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SOLICITATION NO.: 72061522R00010

ISSUANCE DATE: February 14, 2022

CLOSING DATE/TIME: February 28, 2022, 04:30 p.m.

(Nairobi Time)

SUBJECT: Solicitation for U.S. Personal Services Contractor (USPSC) Senior Learning Advisor, GS-15

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, -s-

Kion Turner

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

Attachment 1: Sol_72061522R00010

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

1. SOLICITATION NO.: 72061522R00010

2. ISSUANCE DATE: February 14, 2022

3. CLOSING DATE AND TIME FOR RECEIPT OF OFFERS: February 28, 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 Learning Advisor

6. MARKET VALUE: $112,890 to $146,757 annually equivalent to GS-15. Final compensation will be negotiated within the listed market value.

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

Base Period o/a December 2022 to December 2023

Option Period 1 o/a December 2023 to December 2024

Option Period 2 o/a December 2024 to December 2025

Option Period 3 o/a December 2025 to December 2026

Option Period 4 o/a December 2026 to December 2027

8. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Nairobi, Kenya

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 USAID Senior Learning Advisor (SLA) position is established in the USAID/KEA’s Strategic

Planning and Analysis (SPA) Office (or Program Office). The Advisor will institutionalize collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) across the Mission’s bilateral and regional portfolios. The SLA will serve as an expert organizational learning and knowledge management professional and provide technical direction to the Mission, Implementing Partners (IPs), and other stakeholders and partners on integration of CLA.

The Program Office is responsible for broad program support, coordination, and specific project management functions for the USAID/KEA platform. This includes the East Africa Operating Unit and the

Kenya Operating Unit. The Program Office serves as the principal advisor to the Mission on: (a) social, 1 U.S. resident alien means a non-U.S. citizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States.

mailto:pbii@usaid.gov economic and developmental issues; (b) strategic planning, programming, and budgeting; (c) program and project activity development; (d) monitoring, evaluation, and learning of the platform’s portfolio; (e) CLA;

(f) environmental compliance; (g) outreach and communications; and (h) limited program implementation of cross cutting activities. These activities fall within the Mission’s Development Objectives (DO) under the Kenya Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) and East Africa Regional Cooperation

Development Strategy (RDCS). SPA manages the regional and bilateral relationships, including program coordination and assistance agreements, with the Government of Kenya and regional entities.

As many of the duties of the SLA involve organizational behavior change, the Advisor must effectively identify the need for change, ability to articulate that knowledge to a non-expert audience, and provide persuasive arguments that will motivate Mission staff to accept and enact the changes. S/He will also work closely with design teams and the Office of Acquisition and Assistance to ensure CLA language is included in contracts, activity, and project designs.

Statement of Duties to be Performed

USAID/KEA recognizes that CLA is essential to ensure that the Mission’s development outcomes are as effective as possible, especially during times of change. Strategic collaboration, intentional learning and adaptive management help the Mission to build productive relationships and continuously assess and adjust the causal pathway to desired development outcomes on the country and region.

Building on this, the SLA will help institutionalize CLA across the Mission, including in strategy and program development and implementation, and support the Mission’s internal efforts to build the enabling conditions for CLA to flourish.

More specifically, s/he will facilitate Mission efforts to support facilitation of stakeholder engagement/empowerment activities, develop utilization-focused learning agendas, feed new learning information into strategy, projects, and activities at all points in the program cycle, and develop innovative approaches to supporting program adaptation. The SLA will also build the capacity of Mission staff, guiding leadership and technical offices to strengthen feedback loops with stakeholders and translate new learning, as well as information about changing conditions, into iterative strategic and programmatic adjustments. The quality of the guidance provided by the SLA, and their ability to institutionalize CLA practices in the Mission, will determine the cost-effectiveness of key U.S. Government (USG) development investments in the country/region.

Major Roles and Responsibilities

1. Build Mission and Partner Capacity (Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes) in CLA (25%)

● Conduct assessments of skills, attitudes, and practices related to CLA among key Mission staff. Provide recommendations and proposed implementation plan for delivering examples, tools, guidance, and mentoring to improve the capacity to integrate CLA for better development outcomes.

● Mentor and conduct capacity building activities, trainings, or workshops with Mission staff to fully grasp the core concepts of CLA and how to directly apply them to Mission programming.

● Support the Mission’s decision-making on organizational interventions to advance and integrate

CLA best practices across the Mission’s portfolio.

● Advise Mission Leadership and provide ongoing feedback on how new processes are working to enable Mission leadership to course correct along the way and improve CLA practices within the Mission, with IPs, and stakeholders, with a goal toward improving program outcomes.

● Support the Mission in fostering and advancing USAID/KEA's organizational culture, orienting new staff on the Mission Leadership Charter and Mission values and behavioral expectations, while encouraging ongoing organizational development.

● Support technical offices with executing their CLA priorities, including linking technical offices to external support or mechanisms and/or developing scopes of work for supplementary support.

● Support SPA backstops/cross-cutting specialists, and working groups to ensure a focus on the principles, fundamentals and best practices of CLA in support of iterative course corrections and ensure ongoing and evolving alignment of portfolios with strategy.

● Actively participate in MEL-related communities of practice in the Mission and across the

Agency, including MEL working group and CLA champions.

● Work with the Mission’s training coordinator to ensure sufficient opportunities for

USAID/KEA staff, IPs, and local partners to receive formal training in CLA as appropriate.

● Advise on CLA language to be included in solicitations, project/activity designs, request for information surveys, and other funding mechanisms.

2. Develop, Manage and Coordinate Mission Organizational and Program Learning Opportunities

- (25%)

● Lead the Mission in the development of a cohesive learning agenda as part of the development of the Mission’s forthcoming CDCS and RDCS.

● Develop innovative and user-friendly approaches that maximize Mission use of data to improve programming.

● Cultivate a body of knowledge that can be disseminated to share with internal and external actors on best practices.

● Guide technical teams’ utilization of research design and methodologies, applied research studies, impact assessments, capturing and sharing new knowledge, engaging stakeholders in CLA, and applying learning to ongoing program and project/activity design and management. Develop interactive learning opportunities that inform subsequent work plans, activity designs, target setting, assessments, studies and potential adjustments in project/activity implementation.

● Seek opportunities to advance USAID’s knowledge management and learning activities, ensuring effective sharing and applied learning in topics of strategic interest to USAID/KEA.

Including membership in the Agency CLA Community of Practice.

● Assist the Mission, IPs, and other partners in the submission of CLA Case Competition entries.

● Document learning and provide feedback on Program Cycle guidance and tools.

3. Lead stakeholder engagement and build partnerships (25%)

● (Internal) Support Mission staff with the development of internal partnerships and play a leading role in thought leadership surrounding collaboration and the organization of cross-functional teams.

● (Internal) Facilitate Mission staff engagement and ongoing feedback about the integration of the bilateral and regional portfolios and how it can be improved.

● (External) Lead the Mission’s exploration and building of partnerships that can support the country and region and maximize the Mission’s programming impact.

● Play a lead role in the coordination and implementation of events related to engaging IPs.

For example, the Mission’s monthly Chiefs of Party meetings, Technical Offices’ IP meetings and Sector meetings. The SLA will play a lead role in coordinating the planning of this event, incorporating CLA as a backdrop to meeting agendas and ensuring regular follow up and continuous refinement to these events.

4. Knowledge Management - (25%)

● The SLA will make recommendations on best-fit MEL and knowledge sharing practices and on generating data needs in relation to the Mission’s bilateral and regional portfolios.

● The SLA will oversee the development of a highly user-friendly KM system and will coordinate closely with PMCs and other relevant Mission staff to establish methods to continuously generate useful data as inputs and establish either new systems and/or consolidate or reduce separate yet duplicative tools that are already in existence.

● Engage a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to facilitate the transfer and exchange of knowledge among peers. The SLA must work to “download” information from people and activities so that the Mission can maintain this knowledge, as opposed to losing it when a colleague departs or an activity concludes.

● Use expert knowledge to build capacity among Mission staff on key knowledge management principles and learning.

Position Elements

Supervisory Relationship: The Senior Learning Advisor works under the supervision of the Supervisory

Program Officer (FS-01), or designate, but also provides direct advice and guidance to the Mission Director, Deputy Mission Directors, Program Office and other offices, as well as the Mission Leadership Council.

S/he is considered an expert in this field. As such, they will be delegated responsibility and authority to plan, schedule, and carry out major CLA-oriented activities concerned with the analysis and evaluation of programs and organizational learning. The SLA will work with minimal guidelines and supervision, but will also coordinate with team members and ensure work products are integrated with other major office deliverables. S/he is also required to determine assignments that must be coordinated with the supervisor and/or senior management and will seek advice and assistance, as requested.

Supervisory Controls: The SLA will be expected to co-lead USAID’s MEL working group and regular engagement with Mission’s CLA Champions. Will also provide professional coaching to Mission staff in practices and techniques for cultivating organizational learning about USAID’s development hypotheses, results, and capacities to conduct special studies, learning reviews and/or evaluations. The SLA will be an integral member of the Mission Leadership Council and will have frequent and direct contact with Mission leadership. The SLA may provide oversight and/or supervision of staff on temporary assignments or TDYs to Kenya related to CLA.

Key to this position will be fostering an environment that advances learning among USAID staff, IPs, and other stakeholders and partners. In conjunction with SPA performance management staff, technical office monitoring and evaluation (M&E) focal points, the Mission Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL)

Working Group, CLA Champions, and the Mission’s current and forthcoming support contracts (i.e.

communications; evaluations, assessments and analyses; Mission support; organizational capacity building), the SLA identifies ways to reduce knowledge sharing barriers and move staff from their current

‘activity-focused’ orientation to more holistic project and program management approaches, including peer and cross-office learning interactions.

Exercise of Judgment: The SLA works with a high level of independence in advancing USAID’s CLA agenda. S/he uses considerable judgment in developing ideas and proposals as well as determining who to involve in a particular activity, and leads teams to accomplish the agreed upon objectives.

Degree of responsibility for decision-making: The incumbent will serve as highest-level in advancing

USAID’s CLA agenda. S/he uses considerable judgement in developing ideas and proposals as well as determining who to involve in a particular activity, and leads teams to accomplish the objectives and analyses agreed to- though not a policy-maker.

Level of complexity for work assignments: The duties are very varied, and require many different unrelated processes and methods. These responsibilities involve areas of uncertainty in approach, methodology, interpretation, and evaluating processes due to the dynamic work environment in Kenya and the East Africa region. Additionally, there are continuing changes in program, technological developments, unknown phenomena, or continuing requirements, and the work requires implementing new techniques, establishing criteria, or developing new information. Complexity in managing and integrating processes and programs that span across counties and countries, requires the incumbent to be constantly in tune to, flexible, and responsive to changing programmatic and organizational demands

Knowledge level required: Mastery of a very broad field of expertise. The Senior Learning Advisor must have knowledge and skills regarding a wide range of technical areas, resources, platforms and practices used by USAID and our partners- particularly the CLA framework; adaptive, organizational learning, and monitoring and evaluation. S/he must also have demonstrated experience in the implementation of this knowledge and these skills.

Guidelines for the required work, including reporting requirements: Guidelines include agency regulations, the USAID Automated Directives System (specifically ADS 201 on Program Cycle

Operational Policy) the USAID Evaluation Policy, M&E Mission Orders, CDCS, performance plan and report, and performance management plan narratives, besides Africa Bureau procedures. All of these are general, presenting options and approaches rather than blueprints. Therefore, the incumbent must be able to assess alternatives and interpret the guidelines accordingly.

Scope and effect of the work performed: Nationally known expert in broad field; resolves disputes that arise when leading experts disagree; work is of national significance or deals with problems that are rapidly evolving and have impact on a major department (ex., Department of State) or legislation. Key responsibility of work is leading/directing (directly/indirectly) a substantial number of other professional/technical staff.

The incumbent’s scope is all-encompassing throughout the entire Mission and its effects are far-reaching, not only within the Mission but to the beneficiaries in Kenya and the East Africa Region. There are several stakeholders to deal with, many of whom are difficult to deal with. The incumbent will be required to function as a team leader in some cases, and guide/coordinate the work of other staff.

Level and purpose of contacts: As a function of the job, the incumbent must maintain high-level contacts and communication with internal and external stakeholders including USAID and other USG officials, as well as senior partner country officials in Kenya and the EA region, in institutionalizing CLA across the

Mission’s bilateral and regional portfolios.

Supervision or oversight the SLA has over others: N/A

Travel requirements: The work may require travel in Kenya and within the East Africa region. These travels will involve liaising with U.S. Government officials, as well as officials from East African countries.

One return trip to the home country of the SLA will be funded, for Rest and Recuperation. Additional training may be required in other countries as determined by the Program Office Director.

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 U.S. Embassy/USAID compound in Nairobi, Kenya. No special demands are required to perform the work.

II. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION

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

EDUCATION: A Master’s Degree in the field of organizational learning, public, business or development administration, knowledge management, political science/international affairs, economics, development studies, psychology, social work, or a related field.

WORK EXPERIENCE (25 Points): A minimum of ten years of progressively responsible, job-related, professional-level experience in development, organizational or action learning, CLA, and/or consulting or knowledge management. A minimum of two years of work experience in Africa.

A strong background in monitoring and evaluation of development programs, experience in the application of various assessments, learning and evaluative methods and field research experience.

Demonstrated experience in designing, facilitating, and evaluating tailored learning activities, across a variety of themes, forums, and stakeholders.

Prior experience creating and institutionalizing a learning culture in an organization; this includes experience creating opportunities and leading dialogues, both internally and with stakeholders, to inform organizational strategy and guide course correction for work plans, program design, and target setting is beneficial.

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY (10 points): Fluent English (reading, writing, and speaking) at the full professional level. Candidate must have the ability to present analysis and recommendations in clear written and oral format. The SLA must have superior writing skills and be able to prepare clear, substantive reports and briefing papers in English, in a timely manner. Ability to speak Kiswahili a plus.

KNOWLEDGE (35 Points): The candidate is expected to have in-depth professional-level knowledge in

CLA, USAID policies, the USAID program cycle, M&E, data analysis and reporting, and knowledge management. The candidate must have a demonstrated understanding of Kenyan and East African economic, social, cultural and political characteristics of development and developing country contexts as well as understanding and experience in developing and leading stakeholder engagement activities, knowledge management programs, coaching, communities of practice and social networking.

Knowledge of the objectives and operations of the USG or the program activities of other partners, including international donor organizations in Kenya and/or East Africa highly desirable.

Experience working with Mission communication experts and M&E/Geographic Information Systems

(GIS) specialists to explain the value of analytical products to internal and external audiences is beneficial.

Experience working with GIS specialists to further analytical learning is desirable.

Prior experience with a USG Agency, implementing partner, or international donor designing and implementing CLA and MEL Plans as well as fostering a learning environment is desirable.

ABILITIES AND SKILLS (30 Points): This position requires a demonstrated passion and mastery of the specialized area of facilitating and creating organizational learning and advancing foreign aid effectiveness opportunities. Experience working in a cross-cultural environment and/or in Africa will be an added advantage.

The candidate should be detail-oriented with a demonstrated ability to create and foster a focus on CLA among program and activity managers, implementers, and stakeholders.

The candidate should demonstrate strong coaching, interpersonal, and presentation skills and the ability to influence decision makers, foster organizational change strategies and implement plans within a complex organizational setting.

Must have demonstrated abilities and track record in strategic, systems, and holistic thinking, managing resistance to change and/or understanding organizational culture, learning and change management.

The ability to work effectively in a team environment and manage effective consultations on policies and administrative matters is necessary; as well as an ability to resolve multi-dimensional conflicts and conflicts between technical office priorities and Mission strategy.

Must be able to quickly acquire a thorough understanding of USAID/KEA’s CDCS and RDCS programming objectives, results expected, planning and reporting systems and the key lines of sector investigation, and learning agendas.

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.

The following evaluation factors for evaluating applications are established. The Technical Evaluation

Committee (TEC) will establish the competitive range/cut-off points per the evaluation factors listed below.

Applicants are encouraged to provide a narrative for each selection criteria listed below in this section. This information will be used for evaluating and scoring each criterion. The TEC will conduct interviews with all offerors in the competitive range and provide the final rating and ranking of the offerors based on the interview and satisfactory professional reference checks. Be sure to include your name and the solicitation number at the top of each page.

Selection will be based on the following criteria (Maximum of 100 Points Available):

Language Proficiency: 10 points

Work Experience: 25 points

Knowledge: 35 points https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far

Abilities and Skills: 30 points

Reference checks: Pass/Fail (no points assigned)

Must clearly address the qualifications required for this position. Specifically, the candidate’s knowledge and skills regarding a wide range of technical areas, resources, platforms and practices used by USAID and our partners- particularly the CLA framework; adaptive, organizational learning, and monitoring and evaluation. In addition, the candidate’s demonstrated experience in the implementation of this knowledge and these skills.

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 selection and 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.

* 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:

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(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:

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;

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(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)

- 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)

0005 Option Period 4 - Compensation, Fringe Benefits and Other Direct Costs (ODCs) https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/ https://www.usaid.gov/forms

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.

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