Attachment_1_Specific_Changes_to_SOL-696-16-000014.pdf

Attachment 1: Specific Changes

Amendment 1 to Solicitation Number: SOL-696-16-000014; Hinga Weze Activity

1. Cover Letter of the RFP, Closing Date, delete “December 11, 2016” and replace it with “December 12, 2016”.

2. Section B.8: Table 1 – Fixed Fee Payment Schedule, Delete “Identifier D” in its entirety.

3. Section C.1: Second paragraph, delete the words “and/or livestock”. Also Delete the words “under five years” and replace it with “6-23 months”.

4. Section C.2(d)B Page C-8: Delete “under five years” and replace it with “6-23 months”.

5. Section C.3, Paragraph 2: Delete “300,000" and replace it with "200,000".

6. Section C.3, Paragraph 2: Delete “pregnant and lactating women” and replace it with

“women of reproductive age (15-49)”.

7. Section C.3, Paragraph 2: “Delete 50 percent” and replace it with “40 percent”.

8. Section C.3, Table: Feed the Future Rwanda Hinga Weze Activity Results Framework, under IR 3, delete “Number of households with improved nutrition, hygiene and food safety practices”.

9. Section C.3.1: Expected results for component 1: Sustainable agriculture productivity;

delete "At least 300,000 farmers have applied improved agriculture technologies".

10. Section C.3.3: Expected results for component 3: Nutrition sensitive agriculture; delete “50 percent” in all four bullet points and replace it with “40 percent”.

11. Section C.4.2.2.3: Component 3 Expected results (RFP page C-18 and C-19); delete “50 percent” on all four bullet points and replace it with “40 percent”.

12. Section C.4.2.2.3: Component 3 Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture, first paragraph; delete “three” and replace it with “four”.

13. Section C.4.2.2.3: Component 3 Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture; third bullet under “Services provided under this component…”; delete the following sentence “This approach is consistent with findings from the SPRING technical assistance trip to Rwanda that revealed that under nutrition in the community visited was due to a lack of understanding of the proper composition and preparation of an age-appropriate, diversified diet, and the ability to purchase and consume it throughout the year”.

14. Section C.4.2.2.3: Component 3 Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture; sixth bullet under “Services provided under this component…”; delete ”under five” and replace it with “6 – 23 months of age”.

15. Section H.17: delete “22 CFR 226” and replace it with “2 CFR 200, 2 CFR 700”

16. Section L.5(a): delete “two days” of closing date to submit hard copies and replace it with

“four days”.

17. Section L.5(a): delete “5MB” which is a size limit per email and replace it with “10MB”.

18. Section L.12(b)2.A.4. and 5.: delete “$5,000” and replace it with “$500”.

19. Section L.12(b)4.: add “million” after “$32.5” and after “$35.7” for the requirement magnitude.

20. Section H.32(4): Add the following: A guide to Digital Financial Services (DFS) in

Agriculture can be found at the following link:

https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/15396/Guide%20to%20DFS%20in% 20Ag_Web_Final.pdf