Amendment_No.01.pdf

FATA/KP Health Initiative

SOL-391-16-00003

Amendment No. 01

Annex 1

By way of Annex 1 to Amendment No. 01 to the solicitation, the Contracting Officer provides the answers below to the questions submitted by prospective offerors.

Q.1. Please specify if the Executive Summary should be 1 or 2 pages maximum. Page 99 of the RFP states that it is "...not more than two pages..."; and page 100 states that it "...must not exceed one page."

Ans. Executive Summary should not be more than 2 pages.

Q.2. Please clarify that "Contractor Employee Biographical Sheets", given that they provide cost information, are to only be provided in the Cost Proposal, as is typical practice, and that they are NOT to be supplied in Annex A of the Technical Proposal as explained on page 99 of the RFP.

Ans. Contractor Employee Biographical Sheets must be provided in Annex A, the cost information related to these sheets should be illustrated in the cost proposal.

Q.3. Please specify if the final version of the M&E Plan should be submitted to the COR within 30 or 90 days of the award. Page 21 states that it should be "...submitted to the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) within 30 days of the award..."; and page 27 states that "contractor will submit final M&E within 90 calendar days from the date of the contract."

Ans. The final version of the M&E Plan must be submitted within 90 calendar days.

Q.4. On page 102 of the RFP, the job description for the Chief of Party indicates that "...knowledge of USAID or other USG acquisition policies and reporting requirements, as well as previous experience as a Chief of Party are required." Is it possible for this requirement to be shifted to another key personnel position, such as Director of Finance, where this person will have extensive knowledge of USAID or USG acquisition policies and procedures?

Ans. This requirement cannot be shifted to another key personnel position. However, the following changes are made in the requirement for the position of the Chief of Party:

Knowledge of USG acquisition policies and reporting requirements, as well as previous experience of leading teams and managing projects of similar size are required, and knowledge and experience of USAID specific acquisition policies and reporting requirements are desired.