Local Works Market Survey.pdf

Local Works Market Survey Questionnaire

Purpose/Objective This is a Sources Sought notice. This is not a request for proposals or applications. It is a survey to identify potential partners.

Project Description USAID/Kosovo has been selected to participate in the Local Works program. USAID’s Local Works is a unique program designed to advance locally led development and enhance the Agency’s ability to empower local actors to take the lead in addressing their own development challenges.

Through local works activity, USAID/Kosovo aims to bring together local communities/target stakeholders to work around a common initiative -- recycling. The mission intends to co-design a solution for socio-economic cohesion with four targeted local stakeholder groups: 1) youth; 2) Kosovo Roma, Egyptian and Ashkali minority groups -- principal informal recyclable material collectors; 3) for-profit recyclable material processors/recyclable companies; and 4) local and national government.

Questionnaire

USAID requests that interested organizations respond to all questions listed below:

Question Answer Additional Notes (optional) Name of the Organization:

Contact details (name of Director, phone, email, webpage)

Year of establishment of the organization

Organizational Structure and Focus Description of the organization to include size of the organization in terms of number of: professional staff, support staff, volunteers and consultants.

Areas of technical expertise in current and past projects related to recycling and/or social cohesion and/or work with non-majority communities (specifically Kosovo Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities)

Areas of expertise in current and past projects related to engagement of central and local government.

Areas of technical expertise in current and past projects related to private sector engagement into community related projects?

Does the organization have an oversight/ functioning board?

Funding Total funding administered since establishment

Number of awards received, type of awards, funding amount and duration of the project(s) and funders in the last three years.

Sub-awards administered, if any, and funding amount?

List of other contributors (e.g.

Government of Kosovo, municipalities) and partners, including Private Sector

Does your organization conduct annual independent financial audits?

Have you ever conduct a pre-award survey or a financial review with USAID or USAID implementing partner?

Disclaimer and Important Notes

The Information provided during this survey will be used solely for USAID/Kosovo programmatic purposes. This notice does not obligate USAID to award a contract or cooperative agreement or otherwise pay for the information provided in the response. USAID reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Respondents are advised that USAID is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published on the Federal Business

Opportunities website www.fedbizopps.gov or Grants.gov website www.grants.gov. Responses to this notice will not be considered responses to a solicitation.

Confidentiality

No proprietary, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. USAID reserves the right to use any non-proprietary information in any resulting solicitation(s).