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SOLICITATION NO.: 72061522R00006

ISSUANCE DATE: February 14, 2022

CLOSING DATE/TIME: March 25, 2022, 04:30 p.m. (Nairobi Time)

SUBJECT: Solicitation for U.S. Personal Services Contractor (USPSC) Senior Humanitarian

Advisor, GS-14

Dear Prospective Offerors:

The United States Government, represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is seeking applications from qualified U.S. Citizens and/or U.S Resident Aliens to provide personal services under contract as described in this solicitation.

Offers must be in accordance with the solicitation instructions. Offerors should retain copies of all offer materials for their records. Offers must be submitted electronically via email to nairobipscjobs@usaid.gov by the closing date and time indicated above. Late, incomplete, or unsigned offers will not be considered.

Scanned copies are accepted by email. Applicants must prominently reference the solicitation number in the application submission.

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, Kion Turner

Executive Officer http://kenya.usaid.gov/ http://kenya.usaid.gov/ mailto:usaidke@usaid.gov mailto:nairobipscjobs@usaid.gov

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I. GENERAL INFORMATION

1. SOLICITATION NO.: 72061522R00006

2. ISSUANCE DATE: February 14, 2022

3. CLOSING DATE AND TIME FOR RECEIPT OF OFFERS: March 25, 2022, at 04:30 p.m.

(Nairobi Time)

4. POINT OF CONTACT: Executive Office/Human Resources, Patrick Bii, HR Assistant, email at pbii@usaid.gov

5. POSITION TITLE: Senior Humanitarian Advisor

6. MARKET VALUE: $95,973 to $124,764 annually equivalent to GS-14. Final compensation will be negotiated within the listed market value.

7. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: Two years with three one-year options subject to funding and contractor performance of satisfactory or better.

Base Period o/a May 2022 to May 2024

Option Period 1 o/a May 2024 to May 2025

Option Period 2 o/a May 2025 to May 2026

Option Period 3 o/a May 2026 to May 2027

8. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Mogadishu, Somalia

9. ELIGIBLE OFFERORS: U.S. Citizens and/or U.S Resident Aliens1. Citizenship, if dual, must be clearly stated.

10. SECURITY LEVEL REQUIRED: Secret

11. STATEMENT OF DUTIES

Background/Introduction

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance

(BHA) is responsible for facilitating and coordinating U.S. Government (USG) humanitarian assistance overseas in response to all types of international disasters, including slow-onset disasters such as droughts or famine, natural disasters such as earthquakes or floods, or human-made disasters such as conflict or war. BHA is responsible for planning, coordinating, developing, achieving, monitoring, and evaluating international humanitarian assistance falling into two conceptual areas:

• Humanitarian Response activities comprise needs-based humanitarian assistance provided to save lives, alleviate suffering, and protect human dignity during and in the aftermath of emergencies.

Humanitarian assistance is grounded in humanitarian principles and is directed toward the most vulnerable populations.

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• Early Recovery, Risk Reduction, and Resilience (ER4) activities will set the initial foundations for longer-term recovery as appropriate, and will work in close conjunction with humanitarian assistance. Early recovery is an approach that supports communities impacted by crises to protect and restore basic systems and service delivery. Early recovery builds on humanitarian response efforts and establishes the initial foundations of long-term recovery. Early recovery activities are implemented for a specified, appropriate timeframe that assists populations recovering from an identifiable shock. Risk reduction is the prevention of new and reduction of existing disaster risk and management of residual risk, which contributes to strengthening resilience and to the achievement of sustainable development. Resilience is the ability of people, households, communities, countries, and systems to mitigate, adapt to, and recover from shocks and stresses in a manner that reduces chronic vulnerability and facilitates inclusive growth.

BHA has seven offices, as follows:

The Bureau’s three geographic offices are: (1) Office of Africa; (2) Office of Asia, Latin America, and the

Caribbean; and (3) the Office of the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe. Each geographic office designs, provides, and assesses humanitarian assistance for their respective regions, including assistance related to responding to, recovering from, and reducing the risk of human-made and natural disasters, while linking with other USAID investments that build resilience.

The Office of Global Policy, Partnerships, Programs, and Communications (G3PC) shapes and influences

USAID’s role within the international humanitarian system; leads engagement on a range of policy, programmatic, and operational issues; and positions the Agency to influence collective response to emergency needs across the globe.

The Office of Technical and Program Quality (TPQ) leads the Bureau's efforts to provide high-quality programmatic and technical leadership, oversight, and guidance. In addition, TPQ leads the Bureau’s external engagement with academia and coordinates research to advance the effectiveness, efficiency, and impact of humanitarian and multi-year programming.

The Office of Humanitarian Business and Management Operations (HBMO) is responsible for maintaining

24/7 operability by providing leadership, planning, quality assurance, technical expertise, and process management. HBMO ensures effective stewardship of the Bureau’s support services, including workforce planning, staffing, financial management, internal controls, facilities operations, and infrastructure.

The Office of Field and Response Operations (FARO) leads and manages operational assistance and the purchase and delivery of goods and services in response to declared foreign disasters and international humanitarian needs in key functional areas, including supply-chain management, procurement, logistics, oversight, and operational coordination with the U.S. military.

INTRODUCTION

BHA is committed to fostering an equitable and inclusive workplace with a diverse workforce. BHA encourages qualified candidates of all races/ethnicities, genders, cultural backgrounds, abilities, and socioeconomic statuses to apply.

The Office of Africa designs, provides, and assesses humanitarian assistance, including assistance related to responding to, recovering from, and reducing the risk of human-made and natural disasters, while linking with other USAID investments that build resilience. To achieve these objectives, humanitarian experts based overseas coordinate with local authorities and USAID Missions, while humanitarian experts based in Washington coordinate with USAID Regional and Pillar Bureaus. The Office of Africa consists of five

(5) geographic divisions: East Africa; Central Africa; Sudans; West Africa; and Southern Africa. These divisions are responsible for the provision of emergency humanitarian assistance through grants and cooperative agreements to non-governmental organizations (NGOs); international organizations (IOs) including United Nations (UN) agencies; and to other partners to ensure the implementation and delivery of this assistance. These divisions also oversee BHA Office of Africa’s nonresponse efforts in disaster risk reduction (DRR), resilience, and humanitarian transition.

To fulfill its mandate, and to effectively respond to disasters worldwide, BHA has established six regional offices in the following locations: San Jose, Costa Rica; Nairobi, Kenya; Dakar, Senegal; Pretoria, South

Africa; Budapest, Hungary and Bangkok, Thailand. BHA also has other, smaller sub-regional and program offices around the world.

OBJECTIVE

USAID/BHA requires the services of Senior Humanitarian Advisor (SHA), based in Mogadishu, Somalia, to ensure that BHA’s objectives for disaster assistance, risk reduction, strategic reporting, interagency coordination, and situational analysis are met in Somalia and surrounding countries in the region.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

With strong coordination and collaboration with the Somalia humanitarian team based in Nairobi, Kenya, the SHA will lead efforts to identify and assess new humanitarian assistance requirements, target beneficiary groups and locations, oversee the general direction of existing relief and transition and resilience-oriented programs, and broadly recommend the types of interventions and budget levels required in Somalia. The SHA will serve as a point of contact in-country for BHA for humanitarian issues and serve as a liaison on program issues among USAID mission staff, the U.S. Embassy and other U.S. Government

(USG) agencies, U.S. military representatives, BHA/Washington and the overall humanitarian community.

Under the supervision of the Mission Director in Mogadishu and with reporting responsibilities to the BHA

Regional Office in Nairobi, the individual will be responsible for the following:

Contextual Specialty

● Serve as an expert on humanitarian and resilience issues, priorities, lessons learned, and opportunities in Somalia.

● Provide expert guidance on political, humanitarian, organizational, structural and stakeholder interests specific to Somalia.

● Identify opportunities to expand support across the region to cross cutting issues that bring together humanitarian, resilience, and recovery programming, while working closely with humanitarian structures to support opportunities for cooperation between humanitarian and development portfolios.

● Monitor incipient disasters, international disaster response plans and efforts, and major humanitarian issues and challenges in the area of responsibility through a wide range of USG and international sources.

● Prepare and/or provide substantive guidance in the preparation of, regular strategic and analytical reports on current or anticipated emergencies, as well as comprehensive preparedness documentation on assigned countries.

● Identify humanitarian issues, priorities, lessons learned, and opportunities within and relevant to

Somalia and apply those to program strategy development and implementation.

Portfolio Management

● With strong coordination and collaboration with the Somalia humanitarian team based in Nairobi, the incumbent will lead efforts to identify and assess new humanitarian assistance requirements, target beneficiary groups and locations, oversee the general direction of existing relief and transition and resilience-oriented programs, and broadly recommend the types of interventions and budget levels required in Somalia.

● Closely collaborate with Mission colleagues on program coordination to share information, avoid overlap, and explore opportunities for synergies and resilience efforts. Maintain ongoing dialogue with

BHA SECARO and Washington Team Leads for Somalia on these efforts.

● Monitor ongoing humanitarian assistance efforts in Somalia. Liaise with partners and other donors, coordinate closely with SECARO, and provide coordinated field feedback to the partners.

● In consultation and collaboration with the Nairobi-based humanitarian team, coordinate collection of information and provide updates and recommendations through written reports on issues related to the humanitarian situation, including the following:

o Capacity and ability of UN, IOs, NGOs, and local institutions to carry out programs;

o Capacity of the logistics infrastructure to support programs;

o Security situation of beneficiaries, personnel, convoys, and relief operations in general;

o Role of in-country UN leadership and the UN Mission in Somalia in facilitating humanitarian assistance; and o Contributions by other donors, problems arising from implementation of relief and reintegration programs, and any other issues that require the attention of BHA and USAID/Somalia.

o Humanitarian coordination issues and any recommendations for change.

● In consultation and collaboration with the Nairobi-based humanitarian team, provide guidance to organizations that are developing proposals for BHA, based on BHA’s Emergency Application

Guidelines.

● In collaboration with the Nairobi-based humanitarian team, review concept papers and proposals and provide timely recommendations/comments to OFDA and FFP/Washington and the SECARO.

● In collaboration with the Nairobi-based humanitarian team, ensure reporting on a timely basis to BHA

Washington and SECARO on the quality of grantees’ work, noting deficiencies, attributes, and evolving operational conditions.

● Along with the Nairobi-based humanitarian team, maintain regular, close coordination and communication with the SECARO and BHA headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Representation

● Represent USAID’s humanitarian portfolio in-country at senior level meetings within the USG and with humanitarian stakeholders and convey humanitarian concerns and priorities from the BHA perspective through oral and written briefings.

● Coordinate policy development meetings such as:

o Meetings with individual and groups of implementing partners discussing programmatic priorities, objectives, progress, results, and challenges;

o Discussions, meetings, and papers informing USG foreign policy in areas with humanitarian concerns or impacts; and o Donor and implementing partner coordination forums.

● Serve as the principal point of contact in-country for BHA for humanitarian issues, and serve as a liaison on program issues among USAID mission staff, the U.S. Embassy and other USG agencies, military representatives, BHA/Washington and the overall humanitarian community.

● Present USAID’s humanitarian perspectives to NGOs, IOs, and UN agencies relating to humanitarian assistance strategies and priorities, including USAID’s approach to sustainable, resilience-oriented humanitarian programs. Work closely with the Regional Advisor and BHA’s technical advisors to discuss and understand sectoral priorities.

● Represent USG humanitarian interests at national and international meetings and conferences, and facilitate, as requested, travel and briefings for official USG visitors to Somalia interested in humanitarian issues.

● As the humanitarian specialist in Somalia, engage in U.S. Embassy policy conversations, remaining available to provide timely reporting and clearances in response to high-level USG queries originating from the region or from Washington, D.C.

Leadership

● Provide recommendations on current and future directions of BHA’s Somalia portfolio to include programmatic, budgetary, and human resource requirements.

● Serve in a leadership role within USAID/Somalia, in coordination with Mission senior leadership, to incorporate humanitarian and resilience concerns into Mission activities and identify opportunities to leverage USAID interventions.

● Participate in a leadership role in BHA and Office of Africa-wide policy initiatives to ensure field perspectives are well-represented.

● Serve as a peer-mentor for program staff working to increase exposure and experience in field-based humanitarian, DRR, and resilience operations.

General Duties

● Become certified and serve as an Agreement Officer’s Representative/Contracting

Officer’s Representative (AOR/COR), as assigned. The AOR/COR provides financial and programmatic oversight of all aspects of managing the agreement or contract; this includes but is not limited to reviewing invoices, requests for approvals, program/project deliverables (i.e. work plans, annual reports, monthly status reports), travel requests, key personnel requests, and financial/budget reports. They are responsible for drafting and submitting the annual contractor performance evaluation in the Contract/Assistance Performance Assessment Review System. They prepare and review contract/assistance modifications documentation and assist the Contracting/Agreement Officer to ensure performance is compliant with the terms and conditions of the contract/agreement, the Federal

Acquisition Regulation, and USAID policy. AOR/CORs are responsible for all related requirements in the COR designation letter and the AOR designation letter.

● Become certified across Position Task Books, including completing all required and recommended training, to ensure readiness to serve on responses across the geographic offices in BHA.

● May serve as needed, on Washington-based RMTs, which provide services and support to DARTs deployed in response to disasters. The duties on RMTs will be varied.

● May serve on DARTs which may require immediate (within 24 hours) deployment overseas for an extended period of time.

● As needed, may serve on temporary details within the office to meet operational needs during staff shortages. Duties performed while on detail will be aligned with the Team’s existing duties and responsibilities as well as directly related to the scope of work provided.

● Consistently model behaviors that demonstrate a commitment to fostering a non-hostile work environment free of discrimination, bias, unfairness, exclusion, offensive behaviors and harassment of any kind.

● Engage in at least one workforce diversity initiative/activity focused on helping to improve the organizational culture. Attend and actively participate in diversity and harassment training opportunities, brown bag sessions or focus group discussions.

● Lead/foster a collaborative, respectful, and professional work environment by demonstrating partnership and teamwork to accomplish team, office, and bureau objectives.

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Position Elements

Supervisory Controls: The USPSC will be supervised by the Mission Director in Mogadishu, have reporting responsibilities to the BHA Regional Office in Nairobi, and closely collaborate and coordinate with the

BHA Somalia Team Lead in Nairobi. The supervisor provides administrative directions in terms of broadly defined missions or functions. The USPSC independently plans, designs and carries out programs, projects, studies or other work. Results are considered authoritative and are normally accepted without significant change.

Knowledge level required: The position requires ability to develop and maintain knowledge of the key humanitarian, resilience, and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) issues within Somalia, and maintain an in-depth understanding of political, humanitarian, organizational, and stakeholder interests specific to

Somalia.

Decision making: The position requires the exercise of discretion, judgment, and personal responsibility to

• Identify humanitarian issues, priorities, lessons learned, and opportunities within and relevant to

Somalia and apply those to program strategy development and implementation.

• Provide substantive assistance in the preparation of regular strategic and analytical reports on current or anticipated emergencies, as well as comprehensive preparedness documentation on

Somalia, under the direction of the BHA Somalia Team Lead in Nairobi.

• In consultation and collaboration with the Nairobi-based humanitarian team, provide guidance to organizations that are developing proposals for BHA, based on “BHA’s Emergency Application

Guidelines, as appropriate.

• Work closely with the East and Central Africa (ECA) Regional Office on developing BHA

Somalia’s policy and program positions, seeking BHA Somalia Team Lead guidance, input, and clearance wherever possible.

Guidelines: Guidelines include USAID/USG strategy documents, Mission Orders, Automated Directive

System, the Foreign Affairs Handbook and other USAID or USG policy and procedural directives. The

SHA will be required to, among other performance guidelines

• Serve in leadership, planning, or program positions on response teams and assessment teams within and outside the region.

• Sign up for and serve as needed on Washington-based RMTs, which provide services and support to DARTs deployed in response to disasters. The duties on RMTs will vary.

• Serve as the BHA after-hours duty officer on a rotational basis for approximately one week every six months.

• As needed, serve on DARTs which may require immediate (within 24 hours) deployment overseas for an extended period of time.

Complexity: The GDO’s responsibilities are significantly varied and may require many different unrelated process and methods. The USPSC may develop new ways to resolve major problems or plan the most significant aspects of professional or scientific programs.

• Monitor incipient disasters, international disaster response plans and efforts, and major humanitarian issues and challenges in the area of responsibility through a wide range of USG and international sources.

• In collaboration with the Nairobi-based humanitarian team, ensure reporting on a timely basis to

BHA Washington and ECA Regional Office on the quality of grantees’ work, noting deficiencies, attributes, and evolving operational conditions.

• Present USAID’s humanitarian perspectives to NGOs, IOs, and UN agencies relating to humanitarian assistance strategies and priorities, including USAID’s approach to sustainable, resilience-oriented humanitarian programs. Work closely with the Regional Advisor and BHA’s technical advisors to discuss and understand sectoral priorities.

• Represent USG humanitarian interests at national and international meetings and conferences, and facilitate, as requested, travel and briefings for official USG visitors to Somalia interested in humanitarian issues.

• As the humanitarian specialist in Somalia, engage in U.S. Embassy policy conversations, remaining available to provide timely reporting and clearances in response to high-level USG queries originating from the region or from Washington, D.C.

Scope and Effect:

• Primary focus is to provide full time in-country coordination and management of USAID humanitarian emergency and resilience programming. This will be achieved through regular coordination and consultation with several BHA Somalia teams in Nairobi and the East and Central

Africa (ECA) Regional Office.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for BHA programming in Somalia.

• In consultation and collaboration with the BHA Somalia Team in Kenya, coordinate collection of information and provide updates and recommendations through written reports on issues related to the humanitarian situation, including the following:

o Capacity and ability of United Nations (UN), international organizations (IOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and local institutions to carry out programs;

o Capacity of the logistics infrastructure to support programs;

o Security situation of beneficiaries, personnel, convoys, and relief operations in general;

o Role of in-country UN leadership and the UN Mission in Somalia in facilitating humanitarian assistance;

o Contributions by other donors, problems arising from implementation of relief and reintegration programs, and any other issues that require the attention of BHA and USAID/Somalia; and o Humanitarian coordination issues and any recommendations for change.

• In collaboration with the Nairobi-based humanitarian team, review concept papers and proposals and provide timely recommendations/comments to BHA/Washington and the ECA Regional

Office.

• Serve as a point of contact in-country for BHA for humanitarian issues, and serve as a liaison on program issues among USAID mission staff, the U.S. Embassy and other USG agencies, military representatives, BHA/Washington and the overall humanitarian community.

• Become certified and serve as an Agreement Officer’s Representative/Contracting Officer’s

Representative (AOR/COR), as assigned. The AOR/COR provides financial and programmatic oversight of all aspects of managing the agreement or contract; this includes but is not limited to reviewing invoices, requests for approvals, program/project deliverables (i.e. work plans, annual reports, month status reports), travel requests, key personnel requests, and financial/budget reports.

They are responsible for drafting and submitting the annual contractor performance evaluation in

Contract/Assistance Performance Assessment Review System (CPARS/APARS). They prepare and review contract/assistance modifications documentation and assist the Contracting/Agreement

Officer to ensure performance is compliant with the terms and conditions of the contract/agreement, the FAR, and USAID policy. AOR/CORs are responsible for all related requirements set forth in the COR designation letter and the AOR designation letter.

Level and Purpose of Contacts. The GDO will closely collaborate with Mission colleagues on program coordination to share information, avoid overlap, and explore opportunities for synergies and resilience efforts, ensuring the BHA Somalia Team in Kenya is consulted throughout. Maintain ongoing dialogue with BHA ECA Regional Office and Washington Team Leads for Somalia on these efforts, along with the

Nairobi-based humanitarian team, maintain regular, close coordination and communication with the ECA

Regional Office and BHA headquarters in Washington, D.C. ,and provide regular situation updates to the

USAID Mission Front Office, and ensure the Front Office remains abreast of any major changes, shocks, or challenges with the humanitarian programming in Somalia and the incumbent will support efforts to identify and assess new humanitarian assistance requirements, target beneficiary groups and locations, oversee the general direction of existing relief and transition and resilience oriented programs, and broadly recommend the types of interventions and budget levels required in Somalia, monitor ongoing humanitarian assistance efforts in Somalia. Liaise with partners and other donors, coordinate closely with ECA Regional

Office, and provide coordinated field feedback to the partners, and present USAID’s humanitarian perspectives to NGOs, IOs, and UN agencies relating to humanitarian assistance strategies and priorities, including USAID’s approach to sustainable, resilience-oriented humanitarian programs. Work closely with the Regional Advisor and BHA’s technical advisors to consult on and understand sectoral priorities.

Work Environment. Work is primarily performed in an office setting and does not pose undue physical demands. The employee will be spending most time in Mogadishu, Somalia, which involves safety precautions and compliance with Regional Security Office security regulations.

Travel Requirement: At least 15% of time in-country travel depending on need. Availability to deploy on short notice to other humanitarian crises as needed.

Support Items: The employee will be provided with the support services, equipment, and supplies necessary to perform the work. This will include shared office equipment (such as printer, scanner and shredder), and a workstation that includes a desk, computer, file cabinets, and network access, with the possibility for mobile computing devices based on need and Mission management approval.

Sunday Pay: Is not authorized.

12. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The primary location of work will be on the ARC II compound in

Mogadishu, Somalia. No special demands are required to perform the work.

II. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION

The SHA must meet the following requirements in education and professional experience:

Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from an accredited college or university. Must have a minimum of nine

(9) years of relevant work experience. Such experience must include humanitarian or development focus and responsibility in determining budget levels, selecting programs for funding, and/or managing and evaluating funded programs. Experience must include three (3) years of cumulative experience in international or domestic humanitarian assistance, emergency management/relief, disaster risk reduction, post-emergency rehabilitation or recovery, or resilience.

OR

Master’s degree in any discipline from an accredited college or university. Must have a minimum of (7) years of relevant experience with a humanitarian or development focus and include responsibility in determining budget levels, selecting programs for funding, and/or managing and evaluating funded programs. Experience must include three (3) years of cumulative experience in international or domestic humanitarian assistance, emergency management/relief, disaster risk reduction, post-emergency rehabilitation or recovery, or resilience.

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. FAR provisions of this solicitation are available at https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far.

In order to be considered for the position, a candidate must be a U.S. citizen and must submit an application in accordance with the guidance below – “How to Apply.” Candidates who meet the above requirements will be further evaluated according to the Selective Factors listed below. Consideration and selection will be based on a panel evaluation of the criteria.

Professional Experience (10 points)

● Experience designing, managing, or implementing needs assessments, leading or participating in strategy development, leading or participating in budget design and management, resource prioritization, leading or overseeing program development, providing overall program management in a domestic or international humanitarian or emergency context.

● Experience managing emergency response, early recovery/transition, disaster risk reduction, and/or resilience interventions.

Scoring:

Bullet 1.1:

● 1 point for needs assessment

● 1 point for strategy development

● 1 point for budget management

● 1 point for resource prioritization

● 1 point for program development

● 1 point for program management

Bullet 1.2:

● 1 point for emergency response

● 1 point for early recovery and transition

● 1 point for disaster risk reduction

● 1 point for resilience interventions

Skills and Abilities (10 points)

● Demonstrated experience working with host or local governments on the planning and implementation of humanitarian or development interventions; this can include both domestic and international experience.

● Demonstrated experience working with donor organizations and/or diplomatic missions.

● Demonstrated experience working with international and national non-governmental partners at senior levels.

● Demonstrated experience delivering verbal presentations or engaging with senior officials within a large organization on humanitarian issues.

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● 3 points host governments

● 1 points for donor organizations and/or diplomatic missions

● 3 points for international and national non-governmental partners at senior levels

● 3 points for experience delivering verbal presentations or engaging with senior officials within a large organization on humanitarian issues

Leading Teams Experience (10 points)

● Experience mentoring, training, and integrating junior/ new teammates.

● Experience with team performance management, including developing or monitoring employee training plans, providing formal or informal feedback through performance evaluations, and ensuring adequate staffing of a team.

● Experience managing teams that include program, technical, or administrative staff.

Bullet 3.1:

● 3 points for demonstrating this competency in full. 0 points if not.

Bullet 3.2:

● 4 points for demonstrating this competency in full. 0 points if not.

Bullet 3.3:

● 3 points for demonstrating this competency in full. 0 points if not.

Scoring (100 points)

● Matrix -- 30

● Interview – 50

● References -- 20

IV. APPLYING

1. Interested applicants are required to submit the following:

1) Offer form AID 309-2, “Offeror Information for Personal Services Contracts with individuals,” available at https://www.usaid.gov/forms/aid-309-2

2) An up-to-date curriculum vitae (CV) or resume (no more than five pages), cover letter addressing the evaluation factors above, copies of all relevant certificates and include three (3) referees, who are not family members or relatives, with working telephone and e-mail contacts.

2. Applications must be submitted electronically via email to nairobipscjobs@usaid.gov by the closing date and time indicated above.

3. Offeror submissions must clearly reference the Solicitation number on all offeror submitted documents.

4. Ensuring Adequate COVID-19 Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors - The Offeror will be required to show proof that the Offeror is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 on or before the first date of onboarding, or submit an approved reasonable accommodation to the CO. If the contractor does not meet this requirement the contract may be terminated.

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* See Notice Regarding Any Court Order Affecting the Implementation of E.O. 14042 in Section

VIII below.

V. LIST OF REQUIRED FORMS FOR PSC HIRES

Once the CO informs the successful offeror about being selected for a contract award, the CO will provide the successful Offeror instructions about how to complete and submit the following forms.

● Medical History and Examination (DS 1622 and/or DS 1843)

● Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions (SF-85)

● Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306)

● Fingerprint Card(s)

VI. BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES

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

1. BENEFITS:

(a) Employer’s FICA Contribution

(b) Contribution toward Health and 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

2. ALLOWANCES:

Section numbers refer to rules from the Department of State Standardized Regulations (Government

Civilians Foreign Areas)

a. Temporary Quarter Subsistence Allowance (Section 120)

b. Living Quarters Allowance (Section 130)

c. Cost-of-Living Allowance (Chapter 210)

d. Post Allowance (Section 220)

e. Separate Maintenance Allowance (Section 260)

f. Education Allowance (Section 270)

g. Education Travel (Section 280)

h. Post Differential (Chapter 500)

i. Payments during Evacuation/Authorized Departure (Section 600), and (j) Danger Pay Allowance

(Section 650)

VII. TAXES

USPSCs are required to pay Federal income taxes, FICA, Medicare and applicable State Income taxes.

VIII. USAID REGULATIONS, POLICIES AND CONTRACT CLAUSES PERTAINING TO

PSCs

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

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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 clauses “General

Provisions,” found at: http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/300/aidar.pdf

2. Executive Order 14042 on Ensuring Adequate COVID-19 Safety Protocols for Federal Awards

(Oct 2021)

PART 52—SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES

Subpart 52.2—Text of Provisions and Clauses

52.223-99 Ensuring Adequate COVID-19 Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, Alternate 70.

ENSURING ADEQUATE COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR FEDERAL

CONTRACTORS (OCT 2021)-Alternate 70 (OCT 2021) (M/OAA-DEV-FAR22-01c)

(a) Definition. As used in this clause –

United States or its outlying areas means—

(1) The fifty States;

(2) The District of Columbia;

(3) The commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands;

(4) The territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands; and (5) The minor outlying islands of Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman

Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Atoll.

(b) Authority. This clause implements Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety

Protocols for Federal Contractors, dated September 9, 2021 (published in the Federal Register on

September 14, 2021, 86 FR 50985).

(c) Personal Services Contracts with individuals. As a matter of policy, the contractor must comply with the USAID’s guidance applicable to direct-hire federal employees.

(End of clause)

Notice Regarding Any Court Order Affecting the Implementation of E.O. 14042

USAID will take no action to enforce the clause (FAR 52.223-99) implementing the requirements of Executive Order 14042, absent further written notice from USAID, where the place of performance identified in the contract is in a U.S. state or outlying area subject to a court order prohibiting the application of requirements pursuant to the Executive Order (hereinafter, “Excluded

State or Outlying Area”). In all other circumstances, USAID will enforce the clause, except for contractor employees who perform substantial work on or in connection with a covered contract in an Excluded State or Outlying Area, or in a covered contractor workplace located in an Excluded

State or Outlying Area. A current list of such Excluded States and Outlying Areas is maintained at https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

3. Contract Cover page form AID 309-1 available at https://www.usaid.gov/forms

LINE ITEM

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

- Award Type: Labor Hour

- Product Service Code: R497

- Accounting Info: TBD at award after negotiations phase

0002 Option Period 1 - Compensation, Fringe Benefits and Other Direct Costs (ODCs) http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/300/aidar.pdf https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/ https://www.usaid.gov/forms

- Award Type: Labor Hour

- Accounting Info: TBD

0003 Option Period 2 - Compensation, Fringe Benefits and Other Direct Costs (ODCs)

0004 Option Period 3 - Compensation, Fringe Benefits and Other Direct Costs (ODCs)

4. Acquisition and Assistance Policy Directives/Contract Information Bulletins (AAPDs/CIBs):

AAPDs/CIBs for Personal Services Contracts with Individuals available at https://www.usaid.gov/work-usaid/aapds-cibs

AAPD 21-04- Executive Order 14042 on ensuring adequate COVID-19 Safety protocols for federal awards (FAR Deviation No. M-OAA-DEV-FAR-22-01c)- October 12, 2021

- AAPD 21-01 - Applicability of FAR 4.21 to USAID personal services contracts with individuals under the AIDAR Appendices D and J- March 26, 2021

- AAPD 18-02 REVISED - This AAPD extends and revises implementation of medevac regulations for USPSCs and TCNPSCs under AIDAR Appendix D and J, § 12, clauses #25 in

Appendix D, and #21 in Appendix J. – December 18, 2019

- AAPD 10-01 – PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS- Changes in USG reimbursement amounts for health insurance and physical examination costs- 01/08/10

- AAPD 06-10- PSC Medical Expense Payment Responsibility – October 30, 2006

- AAPD 06-08 - AIDAR, APPENDICES D AND J: Using the optional schedule to incrementally fund contracts – June 23, 2006

5. 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 https://www.oge.gov/web/oge.nsf/OGE%20Regulations

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

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

https://www.usaid.gov/work-usaid/aapds-cibs https://www.oge.gov/web/oge.nsf/OGE%20Regulations https://www.usaid.gov/work-usaid/personal-service-contracts-ombudsman

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