SOL- 527-12-000010 Amendment 2.pdf

RFP-SOL 527-12-000010

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1. Section F.6 Reports and Deliverables, p. F-1. Delete the following: “All reports will in English, unless it is a local organization, in which case quarterly reports can be written in Spanish with an executive summary in English. All reports and plans are subject to written final approval and acceptance by the COR. Replace with the following: “All reports will be in English and translated in Spanish. All reports and plans are subject to written final approval and acceptance by the COR.”

2. Section F.6, A. List of Reports and Plans, Annual Work Plan (AWP), p. F-2: Delete the following: “The Contractor will submit the final revised version 60 days after contract award. Replace with the following: “The Contractor will submit the final revised version 30 days after contract award.”

3. Section F.6, B. Reporting and Deliverables Matrix, p. F- 4. Delete the following:

Final report 90 days after the end of the contract award

Replace with the following:

Final report To be issued no later than the last day of contract award

4. L.4 FAR 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEPT 2006), p. L-2, last sentence.

Delete the following: “REF: SOL-527-000010 USAID/ Promoting Justice and Integrity in Public Administration Project.” Replace with the following: “REF: SOL- 527-12-000010 USAID/ Promoting Justice and Integrity in Public Administration Project.”

5. L.6 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE TECHNICAL

PROPOSAL. p. L-3. Delete the following: “The page length for the technical approach must not exceed eighteen (18) pages and the length of the entire Technical Proposal should not exceed twenty-five (25) pages exclusive of Annexes and other pages not subject to a page limitation as specified in (b) below. “ Replace with the following: “The page length for the entire Technical Proposal should not exceed twenty-five (25) pages exclusive of Annexes and other pages not subject to a page limitation as specified in (b) below.”

6. L.6 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE TECHNICAL

PROPOSAL. p. L-3. Delete the following:

Therefore, Technical Proposals must be organized in the following manner:

I. Executive Summary – not to exceed two (2) pages II. Technical Approach – not to exceed eighteen (18) pages III. Personnel and Management Plan IV. Institutional Past Performance V. Annexes

P a g e | 3 Annex A – Statement of Work- not to exceed ten (10) pages Annex B – Draft Performance Monitoring Plan Annex C – Draft Initial Annual Work plan Annex D – Gender Analysis Annex E – Resumes (Key Personnel) Annex F – Letters of Commitment (Key Personnel) Annex G – Staffing Pattern & Organizational Chart Annex H – Past Performance Chart Annex I – SF 294 Form. (Subcontracting Report Using Small Business Concerns) Annex J – Branding Implementation Plan Annex K – Corporate Capabilities Statements for Offeror and Subs Annex L – Operations Plan

Replace with the following:

Therefore, Technical Proposals must be organized in the following manner:

I. Executive Summary – not to exceed two (2) pages II. Technical Approach – not to exceed twenty-three (23) pages III. Personnel and Management Plan IV. Institutional Past Performance V. Annexes

Annex A – Statement of Work- not to exceed ten (10) pages Annex B – Draft Performance Monitoring Plan Annex C – Draft Initial Annual Work plan Annex D – Gender Analysis Annex E – Resumes (Key Personnel) Annex F – Letters of Commitment (Key Personnel) Annex G – Staffing Pattern & Organizational Chart Annex H – Institutional Past Performance Annex I – Past Performance using Small Business Concerns Annex J – Branding Implementation Plan Annex K – Corporate Capabilities Statements for Offeror and Subs Annex L – Operations Plan

7. L.6 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE TECHNICAL

PROPOSAL. p. L-3(1). Delete the following:

(1) Technical Approach

I. Executive Summary (maximum two (2) pages) II. Technical Approach (not to exceed eighteen (18) pages)

(1) Technical Approach

III. Executive Summary (maximum two (2) pages) IV. Technical Approach (not to exceed twenty-three (23) pages)

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8. L.6 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE TECHNICAL

PROPOSAL. (1), (IV) Institutional Past Performance, 1, p. L-7. Delete the following:

List in technical proposal up to five (5) of the most recent and relevant contracts or agreements for efforts similar to the work in the subject proposal.

Replace with the following:

List in Annex H, Institutional Past Performance, of the technical proposal up to five (5) of the most recent and relevant contracts or agreements for efforts similar to the work in the subject proposal.

9. L.6 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE TECHNICAL

PROPOSAL. (1) (IV), Institutional Past Performance,(d) Using Small Business Concerns, (3), p.L-7. Delete the following:

(A) Provide a narrative summary of your organization's use of small business concerns over the past three years.

(B) To supplement the narrative summary in (A), provide with your summary a copy of the most recent SF- 294 “Subcontracting Report for Individual Contracts" for each contract against which you were required to report for the past 2 years.

(C) Provide the names and addresses of three SB concerns for us to contact for their assessment of your performance in using SB concerns. Provide a brief summary of the type of work each SB concern provided to your organization, and the name of a contact person, his/her title, phone number, and e-mail address for each.

Replace with the following:

(A) In Annex I, Past Performance using Small Business Concerns, provide a narrative summary of your organization's use of small business concerns over the past three years.

(B) In Annex I, to supplement the narrative summary in (A), provide with your summary a copy of the most recent SF- 294 “Subcontracting Report for Individual Contracts" for each contract against which you were required to report for the past 2 years.

(C) In Annex I, provide the names and addresses of three SB concerns for us to contact for their assessment of your performance in using SB concerns. Provide a brief summary of the type of work each SB concern provided to your organization, and the name of a contact person, his/her title, phone number, and e-mail address for each.

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10. L.6 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE TECHNICAL

PROPOSAL, Annexes, p.L-8

Delete the following:

h. Past Performance Chart

i. SF-294 Subcontracting Report for Individual Contracts

h. Institutional Past Performance

i. Past Performance Using Small Business Concerns

11. L.6 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE COST PROPOSAL, (C),

(2), (A) Salary and Wages, p.L-12. Delete the following:

(A) Salary and Wages - Direct salaries and wages should be proposed in accordance with the following:

For All Long-Term Professional Positions: a) The Offeror's certified Salary Range (see Section H.7), which must include the responsibilities associated with the position, along with the minimum requirements sought for that position; and b) the selected candidate’s salary history as certified in the Biographical Data Sheets (see Attachment J.4, or the electronic forms may be obtained at http://www.usaid.gov/forms), which will determine where the candidate’s salary will fall within the appropriate salary range.

(A) Salary and Wages - Direct salaries and wages should be proposed in accordance with the following:

For All Long-Term Professional Positions: a) The Offeror's certified Salary Range (see Section H.7), which must include the responsibilities associated with the position, along with the minimum requirements sought for that position; and

b) for Key Personnel Positions, the selected candidate’s salary history as certified in the Biographical Data Sheets (see Attachment J.4, or the electronic forms may be obtained at http://www.usaid.gov/forms), which will determine where the candidate’s salary will fall within the appropriate salary range.

12. Attachment J-1 Statement of Objectives.

Delete in its entirety the last paragraph of Attachment J-1. Replace in its entirety the following:

The SOO and Performance Specifications, stated herein, provide the Government's overall objectives and performance requirements for this solicitation. Offerors will use the SOO and Performance Specifications, together with other applicable portions of this RFP, as the basis for preparing their proposal. Offerors will ensure all aspects of the SOO and Performance

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Specifications are addressed. The CSOW should specify in clear, understandable terms the work to be done in developing or producing the goods to be delivered or services to be performed by the Contractor. Preparation of an effective CSOW requires both the understanding of the goods and services that are needed to satisfy a particular requirement and an ability to define what is required in specific, quantitative terms. The offerors’ understanding of both required goods and services, as well as the effort required, should be fully demonstrated in the offerors’ technical and cost proposals. The Offeror’s SOW will include appropriate compliance and reference documents. All documents that are included will be listed to properly identify the revision that will be used, and will contain appropriate tailoring. As a minimum, the Offeror’s SOW will include the compliance documents listed in the RFP. The offerors may propose additional compliance documents. The offerors may obtain information from referenced guidance documents, but are not required to comply with any requirement in a reference guidance document.