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0001 Offshore USPSC AGE Senior Advisor GS-14

NSN 7540-01-218-4386 STANDARD FORM 1447 (REV. 8/2016)

Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 CFR) 53.214(d)

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT T+ (809) 567-7775

Avenida República de Colombia #57 RNC: 4-30-00171-6 Altos de Arroyo Hondo, Santo Domingo, D.N. drinfo@usaid.gov Dominican Republic, 10605 USAID.GOV | @USAID

SOLICITATION NUMBER:

72051719R00010

ISSUANCE DATE: September 13th, 2019

CLOSING DATE AND TIME: September 20th, 2019, 04:30pm AST

SUBJECT: Solicitation for U.S. Personal Service Contractor (USPSC)

Dear Prospective Offerors:

The United States Government, represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is seeking offers from qualified persons to provide personal services under contract as described in this solicitation.

A U.S. citizen for purposes of this definition also includes persons who at the time of contracting are lawfully admitted permanent residents of the United States.

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 the Point of Contact specified in the Attachment 1.

Sincerely, Samuel Carter

Contracting Executive Officer

ATTACHMENT 1 72051719R00010

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

1. SOLICITATION NO.: 72051719R00010

2. ISSUANCE DATE: Friday September 13th, 2019

3. CLOSING DATE/TIME FOR RECEIPT OF OFFERS: September 20h, 2019, 04:30pm AST

4. POINT OF CONTACT:

Karina Amell/ Soraya Morillo USAID/Dominican Republic Telephone Number: 809-368-7508/ 809-368-7101 E-mail: kamell@usaid.gov E-mail: smorillo@usaid.gov

5. POSITION TITLE: Senior Advisor to the Agriculture, Environment, & Local Works Office

6. MARKET VALUE: $90,621.00 - $117,810.00 equivalent to GS-14 Final compensation will be negotiated within the listed market value.

7. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: Eleven (11 ½) and half months, with no option to extend.

8. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic with possible travel as stated in the Statement of Duties.

9. ELIGIBLE OFFERORS: United States Nationals (USNs), U.S. permanent resident aliens.

10. SECURITY LEVEL REQUIRED: Facility Access

11. STATEMENT OF DUTIES:

Background:

The Dominican Republic (DR) is the largest economy in the Caribbean and shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti. The 11.5 million inhabitants of the DR include nearly 500,000 Haitians, and the two countries are major trading partners. Despite its classification as a middle-income country, 41 percent of the DR's population lives in poverty. Major development challenges include a high incidence of violent crime and narcotics trafficking, vulnerability to climate change, weak institutions, poor education, and lack of job opportunities for youth. Vulnerable groups, such as women, people with disabilities, people of Haitian descent, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals, are often subject to discrimination. The Dominican Republic ranks 140 out of 148 countries for quality of the educational system and is the 11th most vulnerable country in the world to climate change. Transparency International ranks the Dominican Republic as in the 22nd percentile for corruption and 25th percentile for rule of law, demonstrating a high level of corruption and violence.

kamell@usaid.gov mailto:smorillo@usaid.gov

The goal of the 2014-2018 USAID/DR CDCS is to improve citizen security to promote economic growth. Crime prevention is promoted by increasing opportunities for at-risk youth, improving basic education, and strengthening the criminal justice system. Climate change adaptation and HIV/AIDS prevention are also focus areas, with inclusion of marginalized social groups and transparency as cross-cutting themes. USAID/DR also advances several important U.S. Presidential Initiatives: the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI), the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), and the Global Climate Change Initiative.

The Mission is comprised of 84 staff of with a mix of local staff, personal services contractors, and U.S. Direct Hire staff. The Program Office, along with the other support offices, provides regional support services to USAID Missions in Jamaica and Eastern and Southern Caribbean.

In 2018, USAID/Dominican Republic (USAID/DR) was awarded $6 million from the Economic Growth, Education, and Environment Bureau’s legislative initiative, Local Works program, to design and implement a community led development program along the border between the Dominican Republic (DR) and Haiti. In addition to advancing locally-owned development, the program is designed to enhance the Agency’s ability to empower local actors to take the lead in addressing development challenges to ensure long-term sustainability. To fulfill these objectives, USAID/DR will implement activities over the next five years based on identified needs and assessments to improve livelihoods and the economic integration of communities.

To be able to effectively manage and implement the Local Works/DR and the other programs in the Agriculture, Environmental and Local Works Office, the Mission will need to staff a Senior Advisor that will be dedicated to ensure the management of the three large portfolios. Local Works project implements in partnership with local organizations to actively listen and better understand the complex dynamics and barriers to development progress in the Border Region. These efforts will be utilized to identify community needs, priorities and accompany groups in the design and implementation of locally-driven initiatives. Local assets, including youth networks, cooperatives, private sector entities, non-profit and community based organizations will be harnessed to inform and lead this process. Individuals respected in the community by an array of groups, “bridge leaders,” will also play a key role in convening and ensuring buy-in from communities that have often been divided by differences in language, culture and politics.

In addition, the Agriculture, Environment and Local Works Office provides expert technical assistance pertaining to biodiversity conservation, sustainable natural resources management, locally-led development and water and sanitation to partner Missions and stakeholders in the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti, Barbados, and the Eastern Caribbean region, which serves ten Eastern Caribbean islands. The senior advisor will provide leadership in the design, implementation, assessment and reporting on biodiversity and natural resources management programs for the regional Caribbean Development Program (CDP) Operating Unit, Local Works program, and the Dominican

Republic’s bilateral environment program. S/he will mentor and coach staff. Frequent travel to the border region and Caribbean region will be required.

The office anticipates receipt of at least $2 million in new funding this year to cover additional cross-border activities that will require an increase in management and oversight, and support Mission and country activities in Haiti. The initiation of the Local Works programming will increase the AGE office from its current 7 staff to 12 full-time personnel. For this reason, the addition of a full-time USPSC Senior Advisor is critical.

The senior advisor will be added member of the Mission that is comprised of 84 staff of with a mix of local staff, personal services contractors, and U.S. Direct Hire staff. USAID/DR provides regional support services to USAID Missions in Jamaica and Eastern and Southern Caribbean.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Leads the Activity design for the next five years for Local Works, WASH and Biodiversity programming. Assist in the management of both the staff and portfolio of Agriculture, Environment and Local Works Office.

Responsibilities will include assisting the Office Director in the management of 12 full-time personnel, coordinating with other USAID Missions in the Caribbean region, including Haiti and respond to taskers relating to Disaster Preparedness from the Mission Disaster Relief Officer. The position will serve under the management of Agriculture, Environment and Local Works Office Director and will provide expert technical assistance to partner Missions and stakeholders in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Barbados, and the Eastern Caribbean Regional platform which serves ten non- USAID presence countries. The successful candidate will provide leadership in the design, implementation, assessment, and reporting on programming, requiring frequent travel within the region. Further, the individual will assist in the management and coordination of current and future private sector engagement activities that are key in prioritizing stable, resilient, inclusive self-reliance that will support the DR in its journey to self-reliance.

· Supporting the Mission in completing the required steps, in accordance with the revised ADS 201, to develop timelines and log frameworks for the Project and Activity Design and Implementation of the three portfolios.

· Facilitating internal and external discussions to inform the approach, priorities and sectoral focus of the Office Highlighting any perceived weaknesses or inefficiencies of staffing structure or work flow/organization of the office

· Facilitating an office retreat for the Agriculture, Environment and Local Works office.

· Identify opportunities, isolating and defining unknown conditions, resolving critical problems, and developing new theories for cross-collaboration between the portfolios.

· Assisting the Office in identifying new partners in the region and assessing their capacity and commitment.

· Utilize language skills in Spanish and English to coordinate and collaborate in cross-border activities and new partners, host government and USAID/W.

· Lead the approval process for the PADs and Activity Appraisal documents.

The USPSC will independently assist in the management of new awards and purchase orders and coordinate across technical and support offices. The USPSC will also be responsible for managing the donor, partner and private sector coordination between the two countries.

The USPSC will also provide guidance to the Office Chief on program budget formulation, project implementation, tracking, and reporting. S/he will conduct a review of the organization and structure with actionable recommendations to optimally align roles and responsibilities when necessary of the three portfolios. The USPSC will support the growing Office and other staff regarding issues affecting programming, planning, budgeting, procurement, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, accelerating Journey to Self-Reliance and Assistance and Acquisition strategy implementation. The work of this individual will directly affect the development of major aspects of the administration of these programs and staff.

S/he will provide strategic recommendations and leadership in the design and development of the Office’s strategy and structure. Under the direction of the Office Chief the USPSC will collaborate with the Mission’s monitoring and evaluation (M&E) contractor and team to lead, develop and implement practical information tracking systems. S/he will also advise on the design of planned evaluations.

Supervision received: Minimal. The employee is expected to work independently and report to the Office Chief

Supervision exercised: The incumbent will provide guidance to Office staff when necessary with direction received from the Agriculture, Environment and Local Works Office Chief. The senior advisor will have supervision responsibilities of either the portfolio or staff.

12. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The work requested does not involve undue physical demands.

II. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION

In order to be considered for this position a candidate must meet the Required Minimum Qualifications listed below. Consideration and selection will be based on panel evaluation of Required Minimum Qualifications, Desired Qualifications and Evaluation Factors.

Additionally, interviews and writing samples may be requested.

Bachelor’s degree in environment, geography, economics, public or business administration, political science, international relations or a related field is required.

Mastery and expert in development project design as well as the principles of sound program oversight, budgeting and reporting, monitoring and evaluation, and assistance and acquisition is required.

Level IV (fluent) in English, Level III (advanced) Spanish and Level III (advanced) in Creole.

A minimum of 7 years of professional experience in project design and implementation, and monitoring and evaluation, preferably for U.S. Government agencies is required.

Formal team leader responsibilities for coordinating/directing the work of other professional staff required.

Excellent written and oral communications; analytical; management; and interpersonal/teamwork skills required.

III. EVALUATION AND SELECTION FACTORS

The following factors are listed in descending order of importance and will be the basis for the evaluation of applications meeting the required minimum qualifications. All applications will be evaluated based on the documentation submitted with the application.

USAID reserves the right to contact your previous employers for relevant information concerning your performance and may consider such information in its evaluation. The highest-ranking applicants may be selected for an interview, but an interview is not always necessary.

Education (20 points): Professional experience in project design and implementation, and monitoring and evaluation, preferably for U.S. Government agencies is required. Detailed experience in developing IGCEs, Gaant charts and work plans is preferred.

Knowledge (25 points): Knowledge of U.S. Government laws, policies, regulations and procedures related to international development assistance. Knowledge of USAID mission, strategies, and initiatives. Mastery of development project design, the USAID Program Cycle and project design guidance as well as the principles of sound program oversight, budgeting and reporting, monitoring and evaluation, and assistance and acquisition is required. Experience working on complicated interconnected issues, multi-disciplinary approaches, conflict, gender equality, female empowerment, and social inclusion in the international development context, including integration of the same in the design and implementation of USAID programs is preferred. A working knowledge of the Latin America and Caribbean region, its institutions, and peculiar development challenges is required. Demonstrated ability to work across multiple technical sectors is required.

Language Proficiency (15 points): Level IV (fluent) in English and Level III (advanced) Spanish and Level III in Creole

Prior Work Experience (20 points): A minimum of 10 years of professional experience in project design and implementation, and monitoring and evaluation, preferably for U.S.

Government agencies is required. Previous experience in managing regional portfolios preferred. Formal team leader responsibilities for coordinating/directing the work of other professional staff required.

Skills, and Abilities (20 points): Excellent written and oral communications;

analytical; management; and interpersonal/teamwork skills required. Computer skills, including the development and management of spreadsheets, tracking systems, etc., and the ability to interpret, organize and present data to a variety of audiences preferred.

Ability to multi-task Ability to work in teams is necessary.

IV. SUBMITTING AN OFFER

1. Eligible offerors are required to complete and submit the offer form AID 309-2, “Offeror Information for Personal Services Contracts,” available at http://www.usaid.gov/forms.

2. An up-to-date curriculum vitae (CV) or resume: Your CV/resume must contain sufficient relevant information to evaluate the application in accordance with the stated evaluation criteria. Broad general statements that are vague or lacking specificity will not be considered as effectively addressing particular selection criteria. Applicants are encouraged to write a brief appendix to demonstrate how prior experience and/or training addresses the minimum qualifications and evaluation criteria set forth in the solicitation.

3. References: Three (3) references, who are not family members or relatives, with working telephone and e-mail contacts. The references must be able to provide substantive information about your past performance and abilities. USAID reserves the right to contact your previous employers for relevant information concerning your performance and may consider such information in its evaluation of the application.

4. Offers must be received by the closing date and time and submitted to the Point of Contact specified in Section I.

5. Offeror submissions must clearly reference the number of this Solicitation to ensure the offer is for the position of this Solicitation.

V. LIST OF REQUIRED FORMS PRIOR TO AWARD

The CO will provide instructions about how to complete and submit the following forms after an offeror is selected for the contract award.

Forms outlined below can be found at: http://www.usaid.gov/forms/

1. Form AID 309-2, “Offeror Information for Personal Services Contracts with Individuals,”

2. Medical History and Examination Form (DS-1843) **

3. Questionnaire for Sensitive Positions (SF-86) ** or

4. Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions (SF-85) ** http://www.usaid.gov/forms http://www.usaid.gov/forms/%20

5. Finger Print Card (FD-258) **

** Forms 2 through 5 shall be completed ONLY upon the advice of the Contracting Officer that an applicant is the successful candidate for the job.

VI. BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES

As a matter of policy, and as appropriate, a USPSC is normally authorized the following benefits and allowances:

1. 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

2. ALLOWANCES:

Section numbers refer to rules from the Department of State Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians Foreign Areas)

(a) Temporary Quarter Subsistence Allowance (Section 120)

(b) Cost-of-Living Allowance (Chapter 210)

(c) Post Allowance (Section 220)

(d) Separate Maintenance Allowance (Section 260)

(e) Education Allowance (Section 270)

(f) Education Travel (Section 280)

(g) Post Differential (Chapter 500)

(h) Payments during Evacuation/Authorized Departure (Section 600), VII. TAXES

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

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_0.pdf .

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2. Contract Cover Page form AID 309-1 available at https://www.usaid.gov/forms

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. See https://www.oge.gov/web/oge.nsf/OGE%20Regulations

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