Amend_2_SOL-168-16-000001.pdf

1. Change due date for submission of proposals from “September 26, 2016” to “November 14, 2016”.

2. Change the anticipated award date from “February 2017” to “April 2017”.

3. In Section “B.4 Price Schedule” delete paragraph (a) in its entirety and insert the following:

“(a) Cost Category Amount (illustrative)

Total Estimated Cost TBD Small Grants Fund USAID $1 million Fixed Fee TBD Total Estimated Cost Plus Fixed-Fee $5.5 million (approximately) Small Grants Fund non-federal $1 million Total Estimated Activity Costs $6.5 million (approximately)

4. Revise Section C as follows:

a. Update C.2.2. Organize a business plan competition to spur BiH/diaspora investment /BiH Diaspora Marketplace (BDM) to add the following at the end: “The business competition plans are envisioned to occur two times per year.”

b. In Section C.3 Cross-Cutting Principles, delete “four” and insert “three” key cross cutting principles for this activity.

c. In Section C.4 Monitoring and Evaluation delete “Indicators” in its entirety and replace with the following Indicators:

“Indicators

The Contractor is required to report on the following project-level indicators and must include them in the M&E Plan:

1. Number of new full-time officially registered jobs in USAID-assisted enterprises and other private sector partners/beneficiaries.

2. Number of private sector firms (and other private sector partners/beneficiaries) that have improved management practices or technologies as a result of USAID assistance.

3. Value of direct investment (domestic and foreign) resulting from USAID assistance.

Required activity specific indicators are:

a. Number of SMEs and startups receiving business development services from USG assisted sources.

b. Number of Diaspora related business networks/links created.

c. Number of changes made to business enabling environment (this indicator will be included only if the assessment provides recommendations for USAID involvement over the three year period – subject to USAID considerations and approval.)”

5. In Section D – Packaging and Marking update the following sentence under “D.2 Branding”:

“Visibility for the program is a very important segment of the project implementation and is essential for the success of the Activity.”

6. Revise Section H as follows:

Delete Section “H.21 Grants under Contracts” in its entirety and replace with the following in lieu thereof:

“H.21 Grants under Contracts

The Contractor is authorized to award sub-grants to U.S. Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and non-U.S. NGOs. Subgrants to U.S. NGOs (not-for-profits or for-profits) are limited to $100,000 total per recipient (ADS 302.3.4.13). This limitation does not apply to grant awards to non-U.S. NGOs.

Contractor-issued subgrants shall be awarded and administered in accordance with the policies, procedures, and regulations set forth or referenced in Automated Directives System (ADS) 303 for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) as periodically amended.

All sub-grants shall be awarded competitively with exceptions to be approved by the Contracting Officer. The use of fixed amount awards (FAAs) and the Simplified Grant Format are authorized when the conditions in ADS 303.3.24 and ADS 303.3.25 are met. ADS 308, Awards to Public International Organizations are also applied to grants that a USAID contractor executes.

The Contractor must ensure that the grantee does not appear on the “List of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement and Non-Procurement Programs”.

The Contractor must acquire a signed Certification Regarding Terrorist Financing from the proposed grantee and the Contractor must confirm that the proposed grantee: (i) does not appear on the master list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, which list is maintained by the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and is available online at OFAC’ s website:

http://sdnsearch.ofac.treas.gov/ and (ii) is not included in any supplementary information concerning prohibited individuals or entities that may be provided by USAID to the Contractor and (iii) has not been designated by the United Nations Security (UNSC) sanctions committee established under UNSC Resolution 1267 (1999) (the “1267 Committee”) [individuals and entities linked to the Taliban, Osama bin Laden (a.k.a. “Osama bin Laden”), or the Al Qaeda Organization]. To determine whether there has been a published designation of an individual or entity by the 1267 Committee, the Contractor must refer to the consolidated list available online at the Committee’s website:

https://www.un.org/sc/suborg/en/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list. The Contractor must consider all information about the proposed grantee of which it is aware and all public information that is reasonably available to it or of which it should be aware prior to recommending a grant to that individual or organization for USAID’s approval. The Contractor further agrees to implement reasonable monitoring and oversight procedures to safeguard against assistance being diverted to support terrorist activity and to immediately notify USAID and cease support, transactions or dealings with any individual or organization that is designated by the United States Government as a Foreign Terrorist Organization or as a Specially Designated Terrorist or a Specially Designated Global Terrorist or has been designated by the United States Government in or pursuant to Executive Orders 12947 or 13224, or has been designated by the 1267 Committee, or otherwise engages in terrorist acts.

Prior to publicizing any funding opportunities, or awarding any sub-grants, the Contracting Officer shall approve the Contractor’s Grants Manual. Please see additional information on the Grants Manual under F.7.4. USAID reserves the right to conduct reviews of the Contractor’s grants management program.

USAID must be significantly involved in establishing the selection criteria and must approve the actual selection of grant recipients. USAID retains the right to terminate any or all grants unilaterally in extraordinary circumstances.”

7. Delete Attachment J.8 Office Space.

8. Revise Section L as follows:

a. Under Section L.6.B.1 Factor 1 – Technical Approach, switch Subfactor B to Subfactor A and switch Subfactor A to Subfactor B as follows:

"L.6.B.1 FACTOR 1 - TECHNICAL APPROACH

A. By objective, the technical proposal shall provide a full description of the proposed approach that demonstrates how the offeror intends to achieve the expected results. The narrative must set forth the offeror’s strategy, conceptual approach, and methodology and should include cross cutting principles as described in the SOW.

B. Brief description of challenges and opportunities for BiH diaspora engagement in economic development of BiH.

C. The offeror’s timeline/implementation plan, including sequence of activity mobilization."

b. In Section L.6.B.4 Factor 4 – Past Performance, include the following language “The 15% of the total proposed cost is exclusive of the $2 million Small Grants Fund ($1M for the USAID and $1M for Non-Federal grants funds."

c. In Section L.6.C.4 Preparation of the Cost Proposal, next to the “Evidence of Responsibility for prime and major subcontractors” delete “(if requested by the CO)” and next to the “Information to Support Consent to Subcontractors” delete (if CO consent is required)."

d. In Section L.6.C.4 Preparation of the Cost Proposal delete reference to the office space.

e. In Section L.6.C.4. Proposed Costs/price, i. Salary and Wages, delete “The maximum annual rate is BAM 92,300” and insert the following:

“LOCAL COMPENSATION PLAN FOR FOREIGN SERVICE NATIONALS

AMERICAN EMBASSY, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Mission Local Compensation Plan is a classified document which cannot be provided as it is.

However, provided below is gross average salary ranges (including 10% personal income tax) for various grades of locally employed professionals for budgetary purpose.

Professionals/Specialists: KM48,054 to KM92,314);(FSN 9/1 – FSN 12/14) Assistant/Mid-level: KM30,353 to KM59,630; (FSN 5/1 – FSN 8/14)

Unskilled labor/maintenance/drivers/basic clerical: KM20,297 to KM38,629; (FSN 1/1 – FSN 4/14)

Gross Salary, or base salary, is defined as the employee’s basic compensation (salary) for services rendered. Taxes which are a responsibility or liability of the employee are inclusive of, and not additive to, the base pay or salary. The base pay excludes fringe benefits and allowances, profit sharing arrangements, commission, consultant fees, extra or overtime payments, etc."

f. Update Section “L.6.C.4.ix. Grants under Contracts” by including additional language at the end of the paragraph, as follows:

"The USAID grant fund share of $1 million will come from the activity’s total estimated budget of $5.5 million. The Bank’s grant fund share of $1 million will be provided on top of the activity’s estimated $5.5 million funding."

g. In Section L.6.B.2. Key Personnel add a sentence: “This should flow into future hiring, if necessary— how will the Offeror ensure similarly qualified candidates (what criteria will be used to find future key personnel)”

9. Revise Section M as follows:

a. Under M.2 General Information, update paragraph (d) to include the following: “All factors are listed in descending order of importance. All subfactors are listed in descending order of importance, except subfactors listed under Management Approach which are considered equally important.”

b. Under Technical Approach, switch Subfactor B to Subfactor A and switch Subfactor A to Subfactor B as follows:

"FACTOR 1: TECHNICAL APPROACH

A. Description of the proposed approach that demonstrates how the offeror intends to achieve the expected results.

B. Demonstrated understanding of challenges and opportunities for BiH diaspora engagement in economic development of BiH.

C. Proposed timeline/implementation plan."

End of Amendment 2

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