SOL- SL US_TCN PSC SPCPS Country Coordinator.pdf

SOLICITATION NUMBER: 72067523R00001

ISSUANCE DATE: April 20, 2023

CLOSING DATE AND TIME: May 20, 2023

SUBJECT: Solicitation for U.S. and Third Country National (TCN) Personal Service Contractor (US/TCN PSC)

– Country Coordinator for US Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability

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 Attachment 1.

Sincerely, Audrea L. Hardy Executive Officer/Contracting Officer

ATTACHMENT 1

I.GENERAL INFORMATION

1. SOLICITATION NO.: 72067523R00001

2. ISSUANCE DATE: April 20, 2023

3. CLOSING DATE AND TIME FOR RECEIPT OF OFFERS: May 20, 2023, Guinea time

4. POINT OF CONTACT: HR TEAM, email at conakrypscjobs@usaid.gov .

5. POSITION TITLE: Country Coordinator for US Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability

6. MARKET VALUE: $ 99,569.6 - $ 129,438.4 (per annum) equivalent to GS-14 Final compensation will be negotiated within the listed market value and will include Locality Pay for domestic USPSCs based on the location of the official USAID Worksite, or the approved worksite if approved for remote work. USPSCs performing overseas are not entitled to Locality Pay.

7. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: USAID/Guinea. Relocation expenses will not be reimbursed for US-based positions.

Overseas USPSCs and TCNPSCs not subject to the local compensation plan, may be authorized to 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: Exact period of performance will be determined upon receipt of security/medical clearances. The base period will be two years. And based on Agency continued needs for services, funds availability and satisfactory performance, the Contracting Officer may exercise three (3) additional option periods of one (1) year each.

9. ELIGIBLE OFFERORS: U.S. citizens and Third Country Nationals (TCN)

“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.

“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 their home country or country of recruitment at U.S. Government expense.

10. SECURITY LEVEL REQUIRED:

Top Secret - US Citizens; Facility Access - TCNs mailto:conakrypscjobs@usaid.gov

11. STATEMENT OF DUTIES

1. Introduction and Background:

The U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability (SPCPS) charts a new way forward in how the U.S. Government addresses the challenges of conflict and instability in partnership with other nations. The Strategy presents the U.S. Government with a unique opportunity to balance a long-term view with short-term responsiveness and adaptability. As part of the Strategy, the USG intends to further its partnership with five Coastal West African (CWA) countries (Benin, Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, and Togo), in addition to Haiti, Libya, Mozambique, and Papua New Guinea.

The regional effort proposed for CWA will include five countries, five Country Teams, and significant involvement from offices specializing in the entire West African region. Each phase should be approached primarily through a regional lens framing collective risks, sources of resilience, goals, and programmatic needs before applying country-specific perspectives. The result will be a 10-year regional plan with both regional and country-specific objectives.

Within Guinea, the USG is committed to supporting Guinean efforts to return to democratic governance through elections, expand community resilience by improving social cohesion, and promoting governance that delivers services to and improves livelihoods for the population.

2. Position Overview:

Under the direction of the Deputy Chief of Mission or their designate, the Guinea SPCPS Country Coordinator provides leadership, convening authority, and coordination for the interagency to advance the implementation of the U.S.’s 10-year Plan for Guinea, consistent with the goals and resources of the

GFA.

The Guinea SPCPS Country Coordinator (Coordinator) acts as the U.S. Embassy Conakry’s focal point and expert on all SPCPS-related matters. The coordinator is responsible for building synergies and coordination between SPCPS-relevant staff and implementing agencies as well as Regional Coordination staff based in other participating Coastal West African countries (Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Togo). The coordinator supports, assists, and coordinates the broad management of a multi-faceted SPCPS-funded initiative program for Guinea. The coordinator is responsible for contributing to reporting and analysis on SPCPS relevant topics including through cultivating relationships and contacts as required, leading the drafting of SPCPS annual reports, responding to SPCPS taskings for Guinea, attending to administrative tasks associated with supporting SPCPS implementers, and ensuring appropriate representation of relevant sections at the embassy in SPCPS working groups and clearance processes.

3. Major Duties and Responsibilities:

The SPCPS Country Coordinator will have the following major duties and responsibilities:

Interagency Coordination and Strategic Support (35%)

● Lead all aspects of SPCPS at Post. Communicate SPCPS policy and technical direction to leadership at Post.

● Lead interagency strategic decision-making at post to ensure program sustainability in the following areas: local ownership, institutional ownership, and mutual accountability.

● Conduct analysis and reporting on the unique operational context of SPCPS implementation in Guinea, including through cultivating relationships and contacts with key Guinean and international partners on SPCPS implementation. Identify potential adjustments in SPCPS implementation based on changing contextual factors and U.S. and Guinean diplomatic priorities.

● Lead drafting to SPCPS taskings, annual reports, and other administrative tasks.

● Represent the embassy interagency in SPCPS working groups and ad-hoc meetings as needed and ensure that all relevant interagency staff and implementing agencies are informed of the outcomes and consulted in decision-making situations.

● Work with in-country staff to coordinate and link USG regional and bilateral SPCPS-funded assistance with other bilateral donors, non-governmental organizations, and regional and international multilateral organizations engaged in promoting stability in CWA.

● Coordinate with Regional Coordination staff based in other participating Coastal West African countries (Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Togo) on all aspects related to SPCPS.

● Brief the Ambassador, represent the Ambassador in regional coordination meetings, and engage high-level officials in the name of the Ambassador’s vision, the Integrated Country Strategy, and this strategy; and, Planning, Reporting and MEL (25%)

● Provide leadership, technical direction, and support to the interagency team at post in the development and implementation of all monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) activities to meet the needs of SPCPS for Guinea.

● Lead and draft the development and submission of annual plans and reports for USG interagency team approval at Post.

● Lead and draft the development of annual Prevention and Stabilization Fund planning and budget allocation across the USG interagency team at Post.

● Develop and provide to implementing agencies relevant data and support managing a knowledge-based program management in SPCPS-related program implementation.

● Lead, facilitate, and staff high-level decisional discussions with the inter-agency team at post regarding funding allocations, programmatic adjustments, course corrections that will determine the projects to be initiated, dropped, or curtailed; and, Coordination among Non-USG Stakeholders (25%)

● Staff interagency representatives at Post in meetings related to SPCPS and as required liaise with multilaterals and donor partners to coordinate and deconflict U.S. diplomatic engagement and security and foreign assistance.

● Support Embassy staff on outreach to and engagement of civil society and private-sector partners, including advocacy groups, faith- and community-based organizations, and businesses in the SPCPS programs.

Encourages the engagement of these groups by all USG agencies involved in preventing conflict and promoting stability in CWA within the region.

● Collaborate closely with the interagency leads to ensure alignment of diplomacy messaging and assistance efforts across SPCPS partners; and, SPCPS Representation (15%)

▪ Assist in assuring the accountability of SPCPS programs supported by the USG to Administration officials, Members of Congress, and the public through the development and communication of appropriate statements, reports, and representation.

▪ In collaboration with various SPCPS implementing agencies, serve as the Post representative, when appropriate, such as working groups, country coordinating mechanisms, steering committees, etc., with a focus on preventing conflict and promoting stability in CWA.

▪ Recommend and promote positions and views for U.S. Embassy Conakry on strategies, initiatives, and current programs that aim at preventing conflict and promoting stability in CWA; and, POSITION ELEMENTS

● Supervisory Relationship: The SPCPS Country Coordinator is expected to exercise considerable independent judgment and will have a wide latitude to take initiative, acting proactively in planning and carrying out the assignment with significant autonomy, consulting the supervisor only when circumstances indicate an exceptional need for clarity and direction. The coordinator will be called upon to brief the Ambassador, represent the Ambassador in regional coordination meetings, and engage high-level officials in the name of this strategy.

● Supervisory Controls: The SPCPS Country Coordinator will receive supervision and broad administrative guidance from the Deputy Chief of Mission or delegate in the U.S. Embassy Conakry. The coordinator has the authority to prioritize their own workload in the management of all SPCPS efforts.

● Available Guidelines: The Coordinator is expected to become familiar with all information related to the Global Fragility Act, the SPCPS, and U.S. Embassy Conakry’s efforts to plan and advance SPCPS in Guinea. The coordinator must be able to articulate how SPCPS for Coastal West Africa aligns with U.S.

Embassy Conakry’s Integrated Country Strategy. Additionally, the Coordinator will be expected to shape and facilitate strategic discussions around the implementation of SPCPS in Guinea. Moreover, the Coordinator must develop an understanding of relevant portions of USAID’s Automated Directives System and the Department of State’s Foreign Affairs Manuals.

● Exercise Of Judgment: A high degree of judgment will be required to plan, coordinate, and represent U.S. Embassy Conakry’s SPCPS-interests to a wide variety of stakeholders within the Embassy and in Washington D.C., as well as with the donor community and the Government of Guinea. As a highly qualified professional, substantial reliance will be placed on the coordinator to independently plan, analyze, and evaluate, formulating conclusions and recommendations for U.S. Embassy Conakry. The coordinator will be expected to resolve problems that arise by determining the approaches to be taken and methodologies to be used and making independent judgments.

● Nature, Level and Purpose of Contacts: The Coordinator will routinely interact with the Country Team, technical leads, and other U.S. representatives across the interagency (DOS, DOD, USAID). The coordinator will meet with Guinean contacts in relevant ministries. Interactions with donor senior officials and counterpart institutions will be required during strategy and work plan development/review and donor coordination processes. The coordinator is expected to maintain and expand good working relationships with these partners.

● Complexity: The work consists of leading a politically sensitive, multi-sector, multi-agency effort to prevent conflict and promote stability in the country and the region. The coordinator will need to also be familiar with regional activities and efforts. The position will require: strong interpersonal, teamwork, team-building, facilitation, analytical, and negotiation skills; oral and written communication; ability to mediate conflicts and facilitate decisions on complex technical, programmatic, strategic, and financial issues; capacity to multitask, including managing, prioritizing, and fulfilling competing demands in real time; ability to keep track of a large amount of data and manage complex interagency planning and reporting processes; and, cross-cultural sensitivity and awareness.

● Scope and Effect: SPCPS is a 10-year multi-country initiative that will target the drivers of conflict and instability, impacting millions of people. The coordinator will play a unique role in shaping policy and programming on behalf of the U.S. Government and in coordination with the transitional Government of Guinea, civil society, and the private sector. The position is a new one, requiring resolving critical problems, shaping new theories of change behind policy and programming efforts, and identifying/analyzing evolving country contexts and problem sets. Work typically requires formal responsibilities for leading teams and guiding and coordinating the work of other professional or technical staff.

● Physical demands/Work environment: This is a low-to-moderate physically demanding position.

The coordinator will be physically located at the US Embassy in Conakry and will be expected to attend meetings and events related to SPCPS on a frequent basis, both in Conakry and other cities in Guinea, and possible regional travel to other CWA countries.

12. PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The work requested does not involve undue physical demands.

II.MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION

a. Education: A Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant professional discipline, such as Public Policy, Conflict Prevention and Response, Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance, Business Administration, or related subject, is required.

b. Work Experience: Six years of substantive professional work experience on civil society/human rights, democracy and governance, conflict mitigation, or preventing violent extremism issues is required. At least four years of international work experience is required with an international organization, such as bi-lateral and multilateral donors or international non-governmental organizations.

c. Language Proficiency: French Level II and English Level IV 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 technical evaluation committee may conduct reference checks, including references from individuals who have not been specifically identified by the offeror, and may do so before or after a candidate is interviewed.

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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.

1. EVALUATIONS FACTORS

After the closing date for receipt of applications, the Human Resources Office will review applications that meet the minimum qualification required for the position. Applications from candidates who do not meet the minimum required qualifications will not be scored. Applicants who clearly meet the Education/Experience requirements and basic eligibility requirements will be further evaluated based on scoring of the below evaluation factors through their application packages, written test results, and interview performances.

FACTOR #1 - EDUCATION (5 points)

● A Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant professional discipline, such as Public Policy, Conflict Prevention and Response, Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance, Business Administration, or related subject.

● Additional consideration given to ongoing and technical training in peace and security or stabilization, conflict management, or countering violent extremism or related fields as well as educational or formational studies on Guinea or Francophone West Africa.

FACTOR #2 - PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE (30 points)

● Six years of substantive professional experience working with civil society and governments on democracy, human rights and governance, conflict mitigation, or preventing violent extremism issues.

International work experience with an international organization, such as bi-lateral and multilateral donors or international non-governmental organizations.

● Demonstrates experience operating in their non-native cultural environment and demonstrates strong knowledge and understanding of policies and programming parameters related to conflict prevention and response and democracy, human rights, and governance. Actual experience designing and managing conflict prevention and response and democracy, human rights, and governance programs is preferred.

● Candidates possess prior work experience working in sub-Saharan Africa in general, West Africa in particular, ideally in organizations that relate to peace and security or stabilization.

● Demonstrated experience managing complex programs with cooperation among multiple USG agencies or multiple donors with sometimes competing priorities and demands.

● Extensive team leadership and team building experience.

FACTOR #3 - LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY (20 points)

● French Level II and English Level IV required.

FACTOR #4 - JOB KNOWLEDGE (15 points)

● Familiar with public US foreign policy strategies relevant to peace, stabilization, and conflict prevention.

FACTOR #5 - SKILLS AND ABILITIES (30 points)

● Strong interpersonal, teamwork, facilitation, analytical, and negotiation skills.

● Strong oral communication skills that demonstrate tact and professionalism.

● Strong persuasive writing skills that demonstrate the ability to effectively convince the reader.

● Ability to mediate conflicts and facilitate decisions on complex technical, programmatic, strategic, and financial issues.

● Capacity to multitask, including managing, prioritizing, and fulfilling competing demands in real time.

● Ability to keep track of a large amount of data and manage complex inter-agency planning and reporting.

● Ability to exercise considerable independent judgment and will have a wide latitude to take initiative, acting proactively in planning and carrying out the assignment with significant autonomy, consulting the supervisor only when circumstances indicate an exceptional need for clarity and direction.

● Cross-cultural sensitivity and awareness.

TOTAL POSSIBLE POINTS: 100 points

2. BASIS OF RATING

Those applicants determined to be competitively ranked will be evaluated on the above factors through their application packages, written test results, interview performances, and satisfactory professional reference checks.

The Contracting Officer may establish a competitive range based on the qualifications noted in the original application, with the Technical Evaluation Committee then identifying the most highly ranked offerors in the Technical Evaluation Memo. The CO, as the Source Selection Authority (SSA), must make an independent determination in selecting the offerors who will be in the competitive range. The TEC may conduct interviews with all offerors in the competitive range and provide the final rating and ranking of the offerors based on the interviews.

IV.SUBMITTING AN OFFER

Eligible Offerors are required to submit the following:

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

2. Cover Letter: The cover letter should contain an overview of the applicant’s qualifications and must state how the applicant meets the evaluation criteria in accordance with Item IV “Evaluation and Selection Factors”.

3. Current resume/curriculum vitae: The CV/resume must contain sufficient relevant information to evaluate the applications in accordance with the stated technical evaluation criteria, listed above.

4. References: Offerors are required to provide 3-5 references who are not family members or relatives. References should include at least one (1) current or former supervisor who can provide information regarding applicant job knowledge and professional work experience.

https://www.usaid.gov/forms/aid-309-2

5. 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.

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

All the above-mentioned documents are REQUIRED, must be SIGNED, and prepared in ENGLISH. Late, incomplete, or unsigned applications will not be considered.

The Agency retains the right to cancel or amend the solicitation and associated actions at any stage of the recruitment process.

V.LIST OF REQUIRED FORMS PRIOR TO AWARD

The CO will provide instructions about how to complete and submit the following forms after an offeror is selected for the contract award:

Forms outlined below can be found at: http://www.usaid.gov/forms/

1. DS-1843 Medical History and Examination - for individuals aged 12 and older.

2. DS-1622 Medical History and Examination - for children aged 11 and younger.

3. DS-3057 Medical Clearance Update (MCU) Found at https://www.state.gov/forms-medical-clearances / (USN and TCN)

4. SF-85, Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions (USN and TCN)

5. OF-306, Declaration of Federal Employment (USN)

6. SF-86, Questionnaire for National Security Positions (USN)

7. SF-87, Fingerprint Card (USN)

* Forms 2 through 5 shall be completed only upon the advice of the Contracting Officer that an applicant is the successful candidate for the job.

VI.BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES

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

A. USPSC

7. 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) Leave and Holidays

8. ALLOWANCES (as applicable) Section numbers refer to rules from the Department of State Standardized Regulations (Government http://www.usaid.gov/forms/ https://www.state.gov/forms-medical-clearances http://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=231&menu_id=92

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) 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)

B. TCNPSC

1. BENEFITS:

(a) Contribution toward Health & Life Insurance

(b) Pay Comparability Adjustment

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

(d) Leave and Holidays

2. ALLOWANCES (as applicable) 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) 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)

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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9. 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/ads/policy/300/aidar

10. USAID Acquisition Regulation (AIDAR), Appendix J, “Direct USAID Contracts with 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/ads/policy/300/aidar

11. 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) QUA

NTIT

Y (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: [e.g., R497]

- Accounting Info: [insert one or more citation(s) from Phoenix/GLAAS]

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: [e.g., R497]

- Accounting Info: [insert from Phoenix/GLAAS]

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: [e.g., R497]

- Accounting Info: [insert from Phoenix/GLAAS]

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: [e.g., R497]

- Accounting Info: [insert from Phoenix/GLAAS]

1 LOT $ _TBD__ $_TBD at Award after negotiations with

Contractor_

12. 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.

13. Acquisition & Assistance Policy Directives AAPD 20-08 “Leave & Holidays for CCNPSCs and TCNPSCs, including country leave for qualifying posts for eligible TCNPSCs.

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14. 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.

15. PSC Ombudsperson

The PSC Ombudsperson 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

The U.S. Mission in Guinea provides equal opportunity and fair and equitable treatment in employment to all people without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, or transgender status), national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, religion, marital or parental status, veteran status, membership in an employee organization, political affiliation, or involvement in protected equal employment opportunity (EEO) activity. USAID/Guinea also strives to achieve equal employment opportunities in all personnel operations through continuing diversity enhancement programs.

The EEO complaint procedure is not available to individuals who believe they have been denied equal opportunity based upon marital status or political affiliation. Individuals with such complaints should avail themselves of the appropriate grievance procedures, remedies for prohibited personnel practices, and/or courts for relief.

END OF SOLICITATION

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