Statement of Work - Source Selection and Administration of Service Contracts Training.pdf

Statement of Work - Source Selection and Administration of Service Contracts Training

The Statement of Work (SOW) details the obligations and responsibilities for the delivery of the Source Selection and Administration of Service Contracts Training for USAID/Southern Africa (Ubunye Regional Training Center) and details the deliverables for this assignment.

Period of Performance: July to September 2021

Level of Expertise: Mid-Level

Supervision: Report to the Regional Training Manager

Location: USAID/Southern Africa (Ubunye Regional Training Center).

1.1 Background

The Ubunye Regional Training Center’s (URTC) mission is to support technical training, career development and conferencing requirements of USAID Missions and staff in Southern Africa and other parts of the world. Our aim is to support and facilitate learning and professional development within USAID. This is achieved through the organizing and facilitation of various training as prescribed by the mission training plans and annual training requirements.

1.2 Scope of work

The vendor will provide Source Selection and Administration of Service Contracts Training to the USAID workforce. The training can be a minimum of nine (9) days and a maximum of ten (10) days. The successful vendor will facilitate and provide training for in person or virtual delivery. The vendor will develop the curriculum which will entail identifying and compiling learning materials currently available in the market (globally, regionally and locally). Learning material will cover Source Selection and Administration of Service Contracts concepts and principles. The vendor will state the learning methods and ensure that the course is accredited with continuous learning points (CLPs)

The successful vendor will coordinate to ensure that the modules meet the learning requirements and ensure that this material is easily accessible by the intended target audience.

Deliverables:

● Inception report that clearly lays out how the consultant will deliver on this project.

● State the concepts and principles of source selection

● Construct an acquisition plan and source selection plan

● Examine a solicitation for compliance with laws, regulations, policies, acquisition, and source selection plans

● Describe a performance-based approach that meets the customer’s mission requirement

● Appropriately apply necessary funding provisions

● Using the results of market research, assess the industry’s environment and determine availability of sources

● Assess the financial implications of various types of contract and incentive arrangements

● Based on the SSEB & SSAC evaluation reports and the SSDD, determine what to include in debriefings and differentiate between protest processes

● Utilizing the DAU Performance Requirements Roadmap generate performance based metrics mirroring best commercial practices

● Construct a source selection plan that meets all laws, regulations, policies, and guidelines

● Compose contract administration requirements, conduct contract administrative functions, and determine the need for contract modifications

● Examine a source selection to determine the best value proposal that meets mission requirements

● Using standards for contractor responsibility in the Federal Acquisition

Regulation (FAR), discuss the contractor responsibility process prior to contract award

● Evaluate contractor proposals to determine contract award

● Evaluate incentive arrangements for adherence to regulation, policy, and guidance

● After establishing a competitive range, plan for negotiations/discussions

● Development plan for the creation of content material for training

Instructions and Selection Criteria

The Mission intends to award a contract to the successful vendor. The offeror must submit a resume and a narrative on their experience, qualifications, approach and delivery of training, etc. The offeror must also submit a quote for the cost per person for the duration of the training, which is separate from the resume and narrative, preferably in the email response to the solicitation. The Contracting Officer will review the offeror’s submission to ensure that the minimum criteria listed below are met and that the cost is fair and reasonable.

● At least five years of professional experience in training and facilitation in an international organization and development programs

● Relevant experience in working with the public sector and government