72068521R00011_Solicitation for a Global Health Security Advisor GS-14-Burkina Faso.pdf

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SOLICITATION NUMBER: 72068521R00011

ISSUANCE DATE: May 27, 2021

CLOSING DATE AND TIME: June 17, 2021 - 11:59 p.m. (GMT)

SUBJECT: Solicitation for a U.S. Citizen /Third Country National Personal Service Contractor (US/TCN PSC) - Global Health Security Advisor (GHSA) Burkina Faso Office

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.

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 offers.

Any questions must be directed in writing to the Point of Contact specified in the attached information.

Sincerely, Rodney Stubina Acting Supervisory Regional Executive Officer

ATTACHMENT 1 72068521R00011

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

1. SOLICITATION NUMBER: 72068521R00011

2. ISSUANCE DATE: May 27, 2021

3. CLOSING DATE AND TIME FOR RECEIPT OF OFFERS: June 17, 2021 - 11:59 p.m. (GMT)

4. POINT OF CONTACT: Recruitment team, email at usaiddakar-hr@usaid.gov

5. POSITION TITLE: Global Health Security Advisor (GHSA)

6. MARKET VALUE: GS-14 ($93,907 – $122,077) per annum) (Final compensation will be negotiated within the listed market value.)

7. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: Immediate upon receipt of security/medical clearances (The duration of the

US-TCN Personal Services Contract will be for one (1) year, with four (4) one-year option periods, subject to satisfactory performance, availability of funds and continuing need of the position.)

Base Period: o/a August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2022 Option Period 1: o/a August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023 Option Period 2: o/a August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2024 Option Period 3: o/a August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025 Option Period 4: o/a August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2026

8. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: US Embassy/USAID compound in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

9. ELIGIBLE OFFERORS: United States Citizens and Third Country Nationals are eligible offerors. TCNPSC under this solicitation are eligible for benefits in accordance with AIDAR Appendix J, sec. 4(c)(2)(ii)(B)).

An exception has been approved by the Mission Director in accordance with AIDAR Appendix J and ADS 309maa, requesting Approval to Use Alternate Classification Procedures (ACP).

10. CLEARANCES REQUIRED: Facility Access

The final selected offeror must obtain both the appropriate level of security and medical clearances within a reasonable period (USAID will provide details regarding these clearances to the selected offeror). If such clearance is not obtained within a reasonable time or negative suitability issues are involved, any offer made may be rescinded.

11. STATEMENT OF DUTIES

INTRODUCTION

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) seeks to employ a Global Health Security Advisor who will be primarily responsible for ensuring well-coordinated and effective delivery of technical and program support across the Agency's Global Health Security (GHS) portfolio in Burkina Faso. The portfolio includes priority USG programming for the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease outbreaks, to pre-empt or combat newly emerging mailto:usaiddakar-hr@usaid.gov diseases of animal origin that could threaten human health. The Advisor will be responsible for overseeing a multi-sectoral, multi-country, complex portfolio, providing leadership and technical support to the full range of GHS investments as they relate to the designated region. The advisor will serve as a high-level technical advisor to bilateral USAID Country Office in Burkina Faso. The Advisor will be responsible for working closely with Washington-based A/CORs to ensure coordination across all assets within the GHS portfolio and to ensure that program activities are well coordinated with national governments. The Advisor will also liaise with the AORs and CORs of applicable bilateral projects to ensure coordination of GHSA activities and mandated reporting.

Placement of an Advisor in Burkina Faso will fill a critical role for USAID to meet the expectations of the White House and Congress for rapid, effective, and coordinated implementation of GHSA Action Packages. At the same time, CDC and DOD will be programming significant amounts of their own funds for GHSA activities necessitating effective USG coordination. The Advisor will work closely with other USG partners, particularly the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Department of Defense (DOD) offices working at national levels, which also provide support for GHSA implementation, thus presenting a "whole of government" approach.

BACKGROUND

In today's globalized world, the speed with which newly emergent diseases can surface and spread, as illustrated by both the H1N1 2009 pandemic virus and COVID-19 raises serious public health, economic, security and development concerns. It also underscores the need for the global community to act preemptively and systematically to improve individual countries' abilities to earlier identify and quickly mitigate health threats arising within their borders. Most importantly, the threat posed by new infectious diseases arising from animal reservoirs (zoonotic diseases) argues for a rethinking of standard strategies for the prevention, detection and response of diseases and their progenitors to reflect a more inclusive and strategic partnership across the public health, animal health and environmental sectors if we are to be able to address emergent disease threats before they pose an overwhelming global threat.

The majority of all new, emerging and re-emerging diseases affecting humans at the beginning of the twenty-first century have originated from animals. Many of these infectious diseases are of serious concern to human and animal health, and they are emerging in places where humans, wildlife, and domestic animals are increasingly in contact. The emergence of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) coronavirus in 2003, the H1N1-2009 pandemic influenza virus, and the COVID-19 global pandemic illustrate the consequences of not having in place capacities to detect the early stages of spillover, amplification, and spread of a new disease threat - that is, while it is still circulating (and evolving) principally in animals and before the potential threat has acquired the ability to efficiently transmit among humans. In both instances the public responses came after the viruses had fully emerged as pandemic threats.

On the other hand, the emergence of the H5Nl highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in Hong Kong in 1997 and its re-emergence in Southeast Asia in 2003, the early detection of H7N9 virus in China, and the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus in Saudi Arabia have provided important opportunities to monitor a threat after it has spilled over, but before large-scale amplification and spread in the human population- and enable the world a longer window to prepare for the possibility of a new health threat, including the production of diagnostics and vaccine, the stockpiling of antivirals, and development of non-biomedical risk-mitigation interventions. The early recognition of a potential threat also allows for a global effort to take preemptive steps to bring the spread of the virus under greater control - and by extension possibly reduce the opportunities for it to emerge as a pandemic threat.

In 2019, the U.S. Government and multilateral partners re-confirmed their commitments to the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) which originally launched in 2014. GHSA is a global partnership of nations, international organizations, and non-governmental stakeholders to help build countries' capacity to help create a world safe and secure from infectious disease threats and elevate global health security as a national and global priority. GHSA pursues a multilateral and multi-sectoral approach to strengthen both the global capacity and nations' capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to human and animal infectious diseases threats whether naturally occurring or accidentally or deliberately spread.

Burkina Faso is an intensive country, as identified by the USG in their recommitment of the GHSA initiative.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) along with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a primary implementer of the US Government's commitment to the GHSA, and joins others in the USG such as, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Department of Defense (DOD), the National Security Council (NSC), Department of State (DOS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and others to support countries in achieving progressive capacity level gains in priority GHSA Action Packages. USAID's GHSA program is building health security capacities across 14 countries in Africa. The program includes addressing zoonotic diseases and improving animal health services using what is called a One Health approach. This approach integrates the efforts of the human health, animal health, and environmental sectors.

USAID's GHSA portfolio strengthens countries' multisectoral capacities to reduce the risk and impact of zoonotic and antimicrobial-resistant threats that are of greatest public health concern. The program emphasizes systems strengthening at national and subnational levels and in multiple sectors for preparedness; laboratory systems; surveillance; workforce development; risk communications; supply chain and related countermeasures. GHSA embraces the "One Health" approach, recognizing the critical role that wildlife, livestock, domestic animals, and environment play in emerging zoonotic diseases with pandemic potential and antimicrobial resistance. Identifying and minimizing zoonotic disease spillover risks at their source in animals and a comprehensive approach to AMR that includes the livestock, agriculture, and environment sectors are essential components of USAID's contribution to GHSA.

USAID's GHSA program also leverages other USAID programming priorities in the areas of public health, food security, economic growth, and disaster assistance.

OBJECTIVES

The objective of this position is to provide the USAID/Burkina Faso Country Office with backstopping, coordination and programmatic support to assist in successful implementation, monitoring of, and reporting on the USAID/GHS portfolio in Burkina Faso. Successful completion of this objective will require working with a wide array of US Government partners, ministries, regional economic bodies, international organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other implementing partners.

Of special consideration is a focus on rapid, effective, and coordinated oversight of GHSA action packages.

The Global Health Security Advisor, working with the USAID/Burkina Faso Country Office Health team, will provide technical expertise to the Country Office to lead, manage, coordinate, and monitor activities associated with the USAID/GHS portfolio as it relates to human and animal health and the environment.

The Advisor will liaise with the Agency's GHS Unit. S/he will ensure that the Country Office's planning, response, and reporting on GHSA are carried out in accordance with Agency, State Department, and Congressional directives.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Provide coordination and oversight across activities of the Global Health Security Program in Burkina Faso.

a. Engage with GHS implementing partners to keep informed on all program activities and to ensure good coordination with the national government, USAID Missions, and other partners.

b. With support from USAID Washington, coordinate GHS program planning and monitoring activities for the region.

c. Develop and maintain relationships with relevant ministries in the country to ensure that assets can be coordinated and provided as support if needed.

d. Reinforce the role of Government of Burkina Faso to establish and maintain a coordination network among partners in the country whose activities are related to GHSA activities. Such partners include: bilateral donors, international organizations (World Health Organization, World Organization for Animal Health, etc.), National governments and their relevant ministries, private sector, international and local NGOs, etc.

e. Develop and maintain relationships with all relevant ministries in the country to ensure that programs are coordinated and supported as appropriate.

f. Ensure integration of GHS activities with the broader USAID portfolio: seeking economies of scale, and opportunities for cost-effective integration.

g. During disease outbreak situations (including COVID-19) provide technical and managerial support to ensure that GHS assets are tightly coordinated with interagency leadership, as led by the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) at the Embassy in supporting the national government.

2. Ensure coordination of GHS activities with CDC and DTRA (Defense Threat Reduction Agency) activities. Because of the responsibilities spanning USAID, CDC and DTRA, it is important to forge a special partnership among the agencies.

a. Establish frequent, regular meetings with CDC and DTRA.

b. Participate in routine and ad hoc meetings with CDC and DTRA leadership and staff with regional to discuss activities in order to identify areas of collaboration and avoid duplication of USG activities.

c. Provide a bridge between CDC and DTRA activities and the broader USAID regional portfolio as it relates to the GHS program.

d. Build on CDC and DTRA contributions in the region by expanding or supporting epi and lab capacity, increasing monitoring and interventions at the animal-human interface and develop or enhance pathogen discovery to maximize USG investments on detecting and controlling emerging infectious disease threats.

e. During disease outbreak situations in which CDC, DTRA, and GHS are asked to participate, ensure that GHS assets are tightly coordinated under CDC’s leadership in supporting the national government.

3. Coordination of GHS partners and other key stakeholders in the region

a. Establish and maintain a coordination network among partners in the region whose activities are related to EPT activities. Such partners include: USG agencies, US Embassies, National governments and their relevant ministries, private sector, international and local NGOs, multilateral organizations, etc.

b. Use the coordination network to facilitate the EPT implementing partners in successful completion of work plan activities.

c. With stakeholder governments, create a coordination document for EPT projects in the region and non-presence countries to determine how best they will work together to create a successful EPT program in the region.

d. Participate in Partner/Donor coordination and collaboration mechanisms to better assist each country.

4. Liaison between the region and USAID Washington

a. Report on GHS activities in the region to USAID Global Health Security and Development Unit

(Specifically the Agreement Officer Technical Representatives for each of the GHS activities);

this includes monthly reporting for any activities as applicable.

b. Report on GHS activities to the Burkina Faso Country Office.

The job may be expected to perform work-related travel.

Supervision Received: The Advisor will be supervised by and report to the Health Office Director in Burkina Faso.

Supervision Exercised: As directed by the Supervisor, the Global Security Health Advisor may be asked to manage and supervise a delegated complement of Cooperating Country Nationals (CCNs). The Global Security Health Advisor shall not supervise any US Direct Hire employees.

If a third country national (TCN) is selected for award, during the period of this contract, the TCN personal services contractor must provide at least 20 hours per year of 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.

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, an offeror must meet the Required Minimum Qualifications listed below. Consideration and selection will be based on panel evaluation of Required Minimum Qualifications and Evaluation Factors. Additionally, interviews and writing samples may be requested.

Applicants are encouraged to write a brief appendix to their resume, using AID 309-2, to demonstrate how prior experience and/or training addresses the Required Minimum Qualifications and Evaluation Factors listed below:

a. Education: Master’s degree in public health, public policy, veterinary medicine, epidemiology, or related discipline.

b. Prior Work Experience: Minimum of seven (7) years of public health or related experience in developing countries with at least three (3) years of experience working with international animal and public health organizations such as the World health organization (WHO) the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the World Organization for animal Health (OIE). Minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated, successful experience coordinating complex programs with multiple partners (especially those involving two or more US Government agencies) in resource-poor settings. Minimum of five (5) years of management experience related to programs in developing countries that involve significant partnership and collaboration across multiple ministries to include the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture.

c. Knowledge: Experience with monitoring and evaluation methodologies, including framework, data quality assurance, analysis reporting and best practices in data dissemination in international/ resource poor settings. Knowledge of USAID policies, procedures, and reporting requirements.

d. Skills and Abilities: Demonstrated ability to understand the strategic purpose and goals of multiple organizations from different sectors (e.g. public health, animal health, environment), identify and solve problems, and coordinate and support activities that lead to mutual cusses across the different sectors.

Demonstrated ability to work effectively independently and in a team environment. Demonstrated ability to communicate in French highly technical information related to human health, animal health, and environment to a variety of technical and non-technical audiences. Excellent leadership, communications and interpersonal skills. High degree of judgment, maturity, ingenuity, and originality to interpret strategy and to analyze, develop and present work results. Willingness to travel (up to 30% of time).

e. Language Skills: Advanced proficiency in English required. Advanced proficiency in French is required.

III. EVALUATION AND SELECTION FACTORS

The Government may award a contract without discussions with offerors 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 offerors 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 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.

Selection Process After the closing date for receipt of application, a committee will convene to review applications that meet the minimum requirements and evaluate them in accordance with the evaluation criteria. Applications from offerors who do not meet the minimum requirements will not be scored. As part of the selection process, finalist offerors 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 performance and abilities.

Evaluation Factors The following factors 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.

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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.

A. Education (10 points):

An advanced degree (master’s or higher) in a relevant professional discipline, such as public health, veterinary medicine, public policy, epidemiology, or a related subject.

B. Relevant Experience (40 points):

● Quality and relevancy of experience working in public health or related experience in developing countries, including experience working with international animal and public health organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).

● Quality and relevancy of demonstrated, successful experience coordinating complex programs with multiple partners (especially those involving two or more US Government agencies) in resource-poor settings.

● Quality and relevancy of management experience related to programs in developing countries that involve significant partnership and collaboration across multiple ministries to include Ministry of health and Ministry of Agriculture. Prior experience managing USAID programs; current or prior COR Certification.

C. Communication and Interpersonal Skills (40 points):

● Demonstrated ability to understand the strategic purpose and goals of multiple organizations from different sectors (e.g. public health, animal health, and environment), identify and solve problems, and coordinate and support activities that lead to mutual success across the different sectors.

● Demonstrated ability to work effectively independently and in a team environment.

● Demonstrated ability to communicate highly technical information related to human health, animal health, and environment to a variety of technical and non-technical audiences.

● Quality and relevance of experience with monitoring and evaluation methodologies, including framework, data quality assurance, analysis reporting and best practices in data dissemination in international resource poor settings.

D. Professional Judgment (10 points):

Demonstrated high degree of judgment, maturity, ingenuity, and originality to interpret strategy, to analyze, develop, and present work results and to monitor and evaluate implementation of programs.

Evaluation Summary Education: 10 points Relevant Experience: 40 points Communication and Interpersonal Skills: 40 points Professional Judgment: 10 points Total Possible Points: 100 points

In order to be considered for the position, an offeror must meet the Minimum Qualifications listed above.

Consideration and selection will be based on a panel evaluation of the Evaluation Factors.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED OR INTERVIEWED.

PAST PERFORMANCE/PROFESSIONAL REFERENCE CHECKS

Applicants must provide no less than five (5) references with current contact information, preferably both an email address and a telephone number. The references will be asked to provide a general assessment of the applicant's suitability for the position. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure submitted references are available to provide a written or verbal reference in a timely manner.

In addition to comments from references, the Selection Committee will take into account awards or other evidence of outstanding performance in any areas related to the above selection criteria. USAID/Senegal reserves the right to obtain from previous employers relevant information concerning the applicant's past performance and may consider such information in its evaluation.

USAID policy specifies that U.S. citizens or resident aliens (USNs) are preferred over third country nationals (TCNs). Therefore, USN and TCN offers 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.

Security and Medical Clearance Requirements

The applicant selected to fill this position must be able to obtain a Facility Access Authorization and must also receive a Worldwide Availability Medical Clearance (WWA/Class 1). Details of how to obtain such clearance will be provided after selection and acceptance of the job offer.

A substantial delay in obtaining either required clearance will make the applicant ineligible for selection.

Compensation

This position has been classified at GS-14 grade.

For USPSC, the actual salary of the successful applicant will be negotiated within that pay band depending on qualifications and previous earnings history.

For TCNPSC, the actual salary of the successful applicant will be negotiated based on approved Alternate Classification Procedures and benefits in accordance with AIDAR Appendix J, sec.

4(c)(2)(ii)(B)).

AREA OF CONSIDERATION: OPEN TO U.S. CITIZENS AND THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS

USAID policy specifies that U.S. citizens or resident aliens (USNs) are preferred over third country nationals (TCNs). Therefore, USN and TCN offers 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.

For USPSC:

• Be a U.S. Citizen;

• Submit a complete application as outlined in the solicitation section titled SUBMITTING AN OFFER

(Section IV);

• Be able to obtain a Facility Access Authorization;

• Be able to obtain a Department of State issued Medical Clearance;

• Be willing/able to travel to work sites and other offices as/when requested;

• Employment is subject to funds availability and all required approvals/clearances obtained.

For TCNPSC:

• Be a Third Country National. Third Country National means an individual: (1) Who is neither a citizen nor a permanent legal resident of the United States nor of the country to which assigned for duty (Senegal);

and (2) Who is eligible for return to his/her home country or country of recruitment at U.S. Government expenses;

• Submit a complete application as outlined in the section titled SUBMITTING AN OFFER (Section IV);

• Be able to obtain a required Facility Access Authorization;

• Be able to obtain a Department of State issued Medical Clearance;

• Be willing/able to travel to work sites and other offices as/when requested;

• Employment is subject to funds availability and all required approvals/clearances obtained.

If a TCNPSC is selected for award, during the period of this contract, the TCNPSC contractor will be required to train a CCNPSC identified by USAID in his/her recognized Technical Area of Expertise. The Supervisor will establish a structured training plan for the TCNPSC with a work objective and performance benchmarks to measure the contractor's progress toward achieving this required training deliverable.

IV. SUBMITTING AN OFFER

Offers must be received by the closing date and time at the address specified in Section I, item 3, and submitted electronically to: usaiddakar-hr@usaid.gov with the Solicitation number in the application submission. Likewise applications that have unsigned forms will also not be considered.

Qualified applicants are required to submit:

1. A signed and dated Cover letter with current résumé/curriculum vitae (CV) attached. The CV/résumé 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.

2. Applicants must provide no less than five (5) references who are not family members or relatives.

References should be from direct supervisors who can provide information regarding the applicant's job knowledge and professional work experience. Applicants must provide e-mail addresses and/or working telephone numbers for all references.

3. Offeror Information for Personal Services Contracts form AID 309-2 which can be found at http://www.usaid.gov/forms/. Applicants should note that the salary history for the purposes of the AID 309-2 is the base salary paid, excluding benefits and allowances such as housing, travel, educational support, etc. Offerors are required to complete and sign the AID 309-2 form. No substitute AID form will be accepted.

ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN ENGLISH AND ALL DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED AS ONE

COMPLETE PACKAGE.

NOTE: This position requires the submission of complete forms and/or supplemental materials as described above. Failure to provide the required information and/signed documents will result in the applicant not being considered for employment. Applicants are required to sign and date both the Cover Letter and a completed USAID AID 309-2 form.

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V. LIST OF REQUIRED FORMS FOR PSC HIRES

Once the Contracting Officer (CO) informs the successful applicant about being selected for a contract award, the CO will provide the successful applicant instructions about how to complete and submit the following forms:

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

1. Medical History and Examination form (DS-6561)

2. Questionnaire for Sensitive Positions (for National Security) (SF-86), or Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive

Positions (SF-85)

3. Finger Print Card (FD-258)

4. Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306)

VI. BENEFITS/ALLOWANCES (if/as applicable)

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

(a) Temporary Quarter Subsistence Allowance (Section 120)

(b) Living Quarters Allowance (Section 130)

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

(d) Post Allowance (Section 220)

(e) Separate Maintenance Allowance (Section 260)

(f) Education Allowance (Section 270)

(g) Education Travel (Section 280)

(h) Post Differential (Chapter 500)

(i) Payments during Evacuation/Authorized Departure (Section 600), and

(j) Danger Pay Allowance (Section 650)

As a matter of policy, and as appropriate, an offshore TCNPSC is normally authorized the following allowances:

(a) a. Post Differential (Section 500)

(b) b. Post Allowance (COLA) (Section 220)

(c) c. Payments During Evacuation (Section 600)

(d) d. Education Allowance (Section 270)

(e) e. Separate Maintenance Allowance (Section 260)

(f) f. Educational Travel (Section 280)

VII. TAXES

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

TCNPSCs are subject to an individual’s country tax laws and should follow tax requirement of their country of origin.

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), (available at https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1868/aidar_0.pdf

- 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”.

- Appendix J, “Direct USAID Contracts with a Third Country National for Personal Services Abroad,” including contract clause “General Provisions”.

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.

5. PSC Ombudsman The PSC Ombudsman serves as a resource for any Personal Services Contractor who has entered into a contract with the United States Agency for International Development and is available to provide clarity on their specific contract with the agency. Please visit our page for additional information:

https://www.usaid.gov/work-usaid/personal-service-contracts-ombudsman

The PSC Ombudsman may be contacted via: PSCOmbudsman@usaid.gov.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

The United States Government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.

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SUBJECT: Solicitation for a U.S. Citizen /Third Country National Personal Service Contractor (US/TCN PSC) - Global Health Security Advisor (GHSA) Burkina Faso Office