SOL-608-14-000005_Amendment_1_memo.docx

USAID/Morocco Career Development Activity

To All Prospective Offerors, The purpose of Amendment No. 01 is to make changes in the following areas, most of which correspond to the Responses to Questions regarding the RFP.

1. Section C.4.3 – Program Management and Personnel Requirements: The CDA will not include sub-grants. Any and all references to sub-grants in the RFP should be dismissed. The below text replaces the content in this sub-section.

The Contractor shall establish an office in Morocco to provide necessary support for management, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. The office shall provide administrative and management support for the Contractor, including implementation of financial and accounting systems for procurement, arranging for and supporting in‐country travel and training for long and short‐term personnel, as well as processing and hosting key or short‐term consultants.

2. Section C.4.4 - Personnel Requirement: This section was erroneously marked D. Personnel Requirement. This section is henceforth properly label Section C.4.4. Further amendments for personnel requirements are listed below:

For the Career Development Specialist, a minimum of five (5) years of successful experience in the field of career development is required, preferably with three (3) or more years in a developing country context and/or three (3) or more years in MENA.

For the Work Readiness Specialist, a minimum of five (5) years successfully implementing workforce development projects is required, preferably with three (3) or more years in a development country context and/or three (3) or more years in MENA.

3. Section F.4 – Reports and Deliverables or Outputs: In the Deliverables Table found on page 24, Deliverable #3, Life of Activity Work Plan has been removed. The Life of Activity Work Plan is included in Deliverable #2 – Initial Annual Work Plan.

4. Section L.3.2: The hard copy requirement for proposal submission has been eliminated. Offerors are only required to submit proposals electronically. There is no MB limit to submissions, however it is the responsibility of the Offeror to confirm that the submissions was successfully transmitted and received by USAID before the RFP closing deadline of July 7, 2014, 15:00 Rabat Local Time.

5. Section L.4.1(c): The following text replaces previous instructions noted in this section. Offerors should refer to this amendment for any and all other references to page limitations in the RFP:

Detailed information should be presented only when required by specific RFP instructions. The main body of the technical proposal must be written in English and must not exceed twenty (20) pages. Information submitted over twenty (20) pages will not be evaluated by the Evaluation Committee. Annexes must not exceed thirty (30) pages. Graphics, tables, and exhibits are included in the page limits regardless of whether they are found in the main body the proposal or the annexes. Offerors are free to include additional items in the Annex so long as the total page count does not exceed thirty (30).

The table below provides further clarification to page counts and required contents of the Technical Proposal and Annexes:

1. Section L.4.2.f -Key Personnel and Staffing Plan: The following text replaces this section::

Key personnel shall establish a presence in Morocco within thirty (30) days from the award date. Key personnel consist of one (1) Chief of Party, one (1) Career Development Specialist, and one (1) Work Readiness Specialist.

Key personnel are those considered to be essential to the work being performed under the award. Incumbents for key positions will be proposed to USAID by the Offeror. Key personnel are subject to approval by USAID prior to employment under the Award. The Offeror should describe the qualifications of the proposed key personnel and how they meet the criteria listed in Section C., Personnel Requirements. In the Annex, Offerors shall include résumés of no more than three pages in length for each key personnel, and at least three professional references with current telephone numbers, email addresses, and their relationship to the proposed key person. In the Annex, Offerors should provide a sample technical report authored by each proposed key personnel in English or provide a URL link to such document accessible online. The technical report sample does not count against the Annex page limit.

The Offeror shall propose a staffing plan that is adequate and reasonable to achieve the program’s key objectives and expected results and may submit a complete listing of personnel with position descriptions in the Annex. The Offeror may make provisions for recruiting U.S long-term, and/or short-term subject matter experts to insure successful execution.

6. The solicitation has been revised accordingly (changes are highlighted in blue).

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