Solicitation- Global Health Security Advisor LV .pdf

ATTACHMENT 1 72066023R00003

SOLICITATION NUMBER: 72066023R00003

ISSUANCE DATE: March 06, 2023 CLOSING DATE AND TIME: April 02, 2023, 5:00 PM, Kinshasa Time

SUBJECT: Solicitation for U.S. Personal Service Contractor (USPSC) and Third Country National Personal Service Contractor (TCNPSC) – Global Health Security (GHS) Advisor, USAID/DRC

Dear Prospective Offerors:

The United States Government, represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is seeking offers from qualified persons to provide personal services under contract as described in this solicitation.

Offers must be in accordance with Attachment 1 of this solicitation. Incomplete or unsigned offers will not be considered. Offerors should retain copies of all offer materials for their records.

USAID will evaluate all offerors based on the stated evaluation criteria. USAID encourages all individuals, including those from disadvantaged and under-represented groups, to respond to the solicitation.

This solicitation in no way obligates USAID to award a PSC contract, nor does it commit USAID to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of the offer.

Any questions must be directed in writing to the Point of Contact specified in the Attachment 1.

Sincerely, /S/

Samuel Matthews Contracting Officer

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

1. SOLICITATION NO.: 72066023R00003

2. ISSUANCE DATE: March 06, 2023

3. CLOSING DATE AND TIME FOR RECEIPT OF OFFERS: April 02, 2023 before and/or on 5:00

PM (Kinshasa local time)

4. POINT OF CONTACT: USAID/DRC, Executive Office/Human Resources Unit, email at usaidhrkinshasa@usaid.gov

5. POSITION TITLE: Global Health Security (GHS) Advisor

6. MARKET VALUE: $99,908 – $129,878 equivalent to GS-14. Final compensation will be negotiated within the listed market value. USPSCs performing overseas are not entitled to Locality Pay.

7. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with possible regional and international travel. Due to the size of the country, location of project sites, and logistical challenges, field visits can take anywhere from three to seven days.

Overseas USPSCs and TCNPSCs not subject to the local compensation plan may be authorized to telework or remote work only from a location within the country of performance, in accordance with Mission policy. Telework or remote work from outside the country of performance may only be authorized in certain situations in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract.

8. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:

The base period will be Two (2) years, estimated to start o/a September 2023 or earlier if required clearances are obtained. Based on Agency need, the Contracting Officer may exercise three (3) additional option periods for one (1) year for the dates estimated as follows:

Base Period: o/a September 2023 - o/a September 2025

Option Period 1 o/a September 2025 - o/a September 2026

Option Period 2 o/a September 2026 - o/a September 2027

Option Period 3 o/a September 2027 - o/a September 2028

9. ELIGIBLE OFFERORS: U.S. Citizens, Resident Aliens (USNs) and Third Country Nationals

(TCN).

10. SECURITY LEVEL REQUIRED: The final selected candidate must obtain both the appropriate security (HSPD-12/Facility Access authorization) and medical clearances within a reasonable period of time (USAID will provide details regarding these clearances to the selected candidate). If such clearance is not obtained within a reasonable time or negative suitability issues are involved, any offer made may be rescinded.

11. STATEMENT OF DUTIES

BACKGROUND

In today’s globalized world, the speed with which newly emergent diseases can surface and spread, as illustrated by the COVID-19 pandemic most recently and also the H1N1 2009 pandemic virus and the West Africa Ebola outbreak in 2014, raises serious public health, economic, security and development concerns. It also underscores the need for the global community to act preemptively and systematically to improve individual countries’ abilities to earlier identify and quickly mitigate health threats arising within their borders.

The majority of all new, emerging and re-emerging diseases affecting humans at the beginning of the twenty-first century have originated from animals. Many of these infectious diseases are of serious concern to human and animal health, and they have emerged in places where humans, wildlife, and domestic animals are increasingly in contact. The emergence of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) coronaviruses in 2003 and 2019, the H1N1-2009 pandemic influenza virus, and Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) illustrate the consequences of not having in place capacities to detect the early stages of spillover, amplification, and spread of a new disease threat. The early recognition of a potential threat also allows for a global effort to take preemptive steps to bring the spread of the virus under greater control – and by extension possibly reduce the opportunities for it to emerge as a pandemic threat.

Importantly, efforts supported under USAID’s Global Health Security (GHS) portfolio have advanced the understanding of disease spillover, amplification, and spread by highlighting the strong correlation between “high risk” geographic areas, animal hosts, microbial agents, and people. This collective body of work, in turn, has led to the recognition that risk-based intervention strategies enable targeting disease detection to those places, populations, times or situations where risk of viral spillover, amplification, and spread is greatest and the likelihood of detecting these events is highest.

In 2014 multilateral partners and the US Government launched the Global Health Security Agenda.

The vision of the GHSA is a world safe and secure from global health threats posed by infectious diseases – where threats can prevent or mitigate the impact of naturally occurring outbreaks and accidental or intentional releases of dangerous pathogens, rapidly detect and transparently report outbreaks when they occur, and employ an interconnected global network that can respond effectively to limit the spread of infectious disease outbreaks in humans and animals, mitigate human suffering and the loss of human life, and reduce economic impact. USAID joins other US agencies in achieving this vision, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Defense, USDA, the National Security Council and others.

USAID’s GHS funds advance the Global Health Security Agenda and have helped to build health security capacities in priority countries with a focus on addressing zoonotic diseases (those which emanate from animals) and improving animal health services through a One Health approach, which integrates the efforts of the human health, animal health, and environmental sectors.

USAID’s GHS portfolio uses a multisectoral approach to strengthen countries’ ability to prevent, detect and respond to infectious zoonotic disease outbreaks that are of greatest public health concern. The program emphasizes systems strengthening at national and subnational levels and in multiple sectors for preparedness; laboratory; surveillance; workforce; risk communications;

supply chain and related countermeasures. The GHS approach embraces the One Health approach, recognizing the critical role that wildlife, livestock, other domestic animals, and environment play in emerging zoonotic diseases with pandemic potential. Identifying and minimizing zoonotic disease spillover risks at their source in animals and a comprehensive approach to antimicrobial resistance that includes the livestock, agriculture, and environment sectors are essential components of USAID’s contribution to the GHSA. USAID’s GHS program also leverages other USAID programming priorities in the areas of public health, food security, economic growth, and disaster assistance. Healthy animals provide a safe and nutritious food supply component, and additionally, jobs and livelihoods all along the value chain from producer to final consumer. Livestock industries are huge contributors to national and regional economies in the area.

Ensuring that animals are safely, economically managed and food is safe for human consumption not only minimizes the risk of transferring zoonotic diseases and antimicrobial resistance, but also greatly assists with enhancing partner countries’ capacity for agricultural development and participation in international trade. Global Health programming in DRC with primary objectives in the areas of health systems strengthening and disease control, such as malaria and TB, HIV also contribute significantly to GHS targets.

1. General Statement of Purpose of Contract

The U.S. Agency for International Development seeks to employ a U.S./TCNPSC who will be responsible for ensuring well-coordinated and effective delivery of program implementation across the Agency’s Global Health Security (GHS) portfolio in DRC. The Advisor will be responsible for overseeing a complex, multi-sectoral portfolio, providing leadership and state of the art technical support to the full range of GHS investments in DRC, including preparedness, prevention, detection, and response for prioritized infectious diseases of public health concern.

This position will be under the supervision of the USAID/DRC Health Office Director or delegated supervisor. The Advisor will serve as a technical resource to the USAID Mission in DRC, including the health, economic growth, and environment teams. The Advisor will be responsible for working closely with Washington-based technical advisors and AORs to ensure coordination across all projects and programs across the GHS portfolio and to ensure that program activities are well coordinated with national governments. The Advisor will also liaise with the AORs and CORs of applicable bilateral projects and activity managers of field support activities to ensure coordination of GHS activities and mandated interagency reporting.

Placement of an Advisor in DRC will fill a critical role for USAID to meet the expectations of the White House and Congress for rapid, effective, and coordinated implementation of GHS activities and the Ebola response. The Advisor will lead USAID’s response to the mission’s Ebola as well represent USAID in all relevant interagency and other donors at GHS coordinating mechanisms in country to ensure USAID programming is fully aligned with DRC’s GHSA Roadmap and annual work plan; is contributing to the advancement of action package and technical area objectives; and is responsive to the country context. The Advisor will work closely with other USG partners, particularly the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Department of Defense (DOD) offices working at national levels, which also provide support for GHS implementation, thus presenting a "whole of government" approach. The Advisor will also work very closely with the Government of DRC including the Ministry of Health; the Ministry of Agriculture; the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock; the Office of the Prime Minister; and other government stakeholders.

The Advisor will play a crucial role to help facilitate multi-sectoral coordination and meeting to develop effective One Health strategies to prevent, detect, and respond to emerging infectious diseases.

2. Statement of Duties to be Performed

A. Technical Leadership (40%)

1. Provide technical leadership to introduce, design and lead implementation of all GHS and

Ebola interventions based on USAID guidelines and best practices to detect, mitigate, control and prevent infectious diseases.

2. Guide USAID inputs into interagency planning, execution and implementation of GHS investments.

3. Provide supervision and mentoring to FSN GHS specialist in accelerating implementation of activities.

4. Maintain knowledge of DRC’s and GHS capacities and priorities.

5. Establish and maintain a coordination network among key stakeholders in DRC to include:

a. USG agencies in DRC especially CDC and U.S. Embassy,

b. GoDRC ministries,

c. United Nations (UN) organizations, other donors, private sector, international, and

d. Local Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) and other civil society organizations, etc.

6. Analyze reports, performance statistics and other available data and, make strategic recommendations to the Health Office leadership, the USG interagency and to USAID/Washington on GHS trends and programming in DRC.

7. Establish regular communication and update modalities and work jointly with other USAID/DRC offices and other relevant USG agencies at post.

8. Keep abreast of new developments and emerging issues that affect USAID‘s priorities and share relevant information and recommendations with USAID, USG and other technical counterparts.

B. Program Management and Coordination (40%)

1. Serve as A/COR and/or Activity Manager for bilateral mechanisms, ensuring effective coordination and implementation.

2. Serve as Activity Manager for HQ-based mechanisms, working closely with the A/COR to ensure effective implementation of GHS activities in the country.

3. Ensure coordination across all assets and activities of the USAID/DRC GHS program. This will:

a. Ensure that activities are aligned with the GoDRC’s National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) and One Health Strategic Plan and

b. Align with GHSA Roadmap and related priorities.

4. Establish and maintain coordination networks among USAID implementing partners in DRC whose activities are related to GHS. This will include:

a. Facilitate opportunities for USAID implementing partners to collaborate and leverage each other’s activities.

b. Communicate and promote to IPs USAID’s expectations for IPs to function as a cohesive program working together to advance GHS targets in DRC.

c. Use the network of implementing partners to facilitate GHS implementation, achieve results and to maximize USG investments.

5. Identify and cultivate strategic relationships with senior policy level stakeholders across multiple related sectors and ministries in DRC.

6. Review performance (and financial) reports to ensure that partners are in compliance with bilateral government agreements and with the performance expectations outlined in their work plan and in their contract/agreement with USAID.

7. Ensure that implementing partners are in compliance with all relevant USAID regulations and procedures.

8. Proactively report to the USAID/DRC on developments in the GHS portfolio and policy directions from USAID, Bureau for Global Health.

9. Proactively communicate GHS activities, plans, and results to the USAID/DRC Health and Program Offices, and share with appropriate teams including technical advisors from the USAID/Bureau for Global Health, and the East Africa Regional Emerging Threats Advisor, USAID implementing partners, other USG agencies, and the Government of DRC.

10. Maintain close coordination with USG partner agencies to ensure mutual understanding, coordinated, synergistic, and non-duplicative GHS plans, activities, results, and reporting for

DRC.

11. Serve as the source of information on GHS to enhance USG awareness and collaboration and to address concerns/questions from USAID and Embassy leadership.

C. Program Monitoring and Reporting (20%)

1. Regularly communicate with USAID/Washington technical advisors and AORs/CORs to report on, and discuss, DRC’s GHS portfolio.

2. Lead development of USAID contributions to the DRC Interagency team for submission of bi-annual GHSA Progress Report and annual reports to Congress and the National Security Council via the U.S. Embassy/DRC

3. Have strong knowledge of assessments and scoring related to DRC’s Joint External Evaluation Report

4. Monitor implementation progress, ensuring that actions are completed on schedule or adjusted to meet changing conditions and identifying constraints to activity implementation as well as proposing solutions for their resolution.

5. Conduct site visits and attend relevant meetings and events where USAID presence is required to ensure programmatic quality is maintained.

6. Work closely with partners to ensure that program achievements and lessons learned are widely disseminated in DRC and back to USAID Washington.

7. Lead USAID inputs for preparation of key mission, embassy and agency reporting documents, cables and other inputs as required

3. Supervisory Relationship

Directly supervised by the Health Office Director or delegate. To the extent possible, the GHS Advisor is given wide latitude in planning and executing work assignments. The position supervises the locally employed GHS Program Management Specialist. S/he will be required to act as a mentor or provide on-the-job training to U.S. interns and fellows assigned to the Health Office.

Also, s/he will be required to mentor Health Office and other Mission colleagues on infectious disease development practices.

4. Supervisory Controls

The incumbent operates independently, and her/his work is reviewed primarily in terms of results achieved within the broad constraints of policy and priorities.

“If a third country national (TCN) is selected for award, during the period of this contract, the TCN personal services contractor must provide at least 10 hours/week of training to a cooperating country national (CCN) designated by USAID. The PSC Supervisor will establish a training plan with benchmarks to measure the TCNPSC's progress toward achieving this training deliverable”.

12. PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The work requested does not involve undue physical demands.

II. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION

The education, experience and language factors below determine basic qualifications for the position. Applicants who do not meet all the education and experience factors are considered NOT qualified for the position.

1. Education: Master’s degree in public health, public policy, veterinary medicine, epidemiology, or related field is required.

2. Prior Work Experience: A minimum of eight (8) years of progressively responsible professional experience in Public Health, Animal Health or Epidemiology, five of which must be in developing countries.

3. Language Proficiency: Fluency in French Level III and English Level IV.

III. EVALUATION AND SELECTION FACTORS

The Government may award a contract without discussions with offerors in accordance with FAR 52.215-1. The CO reserves the right at any point in the evaluation process to establish a competitive range of offerors with whom negotiations will be conducted pursuant to FAR 15.306(c). In accordance with FAR 52.215-1, if the CO determines that the number of offers that would otherwise be in the competitive range exceeds the number at which an efficient competition can be conducted, the CO may limit the number of offerors in the competitive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated offers. The FAR provisions referenced above are available at https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far.

The technical evaluation committee may conduct reference checks, including references from individuals who have not been specifically identified by the offeror, and may do so before or after a candidate is interviewed.

QUALITY RANKING FACTORS (QRFs)

Applicants who meet the Education, Work Experience and Language requirements will be further evaluated based on the three (3) Quality Ranking Factors listed below. The applicant will address each factor on a separate sheet describing specifically and accurately the experience, training, and/or education they have that is relevant to each factor. Please provide a word count after each response.

PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE (30 points):

• Experience with infectious disease surveillance, detection and/or response is required, as is practical experience in working with international development agencies.

• At least three years of experience managing high-level coordination and relationships across sectors with public sector entities, bilateral and multilateral donors and NGOs is required.

SKILLS & ABILITIES (30 points):

• The applicant must possess strong management, collaboration, team building, networking, cross cultural and interpersonal skills.

• Candidate must have a proven ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

• Strong interpersonal skills are required to establish and maintain strong contacts with counterparts both inside and outside of USAID and in order to explain USAID objectives https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far and procedures to government officials, private businesses, corporations, foundations, NGOs, and other non-traditional development organizations.

• Demonstrated ability to produce professional quality analytical pieces and make oral presentations.

• The incumbent must be able to communicate effectively and persuasively with a wide range of audiences.

• The incumbent must also have a high degree of technical, analytical, and quantitative skills in scientific approaches and in analysis of development activities and policies.

• Demonstrated ability to lead and to work as a member of a team and to foster teamwork is required as is the ability to develop and maintain productive working relationships at all levels.

• S/he must be able to work in a demanding and often high-stress environment to meet deadlines and ensure consensus.

• Must be a self-starter with strong diplomatic and leadership qualities.

KNOWLEDGE (40 points):

• Professional knowledge of a broad range of infectious disease, one health, antimicrobial resistance, and development issues.

• Knowledge of sub-Saharan Africa, preferably in Francophone cultural/work environments.

• In-depth knowledge of the concepts, principles, techniques and practices of development project management including planning, budgeting and monitoring is required.

• Knowledge is preferable in the infectious disease field from either in public health or animal health.

• Knowledge of how to work with stakeholders across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors is an advantage.

• Knowledge of the DRC public health system and/or animal health system is desirable.

General knowledge of USG rules and regulations is also desirable.

Satisfactory Professional Reference Checks-Pass/Fail (no points assigned)

Total Possible Points: 100

SELECTION PROCESS:

After the closing date for receipt of applications, a committee will convene to review applications that meet the minimum requirements and evaluate them in accordance with the evaluation criteria. Applications from candidates who do not meet the minimum requirements will not be evaluated and scored. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

As part of the selection process, the most qualified candidates may be requested to complete a writing test and be interviewed either in person, by telephone or videoconference at USAID’s discretion. USAID will not pay for any expenses associated with the interviews.

Reference checks will be made only for applicants considered for selection. The applicant’s references must be able to provide substantive information about his/her past performance and abilities. Note: Please be advised that references may be obtained independently from other sources in addition to the ones provided by an offeror. Any offeror not receiving satisfactory reference checks will no longer be considered for the position.

The security clearance and medical clearance are required for the top-ranking candidate, after conducting and receiving the positive reference checks at the conclusion of evaluations.

“USAID policy specifies that U.S. citizens or resident aliens (USNs) are preferred over third country nationals (TCNs). Therefore, USN and TCN offers will not be evaluated together. USAID will evaluate USN offers first and if the CO determines that there are no qualified USNs, only then will USAID evaluate TCN offers”.

IV. SUBMITTING AN OFFER

1. Eligible offerors are required to complete and submit the offer form AID 309-2, “Offeror Information for Personal Services Contracts with Individuals,” available at http://www.usaid.gov/forms

2. Offers must be received by the closing date and time specified in Section I, item 3, and submitted to the Point of Contact in Section I.

3. Offeror submissions must clearly reference the Solicitation number on all offeror submitted documents.

4. Letter of application/cover letter.

5. Current resume/CV.

6. Supplemental document specifically addressing the three QRFs (Prior Work Experience, Skills & Abilities and Knowledge).

7. List of minimum three (3) professional references with contact information (telephone numbers and e-mail addresses). The applicant’s references must be able to provide substantive information about his/her past performance and abilities.

8. Application must be submitted ONLY via usaidhrkinshasa@usaid.gov and the email subject must say –: 72066023R00003 Global Health Security (GHS) Advisor.

9. Late and incomplete applications will not be considered; the application must be submitted before or on the closing date.

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10. Ensuring Adequate COVID-19 Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors – Please be advised that upon award, the contractor will be required to show proof that the contractor is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 on or before the first date of onboarding, or submit an approved reasonable accommodation to the CO. If the contractor does not meet this requirement the contract may be terminated. USPSCs/TCNPSCs performing overseas must follow the Mission policies and/or directives from the U.S. Department of State regarding COVID-19 requirements.

* See Notice Regarding Any Court Order Affecting the Implementation of E.O.

14042 in Section VIII below.

V. LIST OF REQUIRED FORMS PRIOR TO AWARD

The CO will provide instructions about how to complete and submit the following forms after an offeror is selected for the contract award:

● Security Eligibility/Facility Access

● Medical Clearances and Certifications

VI. BENEFITS/ALLOWANCES

As a matter of policy, and as appropriate, a USPSC is normally authorized the following benefits and allowances:

1. BENEFITS (if applicable):

(a) Employer's FICA Contribution

(b) Contribution toward Health & Life Insurance

(c) Pay Comparability Adjustment

(d) Annual Increase (pending a satisfactory performance evaluation)

(e) Eligibility for Worker's Compensation

(f) Leave and Holidays

2. ALLOWANCES (if applicable):

Section numbers refer to rules from the Department of State Standardized Regulations

(Government Civilians Foreign Areas), available at https://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=282&menu_id=101

(a) Temporary Quarter Subsistence Allowance (Section 120)

(b) Living Quarters Allowance (Section 130)

(c) Cost-of-Living Allowance (Chapter 210)

(d) Post Allowance (Section 220)

(e) Separate Maintenance Allowance (Section 260)

(f) Education Allowance (Section 270)

(g) Education Travel (Section 280)

(h) Post Differential (Chapter 500) https://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=282&menu_id=101

(i) Payments during Evacuation/Authorized Departure (Section 600), and

(j) Danger Pay Allowance (Section 650).

VII. TAXES

USPSCs are required to pay Federal income taxes, FICA, Medicare and applicable State Income taxes.

VIII. USAID REGULATIONS, POLICIES AND CONTRACT CLAUSES PERTAINING TO PSCs

USAID regulations and policies governing USPSC awards are available at these sources:

1.USAID Acquisition Regulation (AIDAR), Appendix D, “Direct USAID Contracts with a U.S.

Citizen or a U.S. Resident Alien for Personal Services Abroad,” including contract clause “General Provisions,” available at https://www.usaid.gov/sites/ads/policy/300/aidar.

USAID Acquisition Regulation (AIDAR), Appendix J, “Direct USAID Contracts with a Cooperating Country National and with a Third Country National for Personal Services Abroad,” including contract clause “General Provisions,” available at https://www.usaid.gov/sites/ads/policy/300/aidar.

2. ENSURING ADEQUATE COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTORS (OCT

2021)-Alternate 70 (OCT 2021) (M/OAA-DEV-FAR-22-01c)

(a) Definition. As used in this clause –

United States or its outlying areas means—

(1) The fifty States;

(2) The District of Columbia;

(3) The commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands;

(4) The territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands; and

(5) The minor outlying islands of Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Atoll.

(b) Authority. This clause implements Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, dated September 9, 2021 (published in the Federal Register on September 14, 2021, 86 FR 50985).

(c) Personal Services Contracts with individuals. As a matter of policy, the contractor must comply with the USAID’s guidance applicable to direct-hire federal employees.

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Notice Regarding Any Court Order Affecting the Implementation of E.O. 14042

USAID will take no action to enforce the clause (FAR 52.223-99) implementing the requirements of Executive Order 14042, absent further written notice from USAID, where the place of performance identified in the contract is in a U.S. state or outlying area subject to a court order prohibiting the application of requirements pursuant to the Executive Order (hereinafter, “Excluded State or Outlying Area”). In all other circumstances, USAID will enforce the clause, except for contractor employees who perform substantial work on or in connection with a covered contract in an Excluded State or Outlying Area, or in a covered contractor workplace located in an Excluded State or Outlying Area. A current list of such Excluded States and

Outlying Areas is maintained at https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

3. Contract Cover Page form AID 309-1 available at https://www.usaid.gov/forms. Pricing by line item is to be determined upon contract award as described below:

LINE ITEMS

ITEM NO

(A)

SUPPLIES/SERVICES (DESCRIPTION)

(B)

QUANTITY

(C)

UNIT

(D)

UNIT PRICE

(E)

AMOUNT

(F)

0001 Base Period - Compensation, Fringe Benefits and

Other Direct Costs (ODCs)

- Award Type: Cost

- Product Service Code: [e.g. R497]

- Accounting Info: [insert one or more citation(s) from Phoenix/GLAAS]

2 LOT $ _TBD__ $_TBD at

Award after negotiations with

Contractor_

1001 Option Period 1 – Compensation, Fringe Benefits and Other Direct Costs (ODCs)

- Award Type: Cost

- Product Service Code: [e.g. R497]

- Accounting Info: [insert from Phoenix/GLAAS]

1 LOT $ _TBD__ $_TBD at

Award after negotiations with

Contractor_

2001 Option Period 2 – Compensation, Fringe Benefits and Other Direct Costs (ODCs)

- Award Type: Cost

- Product Service Code: [e.g. R497]

- Accounting Info: [insert from Phoenix/GLAAS]

1 LOT $ _TBD__ $_TBD at

Award after negotiations with

Contractor_

3001 Option Period 3 – Compensation, Fringe Benefits and Other Direct Costs (ODCs)

- Award Type: Cost

- Product Service Code: [e.g. R497]

- Accounting Info: [insert from Phoenix/GLAAS]

1 LOT $ _TBD__ $_TBD at

Award after negotiations with

Contractor_

4. Acquisition and Assistance Policy Directives/Contract Information Bulletins (AAPDs/CIBs) for Personal Services Contracts with Individuals available at http://www.usaid.gov/work-usaid/aapds-cibs.

https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/

5. Ethical Conduct. By the acceptance of a USAID personal services contract as an individual, the contractor will be acknowledging receipt of the “Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch,” available from the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, in accordance with General Provision 2 and 5 CFR 2635. See https://www.oge.gov/web/oge.nsf/OGE%20Regulations

6. PSC Ombudsman

The PSC Ombudsman serves as a resource for any Personal Services Contractor who has entered into a contract with the United States Agency for International Development and is available to provide clarity on their specific contract with the agency. Please visit our page for additional information: https://www.usaid.gov/work-usaid/personal-service-contracts-ombudsman

The PSC Ombudsman may be contacted via: PSCOmbudsman@usaid.gov.

END OF SOLICITATION

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