Pre-solicitation Notice_72062120R00003_031620.pdf

SYNOPSIS

Solicitation Number: 72062120R00003 Notice Type: Pre-solicitation Issuance Date: March 16, 2020 Closing Date and Time: April 16, 2020, 12:00 PM Tanzania Time

ACTIVITY TITLE: Tuhifadhi Maliasili Activity

Dear Prospective Offerors:

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Dar es Salaam, intends to issue a Request for Proposal for the Tuhifadhi Maliasili Activity. The goal of this activity is to address dynamics that hinder habitat connectivity and the long-term persistence of biodiversity in Tanzania. This five-year contract will incorporate a series of interventions that support and strengthen government and civil society capacity for biodiversity conservation in a manner that:

i) increases private sector engagement in conservation and natural resource management (NRM);

ii) builds the capacity of the public sector and civil society; and iii) strengthens the policy and regulatory framework for conservation and NRM.

USAID intends to issue a full and open Request for Proposal (RFP) on/or about 30 days from the posting of this notice. Please do not consider this announcement to be an RFP and do not submit your proposals until a formal RFP is posted. Potential Offerors should frequently check the Official U.S. government web site at: https://beta.sam.gov/ for the forthcoming solicitation and other information.

The purpose of this notice is to comply with the synopses and pre-solicitation notice requirements of FAR 5.2, Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions. Any solicitation resulting from this notice will be handled in accordance with FAR 5.102(d); therefore, availability of any resulting solicitation package will be limited to this electronic medium. Accordingly, interested vendors are encouraged to register themselves as an interested vendor.

This notice does not obligate USAID to award a contract, nor does it commit the U.S. Government to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of proposals.

Telephone inquiries will not be accepted. We will not directly respond to inquiries regarding this synopsis but may consider them in preparation of the RFP. Comments may be submitted via email to:

aangulo@usaid.gov and rtawonezvi@usaid.gov with a copy to usaidtzco@usaid.gov.

This is not a small business set-aside.

Best Regards, Ayana Angulo Contracting Officer https://beta.sam.gov/ mailto:aangulo@usaid.gov mailto:usaidtzco@usaid.gov