IIR Advisor - PSC Position Synopsis 7200AA24R00071.pdf

DRG Information Integrity and Resilience Advisor Pre-Solicitation Notice

General Information

Notice ID: 7200AA24R00071 Department/Ind. Agency: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Contract Opportunity Type: Pre-Solicitation All Dates/Times are: Eastern Daylight time, USA

Classification

Product Service Code: R497 – Support Professional – Personal Services Contracts NAICS Code: 541690 – Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services Place of Performance: Washington, DC (remote-eligible), with up to 30% travel when needed

Description

USAID intends to issue a solicitation for a Personal Services Contract (PSC) for the position Information Integrity and Resilience (IIR) Advisor, GS-14 grade equivalent, for USAID’s Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG), Office of Global Trends and Technology (GTT).

The Information Integrity and Resilience Advisor would serve as a subject matter expert and exercise technical leadership to bring innovative and evidence-based approaches to strengthen information integrity and resilience. This position provides critical, cutting-edge technical leadership in the field of information integrity and resilience. This includes in-depth knowledge of media programs with an understanding how technology, including Artificial Intelligence, can both facilitate and mitigate information disorder, what drives that diffusion (i.e. group identity, cognitive bias) and how that diffusion exacerbates social polarization which corrodes the foundation of democratic consensus building and collective solution finding. The Advisor is expected to work to advance research and learning, evidence-based approaches and promising and novel experimentation in this space to advise USAID Mission teams and Washington on state-of-the-art research and programming bolstering information resilience and integrity. At the core of this position is the ability to support USAID Missions to implement programs that address information disorder by pulling from cutting edge lessons learned cross-sectoral from health to countering violent extremism with democracy, human rights, and governance considerations being the core driver.

The duration of the contract period is anticipated to be a two (2) year base period with three optional one (1) year periods for a maximum duration of five (5) years.

The solicitation will be published on System for Award Management (SAM). Interested parties are advised to periodically monitor this website for updates on this potential opportunity.

Except for the above information, no additional information regarding this planned solicitation is available at this time. All necessary information will be supplied at the time the solicitation is issued. USAID will not respond to any questions or requests for information until the solicitation is issued. USAID will not accept applications prior to issuance of the solicitation.

Issuance of the pre-solicitation notice and any subsequent RFP does not constitute an award commitment on the part of USAID, nor does it commit USAID to pay for any costs incurred in the preparation and submission of any application.