USAID Senegal WCIS_Pre-Solicitation - 04Jan23..pdf

1. Action/Notice Type: Pre-Solicitation Notice/Synopsis

2. Issuance Date: January 4, 2022

3. Product Service Code: R – SUPPORT SVCS (PROF, ADMIN, MGMT)

4. NAICS Code: 541990 – All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

5. Place of Performance: Senegal

6. Contracting Office Address: U.S. Agency for International Development 2130 Dakar Place Washington, DC 20521-2130

7. Title: Scaling Up Investment in Weather and Climate Information Services in Senegal Activity (WCIS 2 Activity)1

8. Contact Email: mroberto@usaid.gov and aasante@usaid.gov

9. Important: Potential Offerors are advised that this pre-solicitation notice is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). This notice does not constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, or invitation for bid. USAID does not intend to award a contract, nor does it intend to pay for any costs incurred in response to this notice. The intent of this notice is to provide the pre-solicitation notice required by FAR 5.2- Synopsis of Proposed Contract Actions in preparation for release of the solicitation.

10. Description: The U.S. Government, represented by the United States Agency for International Development Mission to Senegal (USAID/Senegal), contemplates issuing an RFP based on a Statement of Objectives (SOO) for a new stand-alone activity. The activity is planned as a five-year, $8 to 10 million activity. The Scaling Up Investment in Weather and Climate Information Services in Senegal’ draft Activity Purpose and draft Goals and Objectives are provided below.

No questions or comments will be accepted by USAID/Senegal concerning this pre-notification. It is being issued for informational purposes only. USAID/Senegal expects to release a solicitation at a later date.

11. Type of Contract: The resulting contract is planned to be a Cost-Plus-Fixed Fee (CPFF) completion contract. The estimated period of performance is 5 years. The solicitation and any subsequent award will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 15, and other relevant sections of the FAR and AIDAR.

1 In this SOO, the term “WCIS 2 Activity” refers to the “Scaling up Investment in Weather and Climate Services in Senegal Activity”.

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12. Set-Aside Status: Not Applicable

13. Additional Details: Offerors can view and/or download the RFP and attachments at https://www.SAM.gov when the RFP is posted. This will be the only method of distribution; therefore, it is the OFFERORS’ RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THE

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14. Periodically for any Amendments to the Solicitation. Prospective Offerors MUST register themselves on the website to receive notifications. Prospective Offerors must also be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://sam.gov/content/home, the official U.S. government website for people who make, receive, and manage federal awards, in order to participate in this procurement.

15. Activity Purpose The purpose of the Scaling up Investment in Weather and Climate Information Services in Senegal (WCIS 2) Activity is to enhance resilience, productivity, and nutritional outcomes in fishing and agriculture systems (i.e., farming, livestock, pastoralism) through expanding the use of WCIS and early warning systems for flood control and drought forecast in the face of increased climate uncertainty and weather hazards.

16. Goals and Objectives The Scaling up Investment in Weather and Climate Information Services in Senegal’ goal will facilitate the National Agency for Civil Aviation and Meteorology’s (ANACIM) engagement with the public and private sectors, as well as user communities to co-produce, translate, transfer and use free and fee-based WCI products and services in Senegal. While USAID/Senegal is supportive of private sector WCIS development, USAID/Senegal aims to ensure that WCIS is developed in an equitable way that delivers timely, accurate, tailored and localized information to stakeholders and does not simply prioritize those who can pay.

In so doing, the activity will further the development of a market system (demand and supply) for WCIS in Senegal by achieving the following three objectives:

Objective 1: Bolster ANACIM's engagement with user communities, and public and private sector actors and institutions to develop public-private partnerships that foster increased demand for WCIS.

Objective 2: Scale up public and private investment in the development of the WCIS value chain.

Objective 3: Expand the enabling conditions and respond to the need to integrate climate change and WCIS in the Nutrition and Water Resources Management sectors.

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