Pre-solicitation Notice PAID.docx

SOLICITATION NUMBER: USAID-UGANDA-SOL-617-12-000014-AG INPUTS-PRESOLICITATION

Synopsis:

The purpose of this notice is to comply with the synopses and pre-solicitation notice requirements of FAR 5.2 – Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions. Any solicitation resulting from this notice will be handled in accordance with FAR 5.102(d); therefore, availability of any resulting solicitation package will be limited to this electronic medium. Accordingly, interested vendors are encouraged to register themselves as an interested vendor.

The United States Government (USG), represented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) intends to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Feed the Future Agricultural Inputs (FTF Ag-Inputs) activity in Uganda.

The purpose of this solicitation will be to identify a qualified contractor to implement this new USAID/Uganda program. The primary objective of the FTF Ag-Inputs activity is to increase the use of high quality agricultural inputs in Uganda. To achieve this goal, FTF Ag-Inputs will focus on two intermediate results: 1) Increased availability of inputs to farmers in FTF focus districts; and 2) Decreased prevalence of counterfeit agricultural inputs.

This will be accomplished through: a) Integrating domestic agricultural input supply chains; b) Increased private sector marketing of agricultural inputs; c) Increased promotion of agricultural inputs; d) Improved capacity of domestic agricultural inputs associations; e) Development of an e-verification system for agricultural inputs; and f) Increased capacity of agrodealers and stronger supply chain relationships. These efforts will be integrated with and supported by other various programs in the Mission’s Economic Growth portfolio working at the national and district level.

USAID anticipates issuing the solicitation on or about March 30, 2012. Please do not consider this announcement as an RFP, and do not submit your proposals until a formal RFP is posted on the FedBizOpps website: http://www.fbo.gov.

This notice does not obligate USAID to award a contract, nor does it commit the USG to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of proposals.

Any comment/question regarding this notice should be directed to the Office or Acquisition and Assistance, USAID/Uganda, at KampalaUSAIDSolicita@usaid.gov.

Contracting Office Address:

USAID/Uganda US Embassy Compound Plot 1577 Ggaba Road Kampala UGANDA

Primary Point of Contact:

Tracy Miller, Contracting Officer USAID/Uganda KampalaUSAIDSolicita@usaid.gov Phone: +256 414 306 001 Fax: +-256-414-306661 Secondary Point of Contact:

Florence Alimo, Acquisition and Assistance Assistant USAID/Uganda KampalaUSAIDSolicita@usaid.gov Phone: +256 414 306 001 Fax: +-256-414-306661