Pre-Solicitation_Notice_-_3-31-2017.pdf

Pre-Solicitation Notice Issuance Date: March 31, 2017

Solicitation Number: RFP #SOL-OAA-17-000012

Title: Strengthening Tenure and Resource Rights (STARR) II Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract

Notice Type: Special Notice Presolicitation / Synopsis

This notice is not a request for proposals. This presolicitation / synopsis notice is published in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.101(a)(1) requiring the dissemination of information regarding proposed contract and FAR 5.204 requiring dissemination of information for presolicitation notices. Interested parties are invited to provide comments on the attached draft solicitation to the identified points of contact within 10 days after publication of this synopsis. Interested parties are also encouraged to participate in the online Q&A session discussed below. A determination by the government not to conduct a competitive procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Comments should be made via email to the identified points of contact below. Verbal and telephonic inquiries will not be accepted.

AIDCONNECT:

USAID will host a one-hour (approximately) online Q&A session on April 17, 2017, at 2:30 p.m. EST on AIDconnect to discuss the STARR II pre-solicitation notice. The URL for this session is: https://ac.usaid.gov/starriipresolicitation/.

AIDconnect is a real-time collaboration platform which will allow participants to review information provided on this solicitation as well as ask questions.

If you have any comments or questions regarding the pre-solicitation, please submit them in advance to: Sharon M. Baker at shbaker@usaid.gov and Berneta Ellis at beellis@usaid.gov.

The AIDconnect presentation – including Q&A - will be recorded and posted on FBO.gov.

SYNOPSIS:

(1) Action Code: P - Presolicitation Notice/Procurement

(2) Date. March 31

(3) Year. 2017

(4) Contracting Office Zip Code. 20523 https://ac.usaid.gov/starriipresolicitation/ mailto:shbaker@usaid.gov mailto:beellis@usaid.gov

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RFP #SOL-OAA-17-000012

(5) NAICS Code. 541990, All Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Services

(6) Contracting Office Address. U.S. Agency for International Development Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20523

(7) Subject. NAICS Code: 541990 – Provision of world-wide technical services in the land and resource governance sector.

(8) Proposed Solicitation Number. RFP #SOL-OAA-17-000012

(9) Closing Response Date for Pre-Solicitation: TBD

(10) Contact Point or Contracting Officer: Sharon M. Baker, Contracting Officer shbaker@usaid.gov; and Berneta Ellis, Contracting Specialist beellis@usaid.gov.

(11) Contract Award and Solicitation Number. N/A

(12) Contract Award Dollar Amount N/A

(13) Line Item Number. N/A

(14) Contract Award Date. N/A

(15) Contractor. N/A

(16) Description. The purpose of this IDIQ Contract is to provide critical technical assistance support for resource tenure and property rights challenges. It will allow the USAID to address land and resource governance in support of key United States Government (USG) strategic objectives, including but not limited to, enhanced food security as articulated in the Feed the Future Initiative, climate change adaptation and mitigation, conflict prevention and mitigation, renewable energy infrastructure, democracy and governance, economic growth and finance, biodiversity conservation and natural resource management, geospatial analytics, gender equality and women’s empowerment, and urban development. This IDIQ is also designed to allow USAID missions and operating units to scale pilots and other activities initiated and proofed through other activities within the Agency.

USAID anticipates that the maximum ordering limitation of the contract(s) resulting from this RFP will not exceed $650,000,000.00 over the five-year ordering period. The maximum aggregate dollar value of task orders awarded to all contractors cannot exceed this contract mailto:shbaker@usaid.gov mailto:beellis@usaid.gov

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ceiling. This ceiling is not being subdivided among the number of awardees nor is it being multiplied by the number of awardees.

Award of a Contract under this RFP is subject to availability of funds and other internal USAID approvals. There is no guarantee as to the number of task orders that the successful contractors will receive or the amount of money beyond the minimum order guarantee set forth in the RFP.

Upon award of the Strengthening Tenure And Resource Rights II (STARR II) IDIQ contract, USAID anticipates issuing one initial Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) Term task order comprised of a three-year base period and two one-year option periods. Attachment J.1 contains the Statement of Work (SOW) for the initial task order.

(17) Place of Contract Performance. Worldwide

(18) Set-aside Status.

USAID intends to conduct a competitive procurement for multiple award IDIQ contracts, including some as a set-aside for small business concerns, to provide world-wide technical services in the land and resource governance sector. USAID reserves the right to award more or less awards than anticipated.