutical services and pharmacy practices, information systems, regulatory systems and pharmacovigilance, and antimicrobial resistance.

• Health Commodity Quality Assurance Specialist: Includes experience in health commodity quality assurance, commodity loss prevention, and/or product recalls.

B.10 MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

In order to perform the statement of work set forth in Section C, the Contractor must provide personnel that meet the minimum education and experience requirements set forth below. These minimum qualifications for mid-level and senior personnel correspond to the Ceiling Daily Rates above.

Education + Experience Requirements

* Highest degree obtained should be related to work being performed.

** Experience should be related to the work being performed.

Language fluency, relevant regional experience, and international development experience requirements will be specified in individual task orders.

Level Academic Degree* AND Years of

Relevant Work

Experience**

Senior

Ph.D.

JD/ABD

MS/MA/MB

BS/BA

Less than BS/BA

Mid

Ph.D.

JD/ABD

MS/MA/MB

BS/BA

Less than BS/BA

Junior Junior level qualifications, if any, will be set at the TO level

B.11 SUBCONTRACTOR RATES

The following provides guidance for various subcontracting arrangements:

a. When the prime subcontracts with an approved subcontractor from the original IDIQ competition, the unburdened CDR’s for the prime contract apply to the subcontractor.

b. When the Prime contracts with a new subcontractor not yet approved, the unburdened CDR’s for the prime contract apply to the new subcontractor.

c. In the instance where the Prime subcontracts with a new subcontractor not yet approved and may or may not have a different cost accounting system that only processes fully burdened rates and when the subcontractor proposes fully burdened subcontractor rates that are “above” the prime IDIQ rates, the Prime may then include in its TO proposal, (i) the fully burdened rate proposed to the Prime by the Subcontractor, (ii) allocation of the Prime’s indirect costs in accordance with established accounting practices, and (iii) a reasonable profit. If the rates proposed to USAID, inclusive of the Prime’s allocable indirect costs and a reasonable profit are above the Prime’s unburdened CDRs, the Prime must disclose the amount of the indirect costs, and the amount of the proposed profit that were added to the Subcontractor’s proposed rates. A reasonable profit will be negotiated by the TOCO for the specific TO. The CDRs of the subcontractor must not exceed the prime’s CDRs in the IDIQ contract.

B.12 LABOR (UNBURDENED CDR) RATE CHANGES

The labor rates are fixed for all contract years; however, the Contractor may submit a proposal reducing the labor rates and/or indirect rates at any time during the life of this contract. The

Government will review these proposals and determine if the revised rates are realistic and in the best interests of the Government. If the rates are accepted, the Government will modify the contract by incorporating the new rates into the contract.

B.13 INDIRECT COSTS

Pending establishment of revised provisional or final indirect cost rates, allowable indirect costs must be reimbursed on the basis of the following negotiated provisional or predetermined rates and the appropriate bases for prime contractors.

Prime Contractor Fringe Rate % Overhead Rate % G&A Rate %

PRIME (Insert Name)

Base of Application

Source: (insert)

Period: (insert)

The Contractor will make no change in its established method of classifying or allocating indirect costs that impacts this contract without the prior written approval of the Contracting

Officer.

Reimbursement for indirect costs must be at final negotiated rates.

Note: Contractors are allowed to recoup indirect costs (OH, G&A, etc.) as other direct costs if it is part of the contractor’s usual accounting procedures, consistent with FAR Part 31 and the contactor’s NICRA.

[END SECTION B]

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

C.1 PURPOSE

The Comprehensive Technical Assistance for Health Supply Chain and Pharmaceutical Management (Comprehensive TA) award is a mechanism within the Next Generation Global Health Supply Chain Suite of Programs. The purpose of Comprehensive TA is to strengthen systems and provide operational support to ensure sustainable access to and appropriate use of safe, effective, quality-assured, affordable health commodities. Comprehensive TA will work to develop the capacity of local systems, institutions, and individuals to sustainably manage supply chains, for both USAID-procured health commodities and those procured through other donor and national/local systems, and to strengthen local pharmaceutical management systems, including quality pharmaceutical services and national regulatory systems. This will include support for governments to shift from supply chain operators and pharmaceutical service providers to stewards for commodity and service availability and security, with heavier reliance on the private sector to provide operational support.

C.2 BACKGROUND

C.2.1 Context

USAID’s global health efforts are focused to prevent child and maternal deaths, control the HIV/AIDS epidemic, control and eliminate malaria, increase and sustain access to safe, voluntary, high-quality family planning and reproductive health services, and combat infectious diseases. The Agency’s procurement and delivery of quality-assured health commodities and provision of technical assistance to strengthen health supply chains and pharmaceutical management systems, including for diagnostic laboratory systems, are cornerstones for achieving these priorities.

This award is part of the Next Generation Global Health Supply Chain Suite of Programs (NextGen). NextGen is the follow-on to the current Global Health Supply Chain Program. By providing commodities and systems strengthening technical assistance NextGen seeks to transform supply chains for global health programs and achieve three principal goals:

● Maximize the availability, quality, and affordability of medicines and other health products and achieve better health outcomes for the populations served;

● Advance the capacity, resiliency and sustainability of locally-managed procurement and supply chains in the countries in which USAID works; and

● Increase value for the U.S. taxpayer and reduce the chances of waste, fraud, and diversion even further.

The activities of NextGen will be guided by offices in USAID’s Bureau for Global Health, Regional Bureaus, and Missions, and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), and President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI). For additional information about the work of USAID in global health, please see usaid.gov/global-health; PEPFAR, state.gov/pepfar/; PMI, pmi.gov.

While some of the awards that are planned for NextGen are designed to be program-specific, others will be cross-cutting. More information about the programmatic scope of this award can be found in this RFP. For additional background information about NextGen and the planned awards, please see the NextGen Webpage.

The Comprehensive TA mechanism is designed as a cross-office initiative that will be guided by the Office of HIV/AIDS (OHA), the Office of Infectious Diseases (ID), the Office of Population and Reproductive Health (PRH), the Office of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition, and the

Office of Health Systems (OHS), with funding from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for

AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), Family Planning and

Reproductive Health (FP/RH), Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN), Neglected Tropical Diseases, Tuberculosis, the Global Health Security (GHS) Program, and OHS, as well as USAID Regional Bureaus or Missions.

In this document, ‘health commodities’ includes medicines, contraceptives, vaccines/biologics, medical supplies, devices, diagnostic equipment, test kits, reagents and consumables.

‘Pharmaceutical services’ refers to services designed to ensure appropriate commodity use by providers (e.g., doctors, nurses, pharmacists) and patients/caregivers, protect patients from product-related problems, and achieve desired health outcomes (as a result…