SOL-608-16-000007_Amendment_1.pdf

RFP no. SOL-608-16-000007

Reading for Success - National Program for Reading (RFS-NPR)

Amendment 01

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Project Title Reading For Success - National Program for Reading

(RFS-NPR)

Request for Proposal (RFP) Number SOL-608-16-000007

Issue Date September 20, 2016

Question Submission Deadline October 4, 2016 12:00 noon Rabat local time

Pre-Proposal Conference October 20, 2016 14:00pm Rabat / 10:00am EDT

Closing Date for Submission of Proposals* November 7, 2016 12:00 noon Rabat local time

SUBJECT: Amendment No.1 to Request for Proposal (RFP) No.: SOL-608-16-000007

Reading For Success - National Program for Reading (RFS-NPR) Activity in Morocco

Dear Potential Offerors:

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

1. Cover page:

The following text provides instructions noted in this section:

A Pre-Proposal Conference will be conducted by Phone Conference Call on the time and date stated above.

The purpose of this Pre-Proposal Conference is to schedule a Q&A session in which Offerors will have an opportunity to ask questions and Government to respond in an open forum. Any questions or issues discussed will be provided formal written responses through a follow-up

RFP Amendment No.2.

Interested Offerors who plan to submit a proposal are encouraged to participate in this pre-proposal conference and must register and submit their questions for the Pre-Proposal

Conference in advance by e-mail notification including organization name, names and number of representatives (not to exceed two per organization) with contact information to usaidmoroccocontracts@usaid.gov and Ms. Salya Yacoubi, Supv. Senior Acquisition and

Assistance Specialist, at syacoubi@usaid.gov with a copy to Craig Smith, Regional Contracting

Officer, at csmith@usaid.gov no later than October 18, 2016. Please put in the subject line

“Pre-Proposal Conference Registration.”

Specific call-in instructions are provided below:

Dial this US number: +1 641 715 3580

Code: 488 286 mailto:usaidmoroccocontracts@usaid.gov mailto:syacoubi@usaid.gov mailto:csmith@usaid.gov

RFP no. SOL-608-16-000007

Reading for Success - National Program for Reading (RFS-NPR)

Amendment 01

2. Revise Section F as follows:

Under F.4, replace French with Arabic

Under F.7, delete “French” from the Final report line item and replace FRENCH with ARABIC from the Branding and Marking Plan line item of the deliverables table.

3. In Section H.12 (a) (2), delete the reference “H.8” and replace it with “H.11”.

4. In section I.8 52.247-67 SUBMISSION OF TRANSPORTATION DOCUMENTS FOR

AUDIT (FEB 2006) delete the entire text and insert the following instead of:

(a) The Contractor shall submit to the address identified below, for prepayment audit, transportation documents on which the United States will assume freight charges that were paid-

(1) By the Contractor under a cost-reimbursement contract; and

(2) By a first-tier subcontractor under a cost-reimbursement subcontract thereunder.

(b) Cost-reimbursement Contractors shall only submit for audit those bills of lading with freight shipment charges exceeding $100. Bills under $100 shall be retained on-site by the Contractor and made available for on- site audits. This exception only applies to freight shipment bills and is not intended to apply to bills and invoices for any other transportation services.

(c) Contractors shall submit the above referenced transportation documents to—

[To be filled in by Contracting Officer at time of the Award]

5. In Section J, FOLDER 11, delete FSN Scale and replace with FSN Scale 2016 and add the following FOLDERS:

FOLDER 12: VAT Presentation

FOLDER 13: ME-14-65 IEE

6. In Section L.6.B., delete 25 days and replace it with 60 days.