SOL-514-16-000014_(01)_-_Attachment_1_-_List_of_Changes.pdf

SOL-514-16-000014 - NATURAL WEALTH

ATTACHMENT 1 – LIST OF CHANGES

1. On PART I – THE SCHEDULE, SECTION B – SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS, B.3 (c) Payment of Fixed Fee:

a. Remove the following sentence: “The Contractor’s fixed fee is tied to the accomplishment of the deliverables under each CLIN and all terms and conditions of the award”.

b. Replace the language under CLIN 0002 in its entirety as follows: “Payment of the corresponding fixed fee for each Task Order will be negotiated at the task order level upon receipt of a proper invoice and must directly correspond to the percentage of allowable costs being paid and the level of effort furnished. In no event, the fixed fee of the Task Orders under CLIN 0002 can exceed the negotiated fee under CLIN 0001.”

2. On PART I – THE SCHEDULE, SECTION B – SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND

PRICES/COSTS replace the title of Section B.6 in its entirety with: “LEVEL OF EFFORT

UNDER CLIN 0002”

3. On PART I – THE SCHEDULE, SECTION H – SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS, remove: H.1 REPORTING OF FOREIGN TAXES (JULY 2007), H.2 NONDISCRIMINATION (JUNE 2012) and H.4 CONFERENCE PLANNING AND REQUIRED APPROVALS

(AUGUST 2013)

Important: Please note that as a result of the above change the numbers in Section H. have changed.

4. On PART I – THE SCHEDULE, SECTION H – SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS, H.8 DEFENSE BASE ACT INSURANCE (Previously H.11 of the base solicitation), add the following language under the title:

“In addition to the requirements specified in (48 CFR) FAR 52.228-3, the Contractor agrees to the following:

(a) The Contractor agrees to procure Defense Base Act (DBA) insurance pursuant to the terms of the contract between USAID and USAID's DBA insurance carrier unless the Contractor has a DBA self-insurance program approved by the Department of Labor or has an approved retrospective rating agreement for DBA.

(b) If USAID or the Contractor has secured a waiver of DBA coverage (see (48 CFR) AIDAR 728.305-70(a)) for Contractor's employees who are not citizens of, residents of, or hired in the

United States, the Contractor agrees to provide such employees with worker's compensation benefits as required by the laws of the country in which the employees are working, or by the laws of the employee's native country, whichever offers greater benefits.

(c) The Contractor further agrees to insert in all subcontracts hereunder to which the DBA is applicable, a clause similar to this clause, including this sentence, imposing on all subcontractors a like requirement to provide overseas workmen's compensation insurance coverage and obtain DBA coverage under the USAID requirements contract.”

Additionally, on the same section, remove the following language:

“This AAPD will be amended within thirty (30) calendar days of the exercise of an option to provide the new “Security” rate as determined in accordance with Notes 1 through 3 above. In the interim between exercise of an option and the amendment to the AAPD, COs may obtain the rate from the agent listed in Section B below.”

5. On PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES, SECTION I – CONTRACT CLAUSES, I.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE, insert the following clauses by reference under AIDAR CLAUSES (48 CFR CHAPTER 7):

“752.222-71 NONDISCRIMINATION (JUNE 2012)

752.229-71 REPORTING OF FOREIGN TAXES (JUL 2007)

752.231-72 CONFERENCE PLANNING AND REQUIRED APPROVALS (AUG 2013)”

6. On PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES, SECTION I – CONTRACT CLAUSES, Remove

Clause I.13 752.232-70 LETTER OF CREDIT ADVANCE PAYMENT.

7. On PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES, SECTION I – CONTRACT CLAUSES, insert the following clause:

I.13 CHILD SAFEGUARDING STANDARDS (AUG. 2016)

(a) Implementation of activities under this award may involve children, or personnel engaged in the implementation of the award may come into contact with children, which could raise the risk of child abuse, exploitation, or neglect within this award. The contractor agrees to abide by the following child safeguarding core principles:

(1) Ensure compliance with host country and local child welfare and protection legislation or international standards, whichever gives greater protection, and with U.S. law where applicable;

(2) Prohibit all personnel from engaging in child abuse, exploitation, or neglect;

(3) Consider child safeguarding in project planning and implementation to determine potential risks to children that are associated with project activities and operations;

(4) Apply measures to reduce the risk of child abuse, exploitation, or neglect, including, but not limited to, limiting unsupervised interactions with children; prohibiting exposure to pornography; and complying with applicable laws, regulations, or customs regarding the photographing, filming, or other image-generating activities of children;

(5) Promote child-safe screening procedures for personnel, particularly personnel whose work brings them in direct contact with children; and

(6) Have a procedure for ensuring that personnel and others recognize child abuse, exploitation, or neglect; mandating that personnel and others report allegations; investigating and managing allegations; and taking appropriate action in response to such allegations, including, but not limited to, dismissal of personnel.

(b) The contractor must also include in the code of conduct for all personnel implementing USAID-funded activities, the child safeguarding principles in paragraphs (a)(1) through (6) of this clause.

(c) The following definitions apply for purposes of this clause:

(1) Child. A child or children are defined as persons who have not attained 18 years of age.

(2) Child abuse, exploitation, or neglect. Constitutes any form of physical abuse; emotional ill-treatment; sexual abuse; neglect or insufficient supervision; trafficking; or commercial, transactional, labor, or other exploitation resulting in actual or potential harm to the child's health, well-being, survival, development, or dignity. It includes, but is not limited to: Any act or failure to act which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm to a child, or an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm to a child.

(3) Emotional abuse or ill treatment. Constitutes injury to the psychological capacity or emotional stability of the child caused by acts, threats of acts, or coercive tactics. Emotional abuse may include, but is not limited to: Humiliation, control, isolation, withholding of information, or any other deliberate activity that makes the child feel diminished or embarrassed.

(4) Exploitation. Constitutes the abuse of a child where some form of remuneration is involved or whereby the perpetrators benefit in some manner. Exploitation represents a form of coercion and violence that is detrimental to the child's physical or mental health, development, education, or well-being.

(5) Neglect. Constitutes failure to provide for a child's basic needs within USAID-funded activities that are responsible for the care of a child in the absence of the child's parent or guardian.

(6) Physical abuse. Constitutes acts or failures to act resulting in injury (not necessarily visible), unnecessary or unjustified pain or suffering without causing injury, harm or risk of harm to a child's health or welfare, or death. Such acts may include, but are not limited to: Punching, beating, kicking, biting, shaking, throwing, stabbing, choking, or hitting (regardless of object used), or burning. These acts are considered abuse regardless of whether they were intended to hurt the child.

(7) Sexual abuse. Constitutes fondling a child's genitals, penetration, incest, rape, sodomy, indecent exposure, and exploitation through prostitution or the production of pornographic materials.

(d) The contractor must insert this clause in all subcontracts under this award.

(End of clause)

8. On PART III – DOCUMENTS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS, SECTION J - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS, replace in its entirety the text under ATTACHMENT 7 - GENDER ANALYSIS MATRIX with “Electronic version is uploaded as a separate Microsoft Office Excel at http://www.fbo.gov/

9. On PART III – DOCUMENTS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS, SECTION J - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS, replace the title of ATTACHMENT 8 with “LOGICAL FRAMEWORK PROJECT APPRAISAL DOCUMENT

(OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT)”

10. On PART III – DOCUMENTS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS, SECTION J - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS, at the end, list the following attachment:

“ATTACHMENT 14 – U.S MISSION COLOMBIA LOCAL COMPENSATION PLAN

SALARY RANGES

A hard copy is available as an attachment of this document.”

11. On PART IV – REPRESENTATION AND INSTRUCTIONS, SECTION L –

INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS, L.4 GENERAL

INSTRUCTIONS, DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS, replace sections (b), (c) and (e) as follows:

(a) RFP Instructions Proposals must be submitted in accordance with t he i n s t r uc t i ons i n Section L. If an offeror does not follow the instructions set forth herein, the offeror’s proposal may be eliminated from further consideration or the proposal may be down-graded and not receive full or partial credit under the applicable evaluation criteria.

(b) Accurate and Complete Information Offerors must set forth full, accurate, and complete information as required by this RFP.

Proposals must be specific, complete, and concise. The offeror is urged to examine this solicitation in its entirety, in order to assure that the proposal contains all the necessary information, provides all required documentation and is complete in all respects since evaluation of the proposal will be based on the actual material presented and not on the basis of what is implied. Incomplete proposals may be eliminated from further consideration or the proposal may be down-graded and not receive full or partial credit under the applicable evaluation criteria.

The penalty for making false statements to the Government is prescribed in 18 U.S.C. 1001.

(c) Offer Acceptability

USAID may determine an offer to be unacceptable if an offeror does not comply with all of the terms and conditions of the RFP and prospective contract, including:

1) Completion of Standard Form 33, Blocks 12 through 18;

2) Submission of proposed costs/prices and indirect cost information as required by

Section B and L of this RFP;

3) Completion of the “Representations, Certifications, and Other Statements of Offerors” in Section K; and

4) Submission of information required by Section L or any other section of this RFP.

Incomplete proposals may be eliminated from further consideration. The submission of these items in accordance with these instructions will, if the USAID accepts the offer, contractually bind USAID and the successful offeror to the terms and conditions of the prospective contract. Offerors must follow the instructions contained in this RFP and supply all information and signature/certifications, as required.”

12. On PART IV – REPRESENTATION AND INSTRUCTIONS, SECTION L –

INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS, L.5 DELIVERY

INSTRUCTIONS, insert the following language on the sixth paragraph after “MS Excel 2010)”:

“USAID servers may receive single emails with a maximum size of 25MB including all attachments and the message.”

13. On PART IV – REPRESENTATION AND INSTRUCTIONS, SECTION L –

INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS, L.6 INSTRUCTIONS

FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL, (b), replace the first paragraph as follows:

“The proposal must be written in English and typed on standard 8.5” x 11” paper (216mm x 297mm), single spaced, Times New Roman font not less than 12 points in size, with margins no less than one inch of each border. Number each page consecutively. All graphs and charts must be included in the annexes. Text in graphs, charts and text boxes may be less than 12 points in size but no less than 8 points and must be legible.”

On the same section, replace the sixth bullet as follows:

“Technical Approach (6 pages)*”

And insert the following footnote:

“*If the offeror uses the sixth page of the technical approach to include the results chain diagram produced by Miradi or other software, this page may be larger than standard 8.5” x 11” paper (216mm x 297mm).”

Finally and on the same section, remove the page limitation on Annex I - Branding Implementation Plan & Marking Plan.

14. On PART IV – REPRESENTATION AND INSTRUCTIONS, SECTION L – INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS, L.6.1 Technical Approach and Performance Work Statement, replace point 3 as follows:

“3. All the Special Considerations defined in Section C.2 indicating how these have been integrated to the approach. “

15. On PART IV – REPRESENTATION AND INSTRUCTIONS, SECTION L –

INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS, L.6.1 Technical Approach and Performance Work Statement, in the paragraph that refers to the Draft Activity Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (AMEP), replace the last sentence as follows: “Within the ten

(10) illustrative indicators the offeror must include the appropriate and current standard F indicators (http://www.state.gov/f/indicators/) and indicators linked to the Project Appraisal Document from the Office of Environment at USAID/Colombia (ATTACHMENT 8) that are applicable to the PWS proposed.”

16. On PART IV – REPRESENTATION AND INSTRUCTIONS, SECTION L – INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS, L.6.2. Proposed Implementation Team, replace section a. as follows:

“a. Education: Graduate level education understood as formal post-graduate studies beyond a bachelor’s degree that are one years or longer. Education in areas of knowledge related to the responsibilities under the Activity is preferable.”

17. On PART IV – REPRESENTATION AND INSTRUCTIONS, SECTION L – INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS, L.6.4. Past Performance, (d)(3)(B), replace the language as follows:

“(B) To supplement the narrative summary in (A), provide a copy of the three (3) most recent SF 294 “Subcontracting Report for Individual Contracts” reports submitted to eSRS (FAR 52.219- 9(d)(10) over the past three years or a copy of any similarly recent subcontracting reports if they were not submitted to eSRS.”

18. On PART IV – REPRESENTATION AND INSTRUCTIONS, SECTION L – L.7.A.(12) Fixed fee (if any), delete the following sentence: “USAID will not agree to allow the GUCs to be included in the calculation of fixed fee.”

19. On PART IV – REPRESENTATION AND INSTRUCTIONS, SECTION L – L.7

INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS, INSTRUCTIONS FOR

THE PREPARATION OF THE COST/BUSINESS PROPOSAL, Part 3 - Representations, Certifications, and Other Statements of Offerors, replace the first paragraph as follows:

“Offerors and all proposed subcontractors must ensure they are registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) (www.sam.gov) per FAR part 4. The offeror and each proposed subcontractor must complete and submit Section K, “Representations, Certifications, and Other Statements of Offerors” and ATTACHMENTS 10 and 13 included in this solicitation.”

20. On PART IV – REPRESENTATION AND INSTRUCTIONS, SECTION L – L.7

INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS, INSTRUCTIONS FOR

THE PREPARATION OF THE COST/BUSINESS PROPOSAL, B. CLIN 0002, replace the paragraph before the last one as follows: “For estimating purposes, the offeror must propose costs for a total of [800] person-days equally distributed across all labor categories for each year of the seven-year contract.”

21. On PART IV – REPRESENTATION AND INSTRUCTIONS, SECTION M – EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD, M.3 COST PROPOSAL EVALUATION, delete the following sentence in the first paragraph “If an offeror’s technical proposal is determined to be unacceptable or unsatisfactory USAID will not evaluate their cost proposal.”

22. On ATTACHMENTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS, ATTACHMENT 1 – STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES (SOO), GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS, delete the following paragraph:

“The Activity will also complement, as necessary, efforts currently implemented through USAID’s Environment Peace Initiative in Colombia (EPIC), focused on the Colombia Amazon, through results on biodiversity conservation policy and institutional capacity at the national level.”

23. On ATTACHMENTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS, replace ATTACHMENT 9 – BUDGET TEMPLATE with the revised excel file attached through the amendment of the solicitation.

24. On ATTACHMENTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS, add the following attachment:

“ATTACHMENT 14 – U.S MISSION COLOMBIA LOCAL COMPENSATION PLAN

SALARY RANGES

POSITION LEVEL ANNUAL SALARY RANGE

Support Level Personnel COP$21,266,798 (FSN 4/1) – COP$59,414,027 (FSN 7/13) Mid-Level Personnel COP$59,657,846 (FSN 8/7) – COP$132,668,016 (FSN 10/13) Senior Level Personnel COP$137,738,473 (FSN 11/8) – COP$232,566,989 (FSN 12/13)”