GHSC_Presolicitation_Amendment_3.pdf

Solicitation Number SOL‐OAA‐12‐000128

Notice Type: Modification/Amendment

Amendment 3 for Solicitation SOL‐OAA‐12‐000128

The purpose of this amendment is to provide additional information on the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program (GHSC Program). USAID is releasing a total of eight

(8) Draft Statements of Work (SOWs ) that correspond to the various requirements that make up the Program architecture. Of those eight draft SOWs, the four (4) SOWs that are associated with the single‐award Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) for health commodity procurement and related technical assistance are hereby released under this solicitation number (SOL‐OAA‐12‐000128); the remaining four draft SOWs that relate to the other requirements that constitute the GHSC Program will be released concurrently with this amendment, but under separate solicitation numbers.

I. Request for Comments and Questions

USAID has attached for comments and questions the following SOWs for the single‐ award IQC and three projected task orders under that IQC. The first three SOWs are revisions of SOWs that were released on FBO under this solicitation number, in April of this year. The fourth SOW is a newly‐released SOW, for Commodity Security and

Logistics (CSL):

1. Single‐Award IQC for Procurement and Supply Chain Technical Assistance

(revised) [email subject line: IQC SOL OAA 12 000128]

2. PMI Task Order under Single‐Award IQC (revised)

[email subject line: PMI SOL OAA 12 000128]

3. HIV/AIDS Task Order under Single‐Award IQC (revised)

[email subject line: HIV SOL OAA 12 000128]

4. Commodity Security and Logistics (CSL) Task Order under Single‐Award IQC (new)

[email subject line: CSL SOL OAA 12 000128]

The other draft SOWs for the remaining four requirements of the GHSC Program architecture, released on FBO under separate solicitation numbers today, are as follows:

5. Quality Assurance (QA) Award (revised)

[email subject line: QA SOL OAA 12 000999 AC]

6. Small Business (SB) Set Aside Single Award IQC for a Procurement Service Agent for Laboratory Supplies (new) [email subject line: LAB SB]

7. Business Intelligence and Analytics (BI&A) GSA Schedule Contract (new) [email subject line: BI SOL]

8. Multiple‐Award IQC for Technical Assistance (new) [email subject line: TA SOL]

II. Instructions for submitting Comments and Questions:

1. You are invited to examine the SOWs and email questions and comments to the email addresses at the bottom of this notice no later than COB Monday, September 16, 2013.

2. Email is the only way to submit questions or comments regarding either the draft SOWs that are released with this amendment or concerning Solicitation Number SOL‐OAA‐12‐000128 as a whole. USAID will NOT accept or respond to questions or comments that are submitted via telephone, hard copy or fax.

3. Please make sure to insert the appropriate subject line in the email.

4. USAID may publish information or clarifications based on the responses to this pre‐solicitation notice, but only where USAID deems, in its discretion, that such information or clarifications are helpful and/or necessary. Any information or clarifications will be posted on www.fbo.gov.

5. If you have questions or comments regarding other aspects of Solicitation Number SOL‐OAA‐12‐000128 outside of the four draft SOWs released in this amendment, please submit them to the attention of the Contracting Officer at the following email address: mthompson@usaid.gov. Questions or comments that are submitted via telephone, hard copy or fax will not be accepted or responded‐to.

III. Additional Information:

This posting is in response to previous comments and questions raised from Pre‐ solicitation Notice posted on April 12, 2013 (SOL‐OAA‐12‐000128), which contained the following documents:

A draft SOW for a single‐award IQC for health commodity procurement and related technical assistance;

A draft SOW task order to serve the President’s Malaria Initiative; and

A draft SOW task order to serve HIV/AIDS programs.

Note: A separate Request for Information and Sources Sought Notice for USAID/Global Health Quality Assurance was also posted on April 12, 2013 (SOL‐OAA‐13‐000999‐AC).

We thank you for your thoughtful comments and questions, and offer the next generation design as a response.

A. Highlighted Changes to Previous Technical Drafts

1) Single‐Award IQC: This draft provides clarifying language around several points, most notably:

Who bears financial responsibility of inventory while in the possession of the contractor;

Pre‐existing IT system requirements; and

Quality Assurance requirements under the single‐award IQC, and interaction with the QA contractor.

2) Task Order for PMI under the Single‐Award IQC: This draft provides clarifying language regarding quality assurance and laboratory requirements.

3) Task Order for HIV/AIDS under the Single‐Award IQC: This draft provides clarifying language regarding quality assurance and laboratory requirements.

4) Quality Assurance (QA) Contract: This draft provides clarifying language regarding who bears responsibility for providing Quality Assurance (QA) services for USAID/Global Health’s commodity donation program, specifically:

Who bears responsibility for QA services for the single award IQC and associated Task Orders; and

Who bears responsibility for QA services for the Laboratory procurement contract.

Note: Parties interested in the QA requirement are advised to refer to SOL OAA 12 000999 to find further information about this requirement/SOW.

B. Additions to USAID’s Global Health’s Technical Landscape

Several commentators expressed a concern that potential partners may not have the requisite procurement experience but are well‐qualified to provide technical assistance. In response to these comments, USAID reviewed the GHSC Program design and has added a Multiple Award IQC exclusively for technical assistance (Multiple Award IQC for Technical Assistance).

The Agency also received suggestions that it split the single‐award IQC into a multiple‐ award IQC or separate contracts. However, there are strong programmatic, operational and financial reasons to continue to combine procurement and related technical assistance capabilities under one award.

Therefore, included in this notice are the following additional draft SOWs for public consideration and comment:

1) Task Order for Public Health under the Single‐Award IQC: This draft task order will also be issued under the single‐award IQC for procurement and technical assistance by USAID’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health. The SOW highlights technical requirements for procurement in response to the Agency’s family planning commodity donation program, along with technical assistance requirements to meet the needs of diverse country programs.

2) Single Award for Laboratory Procurement: This Small Business set‐aside contract will be limited to procurement of rapid diagnostic test kits for HIV. Rapid diagnostic test kits may also be procured through the single award IQC for procurement and technical assistance as needed.

3) Business Intelligence and Analytics Contract: This is a GSA Schedule contract that will build, cloud host, and maintain the USAID GH Business Intelligence and Analytics (BI&A) platform and provide technical services for and on behalf of USAID GH Bureau and the supply chain business initiatives.

4) Multiple‐Award IQC for Technical Assistance: This multiple‐award IQC targets four (4) awards including a target for two small business awards. At least one award is set aside for small businesses. This IQC will serve as a vehicle through which USAID will procure global health supply chain technical assistance (TA) to improve supply chain management and commodity security in partner countries.

Note: This is a new piece of the GHSC Program architecture.

C. Questions related to fee, costing, incentives, etc., are clarified in the revised SOW(s).

D. This pre‐solicitation notice is for informational purposes only. It is not a request for proposal. USAID is not accepting proposals or any related materials at this time.

E. The SOWs released in this pre‐solicitation notice are currently in draft form and are not to be considered as final.

F. At this time, USAID is not releasing any other information concerning this draft requirement such as Evaluation Criteria or Instructions to Offerors. They will be released on FBO with the final RFP package.

G. USAID notes that these draft SOWs represent USAID’s thinking on the Program as well as some of the suggestions made by interested businesses. The SOWs may change substantially between now and the release of the final RFPs.

H. An entity may bid on any and all of the awards in the Program. However, the offeror

(including joint venture and other legal partners and participants) who is selected as the prime contractor of the (1) Single‐Award IQC; (2) Small Business Single Award for Laboratory Procurement; or (3) Multiple‐Award IQC will not be eligible for the Quality Assurance Contract and vice versa. Furthermore, the offeror (including joint venture and other legal partners and participants) who is selected as the prime contractor of the Single‐Award IQC will not be eligible to serve as a prime contractor for the Multiple‐Award IQC and vice versa.

I. Additional data will be provided that indicates the scale, performance, and diversity of work implemented under the current mechanisms. This increased data visibility addresses many outstanding questions from the wider community. This data will be posted on www.fbo.gov prior to the posting of the final RFP.

J. USAID may publish additional information or clarifications based on the responses to this pre solicitation notice at its discretion. Any information or clarifications will be posted on www.fbo.gov.

K. Primary Point of Contact:

Mark A. Thompson Contracting Officer mthompson@usaid.gov Phone: 202.567.5287

L. Below, please find email addresses for submitting questions and or comments to the attached draft SOWs:

For Solicitation Number SOL‐OAA‐12‐000128:

For the Single‐Award IQC: IQCQ@usaid.gov

For the PMI Task Order: PMIQ@usaid.gov For the HIV/AIDS Task Order: HIVQ@usaid.gov For the CSL Task Order: CSLQ@usaid.gov

For the other solicitations associated with the Global Health Supply Chain Program:

For the Quality Assurance Contract: QAQ@usaid.gov For the Laboratory IQC: LABQ@usaid.gov For the BI&A IQC: BIQ@usaid.gov For the Multiple‐Award TA IQC: TAQ@usaid.gov