Pre-solicitation Notice - FTF Cam Ag Partnership Hub (final).pdf

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE

Project Title : Feed the Future Cambodia Agriculture Partnership Hub

Place of Performance : Cambodia

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, especially small businesses, are encouraged to register themselves as an interested vendor.

The United States Agency for International Development, Cambodia (USAID/Cambodia) intends to release a solicitation for a project titled “Feed the Future Cambodia Agriculture Partnership Hub.” The purpose of Feed the Future Cambodia Agriculture Partnership Hub Activity is to foster competitive, resilient, and inclusive agricultural market systems development that provides increased economic opportunities (jobs and income) for Cambodians, especially women and youth who have limited access to employment in key value chains.

The Activity will promote and expand market-based opportunities and will facilitate diversification and competitiveness within the agriculture sector. The Activity will further strengthen relationships between and among key value chain stakeholders, such as producer associations, aggregators, wholesalers, exporters, financial institutions, and agribusinesses (including input suppliers, contractors, transporters, manufacturers and agro-processors), and business service providers to improve agricultural competitiveness and create strong linkages with end markets.

The proposed objectives and immediate results for the Feed the Future Cambodia Agriculture Partnership Hub Activity are as follows:

Objective 1: Inclusive and sustainable agriculture market systems strengthened.

Result 1.1: Increased private sector investment to strengthen climate-smart, resilient, and competitive agriculture market systems.

Result 1.2: Strengthened technical and business capacity of farms and firms, including women and youth farmers and entrepreneurs.

Result 1.3: Increased incomes, especially for women and youth in the food system, including in climate-smart agriculture.

Objective 2: Strengthened linkages and trust among market actors, for both domestic and international markets

Result 2.1: Increased access to markets of agricultural products and services, including women- and youth-owned businesses.

Result 2.2: Improved food safety, quality, and traceability of agricultural products through the increased use of innovative technologies.

USAID/Cambodia envisions creating partnerships that leverage additional private sector funds with USAID grant funding -- private sector partnerships that demonstrate a 1:1 funding match and accomplish key development objectives including creating jobs, increasing sales, increasing markets, etc. These partnerships will be structured utilizing a milestone-based payments model.

USAID/Cambodia contemplates award of a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee, completion-type contract with a period of performance of five-years. The solicitation will be issued through a full and open competition in accordance with FAR Part 15.

The anticipated solicitation date is in or about September 2021.

This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) and no additional information regarding this planned RFP is available at this time. All necessary information will be supplied at the time the RFP is posted at https://Sam.gov/. The technical information contained within this notice is subject to revisions. Questions/requests for information will not be answered until RFP issuance. Interested parties are advised to periodically monitor the above website for updates concerning this procurement. No proposals for funding should be submitted until after the RFP is issued.

This notice does not obligate USAID to release a solicitation or award a contract, nor does it commit the Government to pay for costs incurred in the preparation and submission of a proposal. In addition, final award cannot be made until funds have been fully appropriated, allocated, and committed, and internal USAID procedures have been completed.

Sincerely, Paul Martin Contracting Officer USAID/Cambodia https://beta.sam.gov/