CPS_CVP_Synopsis_Pre-Solicitation_7200AA22R00084.pdf

SOLICITATION NUMBER: 7200AA22R00084

SYNOPSIS ISSUANCE DATE: June 08, 2022

SUBJECT: Synopsis/Pre-Solicitation for U.S. Personal Service Contractor (USPSC)

Dear Prospective Offerors:

The United States Government (USG), represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is planning to seek offers from qualified U.S. citizens to provide personal services as Senior Technical Advisor under a personal services contract, as described in the forthcoming solicitation.

Submittals must be in accordance with the forthcoming information at the place and time specified.

For further information, please see the forthcoming solicitation on www.SAM.gov, or contact Keith Roland, kroland@usaid.gov.

Sincerely, Jaclyn Humphrey

Acting Supervisory Contracting Officer

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

1. ACTION CODE: P (pre-solicitation)

2. SOLICITATION NO.: 7200AA22R00084

3. SYNOPSIS ISSUANCE DATE: June 08, 2022

4. CLOSING DATE AND TIME FOR RECEIPT OF OFFERS: July or August 2022

5. POINT OF CONTACT: Keith Roland, e-mail at kroland@usaid.gov

6. POSITION TITLE: Senior Technical Advisor

7. MARKET VALUE: GS-13 or GS-14

8. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: One (1) year, with four (4) one-year option periods

9. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Washington, D.C.

10. ELIGIBLE OFFERORS: United States Citizens

11. SECURITY LEVEL REQUIRED: Secret

POSITION DESCRIPTION

BACKGROUND: The Bureau for Conflict Prevention and Stabilization (CPS) seeks to create stable and peaceful societies. The CPS Bureau partners with USAID Missions and U.S.

Embassies to contribute to peace and stability through programs, funding, and technical services focusing on social, communal, and political aspects of crises and political transition. CPS is USAID’s dedicated team for technical and analytical expertise on peacebuilding, conflict, and violence prevention. CPS responds to complex crises and opportunities and promotes a path to recipient self-reliance and resilience.

The Center for Conflict and Violence Prevention (CVP) leads USAID’s efforts to identify and analyze sources of conflict. The Center supports USAID’s early responses to address the causes and consequences of fragility, conflict, and violence. The Center also integrates conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding approaches into policies, analyses, strategies, and programs. As a result, CVP advances USAID programs that prevent conflict, atrocities, and violent extremism before they spread; enhances partner countries’ self-sufficient peace operations, training, and deployment capabilities; and helps address countries’ governance challenges that are often the root cause of conflict.

To achieve these aims, CVP provides four (4) key services. First, CVP leads Agency research and analyses on the causes and consequences of fragility, conflict, and violence. Our technical experts combine field experience, rigorous research, and inter-agency, as well as intergovernmental expertise to inform U.S. Government (USG) policy, Agency strategy, and mission programming. Second, CVP provides on-site support, counsel, and resources to missions and embassies worldwide. As geographic and thematic experts on the state-of-the art in conflict analysis and research, CVP staff work closely with regional counterparts in the design and implementation of strategies, programs, and assessments. Third, CVP develops and delivers highly effective training that builds USAID and USG expertise in peacebuilding, conflict sensitivity, and mitigating risks of violence. Fourth, CVP manages awards and projects, including the People-to-People Reconciliation Fund, that support USAID Mission, Bureau, and Independent Offices to design and deliver peacebuilding activities.

For more information, see:

https://www.usaid.gov/who-we-are/organization/bureaus/bureau-conflict-prevention-and-stabilization

INTRODUCTION: The position is expected to be located in the Bureau for Conflict Prevention and Stabilization (CPS) in the Center for Conflict and Violence Prevention (CVP). The Senior Technical Advisor U.S. Personal Services Contractor (USPSC) will serve as a focal point and technical expert for technical assistance and programming support on prevention, conflict, violence, stabilization, countering violent extremism (CVE), or flexible programming and related monitoring, evaluation and learning activities supported by the CPS Bureau, to include the Complex Crises Fund (CCF), the Global Fragility Act (GFA), and other CPS programs. In this position, the Senior Technical Advisor will support the application of state of the art technical expertise and evaluation and learning approaches to ensure that activities are consistent with Agency policies and international best practices.

BASIS OF RATING: Offerors who clearly meet the Education/Experience Requirements and Selection Factors set forth in the coming solicitation will be further evaluated based on scoring of the responses to three (3) Evaluation Factors: 1. technical expertise, 2. mediation and conflict/problem resolution and teamwork, and 3. communications. Offerors will be required to address Evaluation Factors 1, 2, and 3 in a separate document describing specifically and accurately what experience, training, education and/or awards they have received that are relevant to each factor. Failure to specifically address the Selection and/or Evaluation Factors may result in your not receiving credit for all of your pertinent experience, education, training and/or awards.

The most qualified offerors may be interviewed, required to provide a writing sample, and demonstrate an ability to operate commonly used office applications. USAID will not pay for any expenses associated with the interviews. In addition, offers (written materials and interviews) will be evaluated based on content as well as on the offerors writing, presentation, and communication skills. In the event that an offeror has fully demonstrated their qualifications and there are no other competitive offerors, USAID reserves the right to forego the interview process. Professional references and academic credentials will be evaluated for offerors being considered for selection.

Offerors must submit at least three (3) professional references, one (1) of which must be a current or former supervisor. USAID reserves the right to contact previous employers to verify employment history. If the offeror had a previous position with USAID, the TEC and/or CO are encouraged to obtain reference checks from the previous supervisor(s) or CO(s). See ADS 309.3.1.11.a.4.

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. FAR provisions of this solicitation are available at https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far.