Senior Ado Advisor US_TCN Solicitation - CO Signed (1).pdf

SOLICITATION NUMBER: 72063323R00002

ISSUANCE DATE: October 5, 2023

CLOSING DATE/TIME: November 4, 2023 (17:00)

Local Time, Pretoria, South Africa

SUBJECT: Solicitation for U.S. Personal Service Contractor (USPSC) and Third Country National Personal Service Contractor (TCNPSC)

Dear Prospective Offerors:

The United States Government, represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is seeking offers from qualified persons to provide personal services under contract as described in this solicitation.

Offers must be in accordance with Attachment 1 of this solicitation. Incomplete or unsigned offers will not be considered. Offerors should retain copies of all offer materials for their records.

USAID will evaluate all offerors based on the stated evaluation criteria. USAID encourages all individuals, including those from disadvantaged and under-represented groups, to respond to the solicitation.

This solicitation in no way obligates USAID to award a PSC contract, nor does it commit USAID to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of the offer.

Any questions must be directed in writing to the Point of Contact specified in the attachment 1.

Sincerely, Ifeoma Ezeh Contracting Officer

ATTACHMENT 1 72063323R00002

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

1. SOLICITATION NO.: 72063323R00002

2. ISSUANCE DATE: October 5, 2023

3. CLOSING DATE/TIME: November 4, 2023

4. POINT OF CONTACT: Kim Sias email at ksias@usaid.gov

5. POSITION TITLE: Senior Adolescent and Youth Advisor – Botswana

6. MARKET VALUE: $99,908 - $129,878 equivalent to GS-14

Final compensation will be negotiated within the above value and will include Locality Pay for domestic USPSCs based on the location of the Official USAID Worksite, or the approved alternative worksite if approved for remote work. USPSCs performing overseas are not entitled to Locality Pay.

7. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: USAID/Botswana Overseas USPSCs and TCNPSCs not subject to the local compensation plan may be authorized telework or remote work only from a location within the country of performance, in accordance with Mission policy. Telework or remote work from outside the country of performance may only be authorized in certain situations in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract.

8. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: Two years estimated to start in April 2024.

9. ELIGIBLE OFFERORS: United States (U.S.) Citizens and Third Country Nationals (TCN) (if an applicant qualifies as a Resident Hire, they will be treated as such).

o U.S. CITIZEN: U.S. national (USN) means an individual who is a U.S. citizen, or a non-U.S.

citizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States.

o THIRD COUNTRY NATIONAL: Third Country National (TCN) means an individual (i) Who is neither a citizen nor a permanent legal resident alien of the United States nor of the country to which assigned for duty, and (ii) Who is eligible for return to his/her home country or country of recruitment at U.S. Government expense.

10. SECURITY LEVEL REQUIRED: Facility Access

11. STATEMENT OF DUTIES:

“If a third country national (TCN) is selected for the award, during the period of this contract, the TCN personal services contractor must provide at least 2 hours per month of training to a cooperating country national (CCN) designated by USAID. The Supervisor will establish a training plan with benchmarks to measure the TCNPSC’s progress toward achieving this.

A. BACKGROUND:

The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), initiated in 2003, provides the largest resources in history for a single disease. Since its inception, PEPFAR has saved millions of lives and has given hope to millions more. In Botswana, PEPFAR is an integrated U.S. Government (USG) response led by the US Embassy – Department of State. USAID/Botswana works with the U.S.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Defense (DOD) and the Peace Corps to implement the PEPFAR programs while the Department of State plays a pivotal role of coordinating all the PEPFAR efforts in the country. Botswana is a sparsely populated land-locked country with a population of approximately 2.36 million (2018 Projection). The 2019 UNAIDS Spectrum estimates that there are 360,183 people living with HIV (PLHIV). The key drivers of Botswana’s generalized epidemic include multiple and concurrent sexual partnerships, intergenerational sex, alcohol and high-risk sex, stigma and discrimination, low uptake of male circumcision, and gender-based violence (GBV).

The Government of Botswana’s (GoB) response to the epidemic has been very successful on many fronts and the United States Government (USG) has been a critical partner. However, there are gaps that exist including the lower number of HIV positive men that have been identified and on treatment and the increasing number of infections among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW). The program comprises both public and private sector elements including non-government organizations (NGOs) but is heavily dependent upon the public sector delivery system. USG HIV/AIDS programs support the priorities of the GoB through supporting the implementation of the third National Strategic Framework for HIV (2018-2023) in the areas of HIV/AIDS Prevention which includes behavioral and biomedical prevention; HIV Care and Treatment, Supply Chain and Health Systems Strengthening. Since the Country Operational Plan (COP) of 2017, PEPFAR Botswana has been receiving substantial amounts of funding to support prevention efforts for AGYW through the Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-Free, Mentored & Safe (DREAMS) program and USAID/Botswana is actively involved in this program that expanded from two to eight districts in 2020.

B. POSITION OVERVIEW:

The incumbent will serve as the Contracts/Agreements Officer’s Representative (C/AOR) and/or Activity Manager for USAID/Botswana awards and contracts issued by the USAID/SA Regional Office of Acquisition and Assistance (ROAA) and USAID/W-procured Field Support activities.

C. MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Senior Advisor will be an essential member of the USAID/Botswana Health Team based in Gaborone. The incumbent will maintain state-of-the-art knowledge in HIV/AIDS, especially with respect to prevention for AGYW and other youth in Botswana. The Senior Advisor will provide technical and programmatic leadership for strategy development, project design, planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of cohesive country-specific strategies across Botswana that assists teams to achieve maximum results related to PEPFAR targets for HIV and AIDS pertaining to adolescent and youth programming with special emphasis on programs for AGYW and other youth. The incumbent will serve as a subject matter expert in the HIV team for all matters related to AYP including strategic information. The incumbent’s work includes a variety of research, writing cables and memos, reporting, external collaborations, monitoring, and analytical duties, as well as cultivating and documenting best practices, and disseminating and developing and nurturing a community of practice in the Mission.

The Advisor maintains highly collaborative interagency relationships. The incumbent plays a leadership role within the PEPFAR technical working groups, playing a key role in the development of annual and long-term strategies for preventing HIV among adolescents and youth with special emphasis on AGYW. The incumbent represents USAID within multiple GOB and donor technical working groups and maintains collaborative working relationships with mid-to-senior level government officials in the GOB, donors, USG agencies and non-governmental organizations. This requires sound judgment, diplomacy, and tact in negotiating and working closely with the GOB and other stakeholders, and in the provision of ongoing guidance to implementing partners on adolescent health strategic direction and activities. Finally, the Advisor spends a significant amount of his/her time ensuring skills transfer and mentoring of USAID and GOB staff on data informed and data driven adolescent and youth programming.

The Senior Advisor will work closely with the various GoB ministries including Ministry of Health, Ministry of Basic Education, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Ministry of Youth, Gender, Sport and Culture, National AIDS and Health Promotion Agency, UN Family, Civil Society Organizations, and other national stakeholder groups on AYP to promote the work of USAID/Botswana as it pertains to AYP.

Technical Program Leadership, Implementation and Management 65%

● Serve as AYP lead, providing oversight for DREAMS activities across the USAID portfolio;

working collaboratively with the PEPFAR program technical leads across US agencies and with host country agencies to identify opportunities for collaboration and ensuring complementarity among AYP programming.

● Provide strategic leadership and advice during COP planning in relation to adolescent and youth programming; synthesizing the COP guidance, working with the USAID team, and implementing partners to design programs that embrace the COP guidance and are in line with host country policies and programs.

● Provide technical assistance to GoB counterparts, USG staff, implementing partners and other institutions in Botswana for the design, implementation, and evaluation of effective HIV prevention interventions for AGYW at highest risk of HIV infection.

● Analyze, synthesize, and disseminate research findings, lessons learned and best practices regarding HIV interventions for AYP and their application to policies and programs. Share information with in-country USG teams, partners, and host-country governments to inform and strengthen programming.

● Participate in design teams and lead activity designs for acquisition and assistance activities for AYP.

● Provide technical guidance for project implementation; conduct regular site visits, collaborate with other USAID/Botswana staff, and communicate with implementing partners on AYP issues.

● Ensures that important documents such as quarterly progress reports and work plans are reviewed and approved timely.

● Ensures that planned results (inputs and outputs) are clearly identified and produced on schedule; and that activity implementation proceeds in accordance with the approved work plan/Country Operational Plan (COP)

● Develops technical narratives for DREAMS and other AYP reporting, contributing to the preparation of key annual and mid-term planning and reporting documents including the Country Operational Plan, portfolio reviews, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual progress reports.

● Coordinates with other USG-funded organizations to create programmatic linkages across the HIV portfolio and facilitate a true continuum of prevention to care for AYP.

● Advises USAID/Botswana on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on PEPFAR activities, and measures taken to mitigate the impact and their effect.

● Works with the USG inter-agency team, GoB, other bilateral donors, and multilateral organizations to avoid technical and geographic program overlap and to create harmonized programs guided by host country government national strategic plans.

● Serves on the appropriate inter-agency technical working groups and will be available to co-chair the working group if needed. Participation in technical working groups includes those formed and coordinated by the host-country government and other important stakeholders.

Strategic Information 20%

● Collect, manage, and analyze data and information related to HIV/AIDS, PEPFAR, and USAID activities focused on program monitoring and improvement of performance for AYP.

● Works closely with the USAID strategic information team to set targets during COP.

● using the PEPFAR target setting tools e.g., data pack and at reporting time using PEPFAR reporting tools such as DATIM.

● Works closely with the inter-agency DREAMS strategic information team to ensure services provided to AGYW in DREAMS are successfully layered and that existing monitoring and evaluation programs can successfully track this layering.

● Works with global and national partners to better utilize PEPFAR, regional and national quality and monitoring and evaluation systems, including better USAID partner collection of PEPFAR indicators and technical direction on how site improvement and monitoring systems (SIMS) and PEPFAR indicator data can be used to improve service provision for the different components of the adolescent and youth program.

● Undertakes regular technical and monitoring site visits to USAID supported activities to assess the quality of services using different tools such as those for data quality assessments (DQAs) and SIMS.

● Analyses data on AYP and prepares slides on the program for COP or PEPFAR Oversight Accountability Review Teams (POART) meetings and other briefings as needed.

Management and Reporting 15%

● Lead the development for program design documents, annual portfolio review, implementing mechanism narratives under the Country Operational Plan, and prepare annual reports and other necessary documents in their technical areas.

● Oversees the proper management of PEPFAR budgets, which includes preparing detailed analyses and estimates of annual PEPFAR funding needs for one or more future budget years; monitors obligations, commitments, expenditures, and results against targets;

oversees the various annual Expenditure Analysis exercises and Tools; and ensures the budget system is used effectively as an evaluating tool in measuring program performance and effectiveness.

● Maintain detailed and updated project management files for each activity, ensuring that all program documentation meets both USG requirements and audit inspection standards.

● Ensure that documentation of relevant activities is prepared with input from other USG team members and implementing partners; and is submitted in a timely fashion to the Health Office Director and/or the PEPFAR Coordinator, with adequate time for TWG review and clearance.

12. PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The work requested does not involve undue physical demands.

D. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

● Minimum of a master’s degree in Public Health, Nursing, Medicine, Social Work, Education, International Development, or other related fields.

Prior Work Experience:

● At least ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in public health programming. Specific experience in HIV/AIDS and adolescents and youth programming are required.

● Increasingly responsible experience in the design, implementation, management, financial tracking, monitoring and evaluation of HIV/AIDS programs.

● Experience in translating HIV/AIDS epidemiological data into practice.

Job Knowledge:

● Demonstrable understanding of HIV prevention and HIV impact mitigation, including program design, implementation, and evaluation.

● Demonstrable understanding of HIV prevention, treatment, and care targeting adolescents and young people.

● Demonstrated capacity to manage and oversee a multisectoral health initiative.

● Sound understanding of the social, economic, and cultural determinants and implications of the HIV epidemic in Botswana.

● Broad knowledge of the principles of public health programs and practice including knowledge of general HIV/AIDS programming by public, private, non- profit organizations.

Skills and Abilities:

● Ability to communicate information in an objective, transparent, accurate, and concise oral and written forms and to represent USAID/Botswana’s programs and priorities to a wide range of outside parties including senior GoB officials, USAID senior management, and others.

● Excellent coordination skills with strong attention to detail and follow-through, including balancing of competing priorities in a fast-paced working environment and working under pressure to meet deadlines.

● Ability to independently conceive, plan, organize, manage, and evaluate important, diverse, and complex work projects.

● Excellent analytical, technical and project management skills to review and provide substantive feedback on concept papers, proposals, program descriptions/scopes of work, performance reports, and other technical and programmatic documents.

● Strong interpersonal/teamwork skills, including diplomacy and tact, to work effectively with people at all levels, and the ability to collaborate well with others, in this instance USAID/Botswana’s management and Technical Advisors; colleagues at USAID/Washington and at O/GAC, and in the Botswana interagency team.

● Ability to develop positive working relationships within the USG including across USAID, CDC, State Department, and Peace Corps. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with implementing partners, private sector partners, other donor partners, and both central and district level GoB counterparts.

● Strong organizational/prioritization skills; project administration ability to operate independently with limited direct supervision.

● Demonstrated ability to apply policy directives to activity design, implementation and monitoring and evaluation.

● Ability to present information, analyses, and recommendations in clear written and oral formats.

● Standard to advanced working knowledge of MS Office, specifically MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel. The ability to use other data platforms such as SPSS, STATA and DHIS2 platforms is needed.

Language Proficiency:

● Level IV English ability (fluent) is required. The incumbent must possess a high degree of proficiency in both written and spoken English.

E. POSITION ELEMENTS:

a. Supervision Received: The incumbent will be supervised by the USAID/Botswana Health Office Director or his/her designee. The Senior Advisor is expected to be able to exercise considerable independent judgment in carrying out assigned tasks and to be able to function effectively within a multicultural and interagency environment. As a Specialist, the incumbent should work independently on key tasks, and keep managers and colleagues apprised of the status of work assignments. Assignments are often self-generated and made in terms of a review of goals and objectives to be achieved and the results expected.

b. Available Guidelines: Generally accepted HIV/AIDS international medical and ethical standards for treatment and research such as WHO and UNAIDS. PEPFAR strategic objectives and operating provisions. The Country Operational Plan (COP), U.S.

Government (including agency and PEPFAR) rules, regulations, and policies issued both in writing and orally. PEPFAR/Agency specific financial regulations, agency-specific procurement regulations and requirements for developing and implementing grants, contracts, cooperative agreements. Additionally, the ADS, USAID Travel Regulations, USAID Mission Orders, and other guidelines as may be pointed out by the USAID/Botswana Health Office Director or their designee.

c. Exercise of Judgment: Incumbent is expected to exercise independent, professional judgment on the quality and effectiveness of HIV/AIDS programs. Incumbent’s professional judgment is used to recommend and develop strategies for optimum cooperation with the implementing partners of the USG, as well as senior level staff of other agencies that are involved in providing HIV/AIDS related services and activities. Position leads project teams and workgroups and has wide latitude about how best to meet the goals of the project.

Position is required to detect, amend and re-direct practices that are not consistent with the goals and any protocols established for the project.

d. Authority to Make Commitments: The incumbent is not authorized to make direct commitments by signing documents approving the use of USG resources but has authority to make tentative commitments during inter-agency working group and budgetary planning meetings, subject to final approval by the USAID/Botswana Health Office Director. Job holder has responsibility for making technical recommendations on changes in scope of work, funding allocations, reporting and supplemental agreements to the USAID Program Grants Office/Contracting Officer for action. Position will also provide input into USAID/Botswana implementation partner procurements.

e. Nature, Level, and Purpose of Contacts: Mainly mid-level to high level contacts with Embassy Gaborone, USAID (regional and Washington), USG partner agencies, host government contacts and other stakeholders as a technical expert and to represent USAID, PEPFAR and the USG. The incumbent will have an important technical role in supporting the USAID/Botswana PEPFAR office and as such is expected to collect, analyze, and share data across partners and collaborators. Such contacts will be through settings that include large gatherings and one-on- one meetings.

f. Post Entry Training: The incumbent will be given on-the-job training regarding Agency policies, procedures, and regulations, including the Automated Directives Systems (ADS) and Mission Orders. Courses toward certification as Agreement Officer’s Representative (A/COR) and supervision training will be offered; on-the-job training on financial management and procurement procedures is desirable. Training in USAID project implementation, financial management operating procedures and requirements as needed. Technical training to be attended as applicable.

II. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION

In order to be considered for the position, an applicant must have the following minimum qualifications:

Education: Minimum of a master’s degree in Public Health, Nursing, Medicine, Social Work, Education, International Development, or other related fields.

Prior Work Experience: At least ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in public health programming. Specific experience in HIV/AIDS and adolescents and youth programming are required.

III. EVALUATION AND SELECTION FACTORS

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. The FAR provisions referenced above are available at https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far.

The following factors, and points for each, will be the basis for the evaluation of applications meeting the required minimum qualifications. All applications will be evaluated based on the documentation submitted with the application. The highest-ranking applicants may be selected for an interview, but an interview is not always guaranteed. USAID may conduct reference checks, including references from individuals who have not been specifically identified by the offeror.

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FACTOR #1 - Work Experience - 40 points

● At least ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in public health programming

● Demonstrated experience in HIV/AIDS and adolescents and youth programming.

● Increasingly responsible experience in the design, implementation, management, financial tracking, monitoring, and evaluation of HIV/AIDS programs.

● Experience in translating HIV/AIDS epidemiological data into practice.

FACTOR #2 – Technical Knowledge - 30 points

● Demonstrated capacity to manage and oversee a multisectoral health initiative.

● Demonstrated comprehensive knowledge of combination HIV prevention programming or models for adolescents and young people that can be implemented at national level.

FACTOR #3 – Skill and Abilities - 30 points

● Demonstrated ability to represent USAID programs and priorities to a wide range of outside parties including senior government officials, USAID senior management, and others.

● Demonstrated experience with technical and project management, providing substantive feedback on proposals/applications, program descriptions/scopes of work, performance reports, and other technical and programmatic documents.

● Demonstrated ability to work with multiple U.S. and host country government agencies, non-governmental organizations, faith-based organizations, and the private sector.

Total possible factor points: 100

Interview points – 100

Selection Process:

● After the closing date for receipt of applications, applications will be reviewed for submission requirements and the established minimum requirements for the position. Applications that meet the minimum requirements will be forwarded to a Technical Evaluation Committee or TEC. The TEC will review each of the forwarded applications against the established evaluation criteria to develop a shortlist of applicants to be tested and possibly interviewed.

● Shortlisted applicants may be further evaluated. Assessments to include English writing, computer and other technical skills may be administered to determine competitively ranked applicants for possible interviews. Competitively ranked applicants may be interviewed.

Reference checks will be made only for the interviewed applicants.

● Following the interview, during which the applicant will be evaluated against the established criteria, the TEC will make a preliminary determination of applicants to be considered for employment and conduct and document reference checks. Please note that references may be solicited from current as well as former supervisors in addition to the references you provided in application packages. References will only be solicited for those interviewed applicants who are being considered for ranking. The applicant’s references must be able to provide substantive information about their past performance and abilities. If an applicant does not wish USAID to contact a current employer for a reference check, this should be stated in the applicant’s cover letter; USAID will delay such reference checks pending the applicant’s concurrence.

● Based on this final input, the TEC will make its final decision on applicant ranking and submit a selection memo to the Contracting Officer (CO) for final determination on whether an offer of employment will be made. Unsuccessful applicants who were interviewed will be contacted and advised of their non-selection. As a positive medical clearance and security certification are a condition of employment, the selected candidate will undergo a stringent investigation prior to employment with USAID/Southern Africa- Botswana

USAID policy specifies that U.S. citizens or resident aliens (USNs) are preferred over third country nationals (TCNs). Therefore, USN and TCN offers will not be evaluated together. USAID will evaluate USN offers first and if the CO determines that there are no qualified USNs, only then will USAID evaluate TCN offers.

IV. SUBMITTING AN OFFER

● Eligible offerors are required to complete and submit the offer form AID 309-2, “Offeror Information for Personal Services Contracts, available at http://www.usaid.gov/forms.

● An up-to-date curriculum vitae (CV) or resume: Your CV/resume must contain sufficient relevant information to evaluate the application in accordance with the stated evaluation criteria. Written responses to Factors 2 and 3, if required

● Proof of Eligibility (AEFM): Provide one of two documents that specifically names the applicant and provides proof of American Eligible Family Member (AEFM) status: 1) Travel orders of a sponsoring employee who is assigned (not TDY) to the U.S. Mission to South Africa under COM authority, or 2) an approved Form OF-126, Foreign Service Residence and Dependency Report (or other agency equivalent), of a sponsoring employee who is assigned (not TDY) to the U.S. Mission to South Africa under COM authority, and is residing at the sponsoring employee’s post of assignment abroad.

● Proof of Eligibility (Work Permit): For those applicants who do not hold AEFM status, proof of US citizenship, as well as proof of eligibility to work within Botswana is required.

● References: Three (3) references, who are not family members or relatives, with working telephone and e-mail contacts. The references must be able to provide substantive information about your past performance and abilities. USAID reserves the right to contact your previous employers for relevant information concerning your performance and may consider such information in its evaluation of the application.

● Security Clearance: Prior to signing a contract, the selected individual will be required to http://www.usaid.gov/forms obtain appropriate security determination Instructions for obtaining the security determination will be forwarded to the selected individual once negotiations have been concluded.

● Submissions shall be in accordance with the above information at the place and time specified. To be considered for the position a candidate must meet the minimum qualifications listed in the solicitation. Applicants should note that the salary history for the purposes of the AID309-2 is the base salary paid, excluding benefits and allowances such as housing, travel, educational support, vehicle use, etc. Applicants are reminded and required to sign the certification at the end of the AID309-2.

● Offers must be received by the closing date and time specified in Section I, item 3, and submitted to the Point of Contact in Section I.

● To ensure consideration of offers for the intended position, Offerors must prominently reference the Solicitation number on submitted documents.

● Ensuring Adequate COVID-19 Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors: USPSCs performing overseas must follow the Mission Policies and/or directives from the U.S. Department of State regarding COVID-19 requirements.

Methods of application submissions: For applicants to be considered for this position the following guidelines will be adhered to and forms completed, signed and submitted to jobapplications@usaid.gov, to allow the evaluation committee to thoroughly and objectively review your application vis-a-vis the requirements of the position.

For queries please contact: Ms. Kim Sias, Human Resource Assistant, Telephone: +27 12 452 2206, e-mail address: ksias@usaid.gov

V. LIST OF REQUIRED FORMS PRIOR TO AWARD

The CO will provide instructions about how to complete and submit the forms after an offeror is selected for the contract award. Forms outlined below can be found at http://www.usaid.gov/forms:

1. AID 309-2

2. Contractor Physical Examination (AID Form 1420-62). **

3. Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions (SF-85). **

4. Fingerprint Card (FD-258). **

** Forms 2 through 4 shall be completed only upon the advice of the Contracting Officer that an applicant is the successful candidate for the job.

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VI. BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES

As a matter of policy, and as appropriate, a PSC is normally authorized the following benefits and allowances:

BENEFITS:

(a) Employer's FICA Contribution

(b) Contribution toward Health & Life Insurance

(c) Pay Comparability Adjustment

(d) Annual Increase (pending a satisfactory performance evaluation)

(e) Eligibility for Worker's Compensation

(f) Annual and Sick Leave

ALLOWANCES:

Section numbers refer to rules from the Department of State Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians Foreign Areas), available at https://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=282&menu_id=101

(a) Temporary Quarters Subsistence Allowance (Section 120)

(b) Cost-of-Living Allowance (Chapter 210)

(c) Post Allowance (Section 220)

(d) Separate Maintenance Allowance (Section 260)

(e) Education Allowance (Section 270)

(f) Education Travel (Section 280)

(g) Post Differential (Chapter 500)

(h) Payments during Evacuation/Authorized Departure (Section 600)

If a TCN is selected for this position the benefits and allowances will be adjusted as per Mission and AIDAR policy.

VII. TAXES

USPSCs are required to pay Federal income taxes, FICA, Medicare and applicable State Income taxes. A TCN will be eligible to pay taxes as specified by their respective country.

VIII. USAID REGULATIONS, POLICIES AND CONTRACT CLAUSES PERTAINING TO PSCs

USAID regulations and policies governing USPSC awards are available at these sources:

1. USAID Acquisition Regulation (AIDAR), Appendix D, “Direct USAID Contracts with a U.S.

Citizen or a U.S. Resident Alien for Personal Services Abroad,” including contract clause “General Provisions,” available at https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1868/aidar_0.pdf .

USAID Acquisition Regulation (AIDAR), Appendix J, “Direct USAID Contracts with http://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=231&menu_id=92 http://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=231&menu_id=92 https://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=282&menu_id=101 http://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1868/aidar_0.pdf http://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1868/aidar_0.pdf http://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1868/aidar_0.pdf a Cooperating Country National and with a Third Country National for Personal Services Abroad”, including contract clause “General Provisions,” available at https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1868/aidar_0.pdf .

2. Contract Cover Page form AID 309-1 available at https://www.usaid.gov/forms Pricing by line item is to be determined upon contract award as described below:

LINE ITEMS

ITEM NO

(A)

SUPPLIES/SERVICES (DESCRIPTION) (B) QUANTITY

(C)

UNIT

(D)

UNIT

PRICE

(E)

AMOUNT (F)

0001 Base Period - Compensation, Fringe Benefits and Other Direct Costs (ODCs)

- Award Type: Cost

- Product Service Code: R497

- Accounting Info:

1 LOT $ _TBD $_TBD at

Award after negotiations with

Contractor

1001 Option Period 1 – Compensation, Fringe

Benefits and Other Direct Costs (ODCs)

- Award Type: Cost

- Product Service Code: R497

- Accounting Info:

1 LOT $ _TBD $_TBD at

Award after negotiations with

Contractor

2001 Option Period 2 – Compensation, Fringe

Benefits and Other Direct Costs (ODCs)

- Award Type: Cost

- Product Service Code: R497

- Accounting Info:

1 LOT $ _TBD $_TBD at

Award after negotiations with

Contractor

3001 Option Period 3 – Compensation, Fringe

Benefits and Other Direct Costs (ODCs)

- Award Type: Cost

- Product Service Code: R497

- Accounting Info:

1 LOT $ _TBD $_TBD at

Award after negotiations with

Contractor

3. Acquisition and Assistance Policy Directives/Contract Information Bulletins (AAPDs/CIBs) for Personal Services Contracts with Individuals available at http://www.usaid.gov/work-usaid/aapds-cibs .

4. Ethical Conduct. By the acceptance of a USAID personal services contract as an individual, the contractor will be acknowledging receipt of the “Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch,” available from the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, in accordance with General Provision 2 and 5 CFR 2635. See http://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1868/aidar_0.pdf http://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1868/aidar_0.pdf http://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1868/aidar_0.pdf http://www.usaid.gov/work-usaid/aapds-cibs https://www.oge.gov/web/oge.nsf/OGE%20Regulations

5. PSC Ombudsman. The PSC Ombudsman serves as a resource for any Personal Services Contractor who has entered into a contract with the United States Agency for International Development and is available to provide clarity on their specific contract with the agency.

Please visit our page for more information:

https://www.usaid.gov/work-usaid/personal-service-contracts-ombudsman

The PSC Ombudsman may be contacted via: PSCombudsman@usaid.gov

6. FAR Provisions Incorporated by Reference

52.204-27 PROHIBITION ON A BYTEDANCE COVERED APPLICATION JUN 2023

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