72051420R00017_Solicitation signed.pdf

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JofeephSidari Contracting Officer

U.S. Agency for International Development Cra45#24B-27,Gate2

Bogota

COLOMBIA

Dear Prospective Offerors:

The United States Government, represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development

(USAID), is seeking applications from qualified individuals interested in providing the personal services under contract as described in this solicitation.

Offers must be in accordance with Attachment 1 of this solicitation. Incomplete or unsigned offers will not be considered. Offerors should retain copies of all offer materials for their records.

This solicitation in no way obligates USAID to award a PSC contract, nor does it commit USAID to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of the offer.

Any questions must be directed in writing to bogotausaidhrteam(q>,usaid.gov. Please ensure to include the solicitation number and position name in the subject line of the email.

SUBJECT: Solicitation for a U.S. / TCN Personal Service Contractor - Short-term - VRIO Outreach Advisor, GS-15

72051420R000017 February 13,2020

March 12,2020 -16:00 (Colombia Time)

SOLICITATION NUMBER:

ISSUANCE DATE:

CLOSING DATEATIME:

FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

USAID COLOMBIA

1. General Statement of Purpose of the Contract

The Government of Colombia is facing a crisis caused by the influx of Venezuelans into Colombia.

Since 2014, over 1.6 million people have fled Venezuela to Colombia, with that number conservatively anticipated to reach 2.5 million by 2021. Venezuelans have settled throughout the country, including in areas where formerly displaced Colombians are also returning. As a result, these receptor communities are facing unprecedented challenges in socially and economically integrating these migrants and returnees. Moreover, government systems related to health, justice, and education services are becoming overburdened. If not addressed, this migrant crisis has the potential of undermining Colombia's development or its delicate peace process. That said, the average Venezuelan migrant is young and often boasts high education levels. They also bring skills and professions that can benefit Colombian communities. If these attributes are mobilized towards broader community gains, Venezuelan migration has the potential to catalyze local development.

SOL: 72051420R00017

February 13,2020

March 12, 2020 no later than 16:00

Colombia Time bogotausaidhrteam(a),usaid.gov

VRIO Outreach Advisor

$109,366 - $142,180 equivalent to GS-15 Final compensation will be negotiated within the listed market value.

One year - estimated to start on June 2020

USAID/Colombia

U.S. Citizens, U.S. Resident Aliens and Third Country Nationals

The successful applicant shall be required to obtain a Secret level security clearance (if U.S. Citizen) or Moderate Risk Public Trust certificate (if U.S.

Resident Alien or TCN), as a pre-condition for employment.

11. STATEMENT OF DUTIES

1.SOLICITATION NUMBER:

2.ISSUANCE DATE:

3.CLOSING DATE/TIME FOR

RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS:

4.POINT OF CONTACT:

5.POSITION TITLE:

6.MARKET VALUE:

7.PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:

8.PLACE OF PERFORMANCE:

9.ELIGIBLE OFFERORS

10.SECURITY LEVEL REQUIRED:

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

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2. Duties to be Performed

The VRIO Outreach Advisor will provide critical support to VRIO in the following areas:

A. High-Level Relationship Management (40%)

•In coordination with USAID/Colombia VRIO and Venezuela Affairs Unit, establishes and develops critical relationships with Government of Venezuela (GOV) representatives focusing on humanitarian and development response in Colombia.

•Stays informed on GOV strategic goals regarding the response in Colombia and advises VRIO on how to align USAID support.

•Maintains regular contact with Venezuelan-led NGOs involved in humanitarian and/or development response in Colombia and advises VRIO on how to increase their participation in the response.

•Coordinate closely with the USG Venezuela Affairs Unit to maximize synergies and avoid duplication of effort.

•Works with leaders across all sectors and governments to strengthen coordination among the USG, GOC, implementing partners, UN agencies, other donors, and numerous actors working inside and outside of Venezuela to identify development opportunities, challenges, and bottlenecks in the response.

•Liaise/build relationships/develop with Venezuelan private-sector stakeholders in Colombia with expressed interest in/potential to help Colombia respond to the Venezuela migration phenomenon.

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USAID/Colombia has received $80.1 million to date to provide immediate and medium to long-term assistance to the Government of Colombia to improve its capacity to provide services to this rapidly increasing population. In recognition of the protracted nature of the Venezuela crisis and the continuing influx and permanence of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia, USAID/Colombia created the new Venezuela Response and Integration Office (VRIO) in 2019. VRIO is currently staffed by three United States Direct Hire employees and plans to onboard at least four locally employed staff by the end of 2020. As the Office grows and significant parts of the portfolio are conforming into regular Mission planning and implementation processes, VRIO is conforming to longer term staffing patterns. However, given the high-level interest in the Venezuela response and continued volatile nature of the crisis, there is still a need for short-term expertise in managing critical technical and logistical aspects that impact or are impacted by the core USAID/Colombia response and integration portfolio.

The VRIO Outreach Advisor plays a crucial role in coordinating USAID/Colombia VRIO's efforts to strategically collaborate with Venezuelan humanitarian and development counterparts residing in Colombia, USG colleagues focused on Venezuela, and USG-funded programs that will be implemented inside Colombia. The incumbent will provide critical technical and logistical support for high-level visits focusing on the Venezuela response in Colombia and support internal and external communications efforts. H/She will also represent USAID/Colombia for the implementation of the regional Better Together Challenge, participating in the selection of programs and ensuring proper oversight of programs selected for implementation in Colombia.

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B.Strategic Communications and Logistics (30%)

•Plans, coordinates, and leads high-level USG Venezuela-related visits, requiring significant coordination with the interagency, implementing partners, and host country counterparts.

•Writes talking points, speeches, cables, factsheets, reports, and various communications for high-level USG, GOC, and international audiences.

•Provides weekly updates of news related to the Venezuela crisis and/or humanitarian and development response.

C.Program Design, Oversight, Monitoring and Evaluation (30%)

•Provide technical insight for new project designs.

•Serves as the USAID/Colombia POC for the Better Together Challenge, including participating in the selection of programs.

•Serves as Activity Manager for programs selected for implementation in Colombia.

•Advises VRIO on the status of implementation and promotes collaboration and synergies with core VRIO programs.

3)Supervisory Relationship:

The incumbent will be supervised by the Director of the Venezuela Response and Integration Office, USAID/Colombia, but is expected to function with a high degree of independence, requiring minimal oversight. The supervisor will provide input on work tasks, but the incumbent is expected to be a self-starter with the ability to work independently as well as part of a team.

4)Supervisory Controls:

The incumbent, having advanced expertise in project development and management, has continuing responsibility for planning and carrying out analysis independently; determining the approach to be taken and the methods to be used; resolving most of the conflicts that arise;

coordinating the work with others as necessary; and interpreting theory, practice, and policy in terms of established objectives. S/he keeps the VRIO Office Director informed of progress, potentially controversial matters, and problems with far-reaching implications. Completed work is considered technically authoritative and is normally accepted without significant change.

Review is normally limited to fulfillment of objectives and the effect of work on the overall portfolio.

"If a third country national (TCN) is selected for award, during the period of this contract, the TCN personal services contractor must provide training to a cooperating country national (CCN) designated by USAID. The PSC Supervisor will establish a training plan with benchmarks to measure the TCNPSC's progress toward achieving this training deliverable."

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12. PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The primary location of work will be on the U.S. Embassy AJSAID compound in Bogota / Colombia. No special physical demands are required to perform the work. The incumbent will travel 3-4 times per month, or roughly 30% of the time.

n. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION a.Education: Master's Degree in international development; political science;

organizational learning; public policy or administration; business administration;

management; international relations; development administration; migration management;

economics; agriculture or agricultural economics; public health; education; social studies;

social research; Latin American Studies; or other fields closely related to international development is required.

b.Prior Work Experience: A minimum of eight years of professional experience in complex, rapidly-evolving humanitarian and development contexts, including coordination, project/activity design, project implementation, and/or monitoring and evaluation. Experience in the collection, analysis, and presentation of information is required. Experience managing relationships at a senior-level is also required..

c.Knowledge: The incumbent must possess thorough knowledge of the political, economic, and development realities of Colombia and Venezuela. H/She must have sound, evidence-based knowledge of a wide range of relevant issues, policies, and practices related to migration. Must be knowledgeable about project implementation, monitoring, and management. The Incumbent must possess the ability to oversee numerous small programs and facilitate synergies across a broader portfolio. The position also requires the ability to write and conduct oral presentations effectively. In addition, knowledge of, or the ability to obtain knowledge of, USAID processes including project design, procurement, and monitoring and evaluation is required.

d.Skills and Abilities: The position requires excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop and maintain relationships with a wide variety of actors and institutions. A high level of analytical skills and sound judgment is required. Must be able to work independently and as a member of a team and present a great deal of detailed information in a concise and engaging manner. Also requires operational and management skills;

computer skills; multi-tasking skills; and the ability to conceptualize both strategically and programmatically.

HI. EVALUATION AND SELECTION FACTORS

The Government may award a contract without discussions with offerers in accordance with FAR 52.215-1. The CO reserves the right at any point in the evaluation process to establish a competitive range of offerers with whom negotiations will be conducted pursuant to FAR 15.306(c). In accordance with FAR 52.215-1, if the CO determines that the number of offers that would

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otherwise be in the competitive range exceeds the number at which an efficient competition can be conducted, the CO may limit the number of offerors in the competitive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated offers. The FAR provisions referenced above are available at https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far

"USAID policy specifies that U.S. citizens or resident aliens (USNs) are preferred over third country nationals (TCNs). Therefore, USN and TCNoffers will not be evaluated together. USAID will evaluate USN offers first and if the CO determines that there are no qualified USNs, only then will USAID evaluate TCN offers".

The Evaluation Factors listed will be the basis for evaluating and ranking applicants for the position. Applicants will be scored based on the documentation submitted within the application.

Applicants must submit a supplemental document outlining their responses to the evaluation factors in order to be considered. Only the highest-ranked applicants will be interviewed.

SELECTION PROCESS

After the closing date for receipt of applications, a committee will convene to review applications that meet the minimum requirements and evaluate them in accordance with the evaluation criteria.

Applications from candidates who do not meet the minimum requirements will not be scored. As part of the selection process, finalist candidates will be interviewed. Reference checks will be made only for applicants considered as finalists. The applicant's references must be able to provide substantive information about his/her past performance and abilities. If an applicant does not wish USAID to contact a current employer for a reference check, this should be stated in the applicant's cover letter;

USAID will delay such reference checks pending the applicant's concurrence.

EVALUATION FACTORS

Those applicants who meet the minimum education and experience qualifications will be evaluated based on the content of their application as well as on the applicant's writing, presentation, and communication skills.

FACTOR #1: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: The extent to which the applicant's relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities meet or exceed the requisite levels of knowledge, skills, and abilities set forth above.

FACTOR #2: Prior Work Experience: The extent to which the applicant's relevant experience and technical expertise meets or exceeds the requisite levels of professional experience set forth above

FACTOR #3: Communication Skills: The extent to which the applicant meets or exceeds the required oral and written language ability set forth above. The summary statement and writing sample submitted will be considered in scoring this factor.

FACTOR #4: Education: The extent to which the applicant meets or exceeds the required level of education described above.

IV. SUBMITTING AN OFFER

All offers must be submitted by e-mail with the subject line SOL: 72051420R000017

- VRIO Outreach Advisor to bogotausaidhrteam®,usaid.gov

Attention: Executive Officer USAID/Colombia Human Resources Office

Offerors must submit their application by the closing date and time specified in Section I, item 3 and submitted to the Point of Contact in Section I.

Qualified applicants must submit the following documents in English or their application will not be considered for this position:

1.Eligible offerors are required to complete and submit the offer form AID 309-2, "Offeror Information for Personal Services Contracts with Individuals," available at http://www.usaid.gov/forms 2.Cover letter (1 page).

3.Current curriculum vitae (CV) or resume containing sufficient relevant information that respond to the requirements of the position (education/experience) in order to evaluate the application in accordance with the evaluation criteria; provide periods of performance where possible (maximum 3 pages).

4.Supplemental document with written responses to the evaluation factors describing specifically what experience, training, education, etc., the applicant has received relevant to each selection criteria (maximum 3 pages).

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BASIS OF RATING

Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications and basic eligibility requirements will be ftirther evaluated based on their responses to the evaluation factors in the supplemental document. Those applicants determined to be competitively ranked will also be evaluated on their interview performance and on their professional reference checks. The applicant rating system is as follows:

Evaluation Factors Factor #1 25 points Factor #2 25 points Factor #3 20 points Factor #4 5 points

Interview: 25 points

Satisfactory Professional Reference Checks - Pass/Fail (no points assigned)

Total Possible Points: 100

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5. List of Minimum of three (3) professional references with complete name, title, organization where he/she works, description of relationship, with working/accurate telephone and e-mail numbers. These professional references must not be family members or relatives. The applicant's references must be able to provide substantive information about his/her past performance and abilities. At least one reference must be from a current or former supervisor

(1 page).

V.LIST OF REQUIRED FORMS PRIOR TO AWARD

Once the CO informs the successful candidate of being selected for a contract award, the CO will provide him/her instructions about how to complete and submit the following forms, if applicable:

1.Contractor Employee Biographical Data Sheet (AID 1420-17);

2.Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306);

3.Medical History and Examination Form (DS-6561) 4.Medical clearance - Contractor Physical Examination (AID Form 1420-62) 5.Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions (for National Security) (SF-85)

6.Fingerprint Card (FD-258)

VI.BENEFITS/ALLOWANCES

As a matter of policy and as appropriate, a PSC is normally authorized benefits and allowances in accordance with AIDAR Appendix D - Appendix J and other relevant Agency and Mission policies.

Salary: Will be determined by the USAID Contracting Officer within the GS-15 salary range based on experience, qualifications, and salary history.

BENEFITS

(a)Employer's FICA Contribution (b)Contribution toward Health & Life Insurance (c)Pay Comparability Adjustment (d)Annual Increase (pending a satisfactory performance evaluation)

(e)Eligibility for Worker's Compensation (f)Annual and Sick Leave

ALLOWANCES (If Applicable):

Section numbers refer to rules from the Department of State Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians Foreign Areas), available at https://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content id=282&menu id=101

Allowances applicable for TCN PCSs per Mission Director approval

1) Temporary Lodging Allowance (Section 120)

3.Acquisition and Assistance Policy Directives/Contract Information Bulletins

(AAPDs/CIBs) for Personal Services Contracts with Individuals available at http://www.usaid.gov/work-usaid/aapds-cibs.

4.Ethical Conduct. By the acceptance of a USAID personal services contract as an individual, the contractor will be acknowledging receipt of the "Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch," available from the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, in accordance with General Provision 2 and 5 CFR 2635.

Seehttps://www.oge.gov/web/oge.nsfrOGE%20Regulations.

Contractor with negotiations Award after LCSTBD at

(F)

AMOUNT

LCSTBD

(E)

UNIT PRICE

LOT

(D)

UNIT

(C)

QUANTITY

Appropriation: 7217/221037/7218/231037 Accounting Info:

Product Service Code: R497 Award Type: Cost Other Direct Costs (ODCs) Compensation, Fringe Benefits and

(B)

SUPPLIES/SERVICES (DESCRIPTION)

(A)

ITEM No.

VIII. USAID REGULATIONS, POLICIES AND CONTRACT CLAUSES PERTAINING

TO PSCs

USAID regulations and policies governing USPSC awards are available at these sources:

1.USAID Acquisition Regulation (AIDAR), - Appendix D, "Direct USAID Contracts with a U.S. Citizen or a U.S. Resident Alien for Personal Services Abroad," including contract clause "General Provisions," available at https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1868/aidar O.pdf

2.Contract Cover Page form AID 309-1 available at https://www.usaid.gov/forms. Pricing by line item as described below:

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2)Living Quarters Allowance (Section 130) 3)Post Allowance (Section 220) 4)Supplemental Post Allowance (Section 230) 5)Post Differential (Chapter 500)

6)Payments during Evacuation/Authorized Departure (Section 600) 7)Education Allowance (Section 270) 8)Separate Maintenance Allowance (Section 260) 9)Education Travel (Section 280)

vn. taxes

USPSCs are required to pay Federal income taxes, FICA, Medicare and applicable State Income taxes.

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