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AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO.

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6. ISSUED BY

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

02/15/2016

AFGHANISTAN

Office of Acquisition & Assistance USAID/Afghanistan

U.S. Embassy

Great Massoud Road

Kabul, Afghanistan

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, county. State and ZIP Code)

CODE FACILITY CODE

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5. PROJECT NO (If applicable)

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9A AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

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9B DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

01/25/2016

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

10B DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

0The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specifiedfor receipt of Offers Dis extended. C3is not extended.

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods : (a) By completing

Items 8 and 15, and returning copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers FAILUREOF YOURACKNOWLEDGEMENTTO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAYRESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received pnor to the opening hour and date specified.

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13. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS. IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO; (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH INITEM14 ARE MADEINTHE CONTRACT

ORDER NO IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBEREDCONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, approphation date, etc) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14. PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b)

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF;

D. OTHER (Specify type of modificationand authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor D is not. D is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCFsection headings,including solicitation/contract subjectmatterwherefeasible.)

Amendment No. 1

The RFP is amended as follows:

1. Page 21 and 22 of the RFP, the following changes are made on C.4 Expected Results table

Page 21, C.4 Expected Results table, North, CP3, SC 3.1, delete the $3 million and replace it with $4 million

• Page 21, C.4 Expected Results table, South, CP3, SC 3.1, delete the $2 million and replace it with $1.5 million

Page 22, C.4 Expected Results table, West, CP3, SC 3.1, delete the $2 million and replace it with $1.5 million

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Exceptas providedherein, all terms and conditionsof the document referenced in Item9 Aor 10A,as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in fullforce and effect

15A NAMEAND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or pnnt) 16A NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

Dennis Foster

15B CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR 15C. DATE SIGNED 16B UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 16C. DATE SIGNED

(Signature ot person authorized to sign) (Signature ot Contracting Officer)

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2. RFP page 97, under USEFUL LINKS/REFERENCE, include “World Bank’s On Farm Water Management

Program http://www.worldbank.org/projects/P120398/on-farm-water-management-ofwm?lang=en&tab=overview”

3. RFP Page 15, Fee schedule south region, delete the 8,238 in deliverable line 1.3 and replace it with 8,328.

4. RFP Page 15, Fee schedule west Region, delete the 1,500 in deliverable 3.2 and replace it with

2,200.

5. Page 65 of the RFP, delete number (d) under Subtitle H.20 in its entirety and replace it with the following:

(d) Annual Salary Increase: Annual salary increase of any kind (cost of living, merit, promotion increase, or any other type) of not more than TBD% may be granted after the employee's completion of each twelve month period of satisfactory services under the contract.

Annual salary increases of any kind exceeding these limitations or exceeding USAID CST may be granted only with the advance written approval of the Contracting Officer.

6. RFP page 65, delete number (e) under Subtitle H.20 in its entirety and replace it with the following:

(e) Consultants: Consultants rate should be based on the salary history outlined in the Contractor

Employee Biographical Data Sheet and no compensation for consultants will be reimbursed unless their use under the contract has advance written approval of the Contracting Officer. If such provision has been made or approval given, compensation shall not exceed: 1) the highest rate of annual compensation received by the consultant during any full year of the immediately preceding three years or 2) the USAID

CST, whichever is less. Requests for waiver to this compensation guidance must be fully justified and shall require the approval of the

Contracting Officer.

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7. RFP page 66, number (f), under Subtitle H.20 of the RFP is revised to read as follows:

(f) Initial Salaries: Contractor must compensate non-US personnel in accordance with its salary scale, staffing plan, and compensation package.

Only the salary rates for individuals whose

Biographical Data forms were submitted with the proposal are approved. The Contractor must submit a salary scale that reflects its proposed

Contract staffing plan covering all planned CCN positions together with Contractor's compensation policies. The compensation plan must cover all proposed initial salaries and salary ranges for all positions. Initial salaries must be within each range and will be based on other factors including but not limited to consideration of the prevailing in country salaries for similar positions in the market, the individual's education, and salary/consultant rate history over the most recent 3 years.

8. Include the below language on page 77 of the RFP at the end of Section H, as number H.46.

H.46 GRANTS UNDER CONTRACT

Inclusion of the grants program is considered essential to engage Afghan partners and build local capacity for watershed management through the implementation of watershed restoration activities and the prevention of watershed degradation. To facilitate this use of GUC mechanism is recommended to allow for small grant awards as the most effective means to engage

Afghan partners including women. It is not feasible to accomplish this objective through normal contract and assistance awards executed by

USAID because of the burned of executing and managing a number of small grant activities directly by the Mission, given OAG’s already substantial procurement management responsibilities. The offeror must describe how they will leverage a GUC to achieve results. The offeror will be required to submit past performance information in how it previously awarded and administered grants.

The Contractor shall comply in all material respects with USAID’s Automated Directives System

(ADS) Chapter 303 (including mandatory and supplementary references) in awarding and

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administering grants, as well as the Code of

Federal Regulations 22 CFR 226.

In addition, the following requirements shall apply to the grants awarded by the Contractor under this contract:

a. USAID Afghanistan OAG office has obtained a GUCs waiver to issue Grants under Contracts for up to $7 million.

b. The Contractor shall only execute grants under the contract when it is not feasible to accomplish USAID objectives through normal contracts and grants awards executed by USAID because either the burden of executing a number of small grant activities is particularly difficult for the responsible USAID Mission or office, or the grant program is incidental and relatively small in comparison to other technical assistance of the Contractor.

c. USAID shall be substantially involved in establishing selection factors and shall approve the selection of grant recipients. Unless otherwise directed by the Contracting Officer, the COR shall have authority to approve the grant recipient selection. USAID may be less involved when grants are quite small and are incidental to the contractor’s technical activities.

d. USAID must ensure that the requirements that apply to USAID-executed grants (including the agency policies regarding construction activities in ADS 303, Grants and Cooperative Agreements to

Non-Governmental Organizations, applicable standard provisions in ADS 303, and ADS 308, Awards to Public International Organizations) are also applied to grants that a USAID contractor executes. In general, requirements which apply to

USAID-executed grants shall also apply to grants executed by the Contractor.

e. USAID retains the right to terminate the grant activity (activities) unilaterally in extraordinary circumstances.

f. The Contractor shall not execute or administer Cooperative Agreements on USAID’s behalf.

g. The Contractor shall close out all grants prior to the estimated completion date of this contract.

h. The Contractor shall comply in all material respects with Contract Information Bulletin (CIB)

90-12 regarding grant close-out.

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9. Section I, I.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE, clauses 52.209-2, 52.209-10 AND 52.244-6 are updated to provide the latest revised versions. Accordingly:

• Delete DEC 2014 from the date column of Clause 52.209-2 on page 78 and replace it with NOV 2015

• Delete DEC 2014 from the date column of Clause 52.209-10 on page 79 and replace it with NOV 2015

• Delete OCT 2015 from the date column of Clause 52.244-6 on page 81 and replace it with DEC 2015

10. Additional clauses - Add the below Clauses on page 95 of the RFP, at the end of Section I as number I.13 and I.14.

I.13 52.203-98 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH

ENTITIES THAT REQUIRE CERTAIN INTERNAL

CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS-REPRESENTATION (APR

2015)

(a) In accordance with section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further

Continuing Resolution Appropriations Act, 2015

(Pub. L. 113-235), Government agencies are not permitted to use funds appropriated (or otherwise made available) under that or any other Act for contracts with an entity that requires employees or subcontractors of such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or subcontractors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information.

(b) The prohibition in paragraph (a) of this provision does not contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified information.

(c) Representation. By submission of its offer, the Offeror represents that it does not require employees or subcontractors of such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal confidentiality agreements or statements

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prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or subcontractors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information.

I.14 52.203-99 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH

ENTITIES THAT REQUIRE CERTAIN INTERNAL

CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS (APR 2015)

(a) The Contractor shall not require employees or subcontractors seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign or comply with internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or subcontractors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information.

(b) The contractor shall notify employees that the prohibitions and restrictions of any internal confidentiality agreements covered by this clause are no longer in effect.

(c) The prohibition in paragraph (a) of this clause does not contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified information.

(d)(1) In accordance with section 7 43 of

Division E, Title VI I, of the Consolidated and

Further Continuing Resolution Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235), use of funds appropriated

(or otherwise made available) under that or any other Act may be prohibited, if the Government determines that the Contractor is not in compliance with the provisions of this clause.

(2) The Government may seek any available remedies in the event the contractor fails to comply with the provisions of this clause.

11. Discard the current Attachment J.7 and replace it with Attachment 1.

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12. Page 119 of the RFP, Section L.5, 5. Past Performance (a)1. If revised to read as follows:

1. List in an annex (Annex A) to the technical proposal up to five (5) largest federally awarded contracts or task orders over the last three (3) years for efforts similar to the work in the subject proposal using Attachment J.19. The most relevant indicators of performance are contracts of similar size, scope, and complexity and how recently they were performed.

13. Section L.5, sub-section 5, Past Performance

(a) (2) is amended as follows to include reference to Attachment J.18

2.For all contracts listed above that are not in

PPIRS, provide a list of contact names, job titles, mailing addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, explanation of relevance to the proposed acquisition using Attachment J 18.

Description of the performance to include:

• Scope of work or complexity/diversity of tasks,

• Primary location(s) of work,

• Term of performance,

• Dollar value, and

• Contract type, i.e., fixed-price, cost reimbursement, etc.

• Point of contact information for the CO, COR, or Project Manager of the five (5) largest federally awarded contracts or task orders over the last three (3) years.

(USAID recommends that you alert the contacts that their names have been submitted and that they are authorized to provide performance information concerning the listed contracts if and when USAID requests it.)

Note: Answers to questions on the SWIM RFP are attached with this amendment.

Hiwot Seyoum, A&A Specialist

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