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SOLICITATION NUMBER: 263-23-501

ISSUANCE DATE: 05/16/2023

CLOSING DATE AND TIME: 05/30/2023

SUBJECT: Solicitation for U.S. Personal Service Contractor (USPSC)

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 Attachment 1.

Sincerely, Shelby P. Hunt Supervisory Executive Officer Contracting Officer

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

1A Nady El Etisalat Street (off Laselki) New Maadi, Cairo, Egypt Postal Code11435

(2-02) 2522-7000 cairomedia@usaid.gov usaid.gov/egypt | #usaidegypt | @usaidegypt

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ATTACHMENT 1

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

1. SOLICITATION NO.: 263-23-501

2. ISSUANCE DATE: 05/16/2023

3. CLOSING DATE AND TIME FOR RECEIPT OF OFFERS: 05/30/2023 at 4:30 pm Cairo time

4. POINT OF CONTACT: USAID Egypt Human Resources Office, e-mail at usaidhr@usaid.gov

5. POSITION TITLE: Syria Team Lead

6. MARKET VALUE: $ 99,908- $ 129,878, equivalent to GS-14

Final compensation will be negotiated within the listed market value and will include Locality Pay for domestic USPSCs based on the location of the Official USAID Worksite, or the approved alternative worksite if approved for remote work. USPSCs performing overseas are not entitled to Locality Pay.

Salaries over and above the top of the pay range will not be entertained or negotiated.

7. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: Five (5) years, tentatively 145 day estimated start date from closing.

8. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Adana or Gaziantep, Turkey with possible travel or as stated in the

Statement of Duties.

Overseas USPSCs 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.

9. ELIGIBLE OFFERORS: U.S. citizens only.

10. SECURITY LEVEL REQUIRED: Secret Clearance.

If there is a change in circumstances requiring access to National Security information classified at the Top-Secret level, the offeror may be asked to obtain and maintain a Secret up to Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information level clearance as provided by USAID.

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11. STATEMENT OF DUTIES

GENERAL STATEMENT OF PURPOSE OF THE CONTRACT

The Office of Middle East, North Africa, and Europe (MENAE) assesses, designs, and provides humanitarian assistance with our partners, including assistance related to responding to, recovering from, and reducing the risk of man-made and natural disasters, while linking with other USAID investments that build resilience. MENAE retains humanitarian experts based overseas, who coordinate with local authorities, USAID Missions, US Embassies, humanitarian donor groups, and regional and country level humanitarian architectures. Field experts also provide oversight of BHA humanitarian partners and programs and monitor contextual developments to inform BHA country strategies. MENAE humanitarian experts in Washington coordinate with USAID Regional and Pillar Bureaus, as well as manage funding and programmatic activities implemented by non-governmental organizations (NGOs); international organizations, including United Nations (UN) agencies; and other partners in the region for natural disasters and complex emergencies. The MENAE Office represents humanitarian programs and interests within the U.S. Government interagency, as well as in interactions with beneficiary populations, host governments, implementing partners, UN agencies, and other donors.

The Office of MENAE consists of three (3) geographic divisions: Europe, Middle East and Levant, and North Africa and Arabian Peninsula. These divisions are responsible for the provision of emergency humanitarian assistance through grants and cooperative agreements to non-governmental organizations (NGOs), international organizations including United Nations (UN) agencies, and other partners to ensure the implementation and delivery of this assistance. These divisions oversee BHA’s nonresponse efforts in disaster risk reduction, resilience, and early recovery. These divisions are responsible for representing BHA within the agency and interagency on country or region-specific issues in Washington. They are also responsible for liaising on a regular basis with BHA offices in the field.

The BHA/MENAE Field structure comprises two Regional Offices based in Amman, Jordan (Middle East) and Budapest, Hungary (Europe and North Africa). MENAE also maintains a staff presence in bilateral Missions and other platforms throughout the regions, including the Syria Humanitarian Office, which is part of the Syria Recovery Platform. The Syria Humanitarian Office comprises two regional teams based in Amman, Jordan and Adana/Gaziantep, Turkey.

Team Leaders (TLs) play a central role in the USG’s disaster response, humanitarian assistance, and disaster risk reduction programs. Their core function is to lead, manage, and supervise BHA Washington, D.C. based and field based teams that require significant USG policy engagement and humanitarian program management. A regional team can be made up of a group of countries or one single country. Regional TLs supervise a team of five to twelve employees that may consist of Senior Humanitarian Program Officers, Program Officers, Information Officers, and Program Assistants. Under the leadership of and in coordination with the Syria Office Director, the TL will ensure that USAID/BHA’s strategic priorities and Agency objectives for disaster response and assistance, strategic reporting and analysis are met.

BHA/MENAE requires the services of a Syria Team Leader based in Adana or Gaziantep, Turkey to meet its objectives of programming, monitoring, coordinating, and evaluating USG humanitarian programs in Syria.

The Team Leader will manage staff, programs, and operations of the Syria Team based in Turkey.

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STATEMENT OF DUTIES TO BE PERFORMED

The Syria Team Lead must be prepared to function effectively in a challenging and restrictive work environment and be willing to adhere strictly to U.S. Embassy security guidelines. The Syria Team Leader will be responsible for program analysis, strategy development, and coordination with relief agencies, other donors, and USG interagency partners, as well as reporting to BHA senior leadership.

Working under the guidance and supervision of the Syria Office Director, the TL will manage complex and high profile responses, build and retain staff capacity, and provide critical leadership requirements within the office. The TL will lead, manage, or support BHA’s portfolios that require significant USG policy engagement and humanitarian program management. The TL will maintain close coordination and collaboration with USAID and Embassy staff across the affected region and in the relevant regional offices.

The TL will perform the following functions:

Leadership:

• Organize and lead high-level USG visits or briefings in Jordan or Turkey.

• Adhere to MENAE and BHA personnel management expectations by managing teams effectively, providing feedback, and ensuring staff well-being.

• Provide training and mentoring to Humanitarian Assistance Officers and Program Assistants on the portfolio management, representation, and contextual specialty functional areas outlined.

• Participate, as assigned, in a wide range of office-wide policy, process, and strategic initiatives to ensure the Syria Office’s priorities and operating realities are reflected in outcomes.

• Actively solicit and consolidate feedback from the Syria Office and Syria Team in headquarters on these initiatives and work with relevant field and headquarters leadership to strategic interests and to find creative ways to find solutions that are beneficial to the office. Ensure relevant leadership in the field and headquarters is regularly updated on the progress of these initiatives.

Program and Policy Guidance and Coordination:

• Foster open communications with embassy staff to ensure continued support of humanitarian programs.

• Maintain close communication with BHA Syria Office leadership and senior embassy officials.

• Promote coordination among UN/PVOs/NGOs/IOs and the donor community.

• Ensure the development and implementation of strategic decisions.

• Lead frequent reviews and discussions on policy, logistic, administrative, coordination, safety, and security issues with team members.

• Ensure that timely and appropriate information is reported out policy, logistic, administrative, coordination their team via a range of information products, and other communication mediums.

• Provide overall strategic guidance to the BHA humanitarian programs for the Syria team. Coordinate and consult with relevant field interagency counterparts.

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• Review policy and assess assistance strategies, as well as provide program management recommendations.

• Coordinate the team's response to the disaster, drawing on expert knowledge and understanding of USG policy-making processes and roles and authorities of relevant USG interagency stakeholders.

The coordination would ensure that interagency partners understand BHA's strategy and its lead role in the USG response.

• Maintain close communication with his/her Team Leader headquarters counterpart and Office Director. Schedule regular briefings to keep him/her informed of the current situation, work progress, problems, planned actions, and effectiveness of response strategy.

• Consult with the Washington, D.C. based Syria Team to formulate long-term strategy and benchmarks.

• Discuss any appropriate media activities with a G3PC press officer.

Management and Supervision:

The Team Leader will create and maintain an effective team environment while setting the tone and example for open communication and regular coordination; a work environment conducive to mutual respect; clear expectations for performance; and clear delegations of roles, responsibilities, and authority.

Specific duties to the team's management and supervision are as follows:

• Formulate a team operational plan based on immediate evaluations from all functions and a briefing from the Syria Office Director. Ensure that roles, responsibilities, authorities, communication procedures, and chain of command are clearly understood.

• Provide direction to the program staff to develop situation reporting, operational planning, resource tracking, documentation, and commodity consignment systems.

• Review and approve fact sheets, situation reports, and cables.

• With the planning, conduct regular planning, briefing, and debriefing sessions.

• Ensure regular attendance and contributions from all team members into the team's operational planning process.

• Review and approve staff work and rotation schedules. Determine additional requirements

(personnel, equipment, facilities, logistical support).

• As needed, conduct an assessment of all functions to determine effectiveness and validity of priorities, soundness of objectives, appropriate staffing levels, and team members' ability to carry out assignments.

• Monitor operations for overlap or gaps in performing needed functions. Institute recommended changes as necessary.

• Provide performance feedback and formal evaluations to direct reports and ensure all team members receive a performance evaluation.

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Representation:

• Serve as the liaison and engage in substantial coordination with representatives from other USAID offices, the host government, the USG interagency, UN, NGOs, IOs, Private Voluntary Organizations (PVOs), other assisting countries, and any other humanitarian stakeholders.

• Regularly liaise with high-ranking officials outside of USAID in both structured and unstructured settings in order to negotiate serious and complex issues of considerable consequences related to humanitarian principles, access, and program objectives in Syria.

• In consultation with office leadership, represent BHA at senior levels within the USG and with other humanitarian stakeholders to address humanitarian concerns and priorities from the BHA perspective through oral and written briefings, through coordination and policy development meetings to include the following:

o Meetings with individual and groups of implementing partners and other humanitarian actors, including Humanitarian Country Teams, Donor Working Groups, NGO fora, etc. to discuss programmatic priorities, objectives, progress, results, and challenges;

o Discussions, meetings, and papers informing USG foreign policy in areas with humanitarian concerns or impacts;

o Participation in USG Interagency forums on humanitarian issues; and o Supporting/leading coordination mechanisms with BHA and USAID.

General Duties:

• Travel frequently within the region (domestic and international), on short notice and for extended periods of time, as required, in order to fulfill duties.

• As needed, may serve on temporary detail within the bureau to meet operational needs during staff shortages. Duties performed while on detail will be aligned with the Team’s existing duties and responsibilities and will be directly related to the scope of work provided.

• May be requested to be on-call/sign up for and serve as needed on Washington-based Response Management Teams (RMTs), which provide services and support to Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DARTs) deployed in response to disasters. The duties on RMTs will vary.

• May serve on DARTs which may require immediate (within 24 hours) deployment overseas for an extended period of time. During deployment on DARTs (if required), and during site visits, there may be some additional physical exertion including long periods of standing, walking over rough terrain, or carrying of moderately heavy items (less than 50 pounds). Work is primarily performed in an office setting. During deployment on DARTs (if required), and during site visits, the work may additionally involve special safety and/or security precautions, wearing of protective equipment, and exposure to severe weather conditions.

• Become certified and serve as an Agreement Officer’s Representative/Contracting Officer’s Representative (AOR/COR), as assigned. The AOR/COR provides financial and programmatic oversight of all aspects of managing the agreement or contract; this includes but is not limited to reviewing invoices, requests for approvals, program/project deliverables (i.e. work plans, annual

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They are responsible for drafting and submitting the annual contractor performance evaluation in Contract/Assistance Performance Assessment Review System (CPARS/APARS). They prepare and review contract/assistance modifications documentation and assist the Contracting/Agreement Officer to ensure performance is compliant with the terms and conditions of the contract/agreement, the FAR, and USAID policy. AOR/CORs are responsible for all related requirements in the COR designation letter and the AOR designation letter.

SUPERVISORY RELATIONSHIP: The USPSC will take direction from and will report to the Syria Office Director or his/her designee.

Supervisory Controls: Supervisor provides administrative directions in terms of broadly defined missions or functions.

The USPSC independently plans, designs, and carries out programs, projects, studies, or other work. Results are considered authoritative and are normally accepted without significant change.

12. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The work requested does not involve undue physical demands.

II. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION

All candidates must meet the Minimum Qualifications. Applications will be screened accordingly, and only those that meet the below, required criteria, will be moved forward in the recruitment process.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION

(Determines basic eligibility for the position. Offerors who do not meet all of the education and experience factors are considered NOT qualified for the position.)

Bachelor’s degree plus a minimum of nine (9) years of progressively responsible experience working in emergency relief, DRR or disaster preparedness programming and management, five (5) years of which were obtained overseas by short-term deployments or assignments in emergency situations. Substantial overseas field experience is highly preferred.

Master’s degree plus a minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience working in emergency relief, DRR or disaster preparedness programming and management, three (3) years of which were obtained overseas by short-term deployments or assignments in emergency situations. Substantial overseas field experience is highly preferred.

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 https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far

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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.

SELECTION FACTORS

(Determines basic eligibility for the position. Offerors who do not meet all of the selection factors are considered NOT qualified for the position.)

● Offeror is a U.S. Citizen.

● Complete resume submitted. See Section IV for resume requirements. Experience that cannot be quantified will not be counted towards meeting the solicitation requirements.

● USPSC Offeror form AID 309-2. Offerors are required to complete sections A through I. This form must be physically signed. Electronic signatures may be accepted.

● Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance. If there is a change in circumstances requiring access to National Security information classified at the Top-Secret level, the offeror may be asked to obtain and maintain a Secret up to Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information level clearance as provided by USAID.

● Ability to obtain and maintain a Department of State medical clearance throughout the contract.

● Must not appear as an excluded party in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov).

● Satisfactory verification of academic credentials.

OFFEROR RATING SYSTEM

The offeror rating system factors are used to determine the competitive ranking of qualified offerors in comparison to other offerors. Offerors must demonstrate the rating factors outlined below within their resume, as they are evaluated strictly by the information provided. The rating factors are as follows:

MATRIX (30 points)

Professional Experience (12 points)

● Experience creating a collaborative environment for a team of diverse staff in a fast-paced environment while meeting ongoing deadlines. (6 points)

● Experience drafting office-wide policies, processes, and strategic initiatives. (6 points)

Representation and Communication (6 points)

● Experience with internal representation to senior leadership on program or policy issues.

(3 points)

● Experience with external representation on humanitarian policy or programming matters.

(3 points)

Program Design and Management (12 points)

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● Experience with analyzing a humanitarian situation in order to inform program approaches or strategies, internal or external reporting, or to make recommendations to management or other relevant stakeholders.

(6 points)

● Within humanitarian, resilience, and/or early recovery programs: experience managing programs or portfolios to include at least two of the following: strategy and program design; proposal development and review; implementation and monitoring. (6 points)

Interview Performance (50 points)

Satisfactory Professional Reference Checks (20 points)

Total Possible Points: 100

BASIS OF RATING: Offerors who meet the Education/Experience requirements and Selection Factors will be further evaluated in accordance with the Offeror Rating System. Those offerors determined to be competitively ranked may also be evaluated on interview performance and satisfactory professional reference checks.

Offerors are required to address each factor of the Offeror Rating System in their resume, describing specifically and accurately what experience, training, education and/or awards they have received as it pertains to each factor. Be sure to include your name and the announcement number at the top of each additional page. Failure to address the selection factors and/or Offeror Rating System factors may result in not receiving credit for all pertinent experience, education, training and/or awards.

The most qualified offerors may be interviewed and required to provide a writing sample. BHA will not pay for any expenses associated with the interviews. Professional references and academic credentials will be evaluated for offerors being considered for selection.

Note: Please be advised that references may be obtained independently from other sources in addition to the ones provided by an offeror. BHA reserves the right to select additional offerors if vacancies become available during the future phase of the selection process.

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.

All applicants must submit complete dates (months/years) and hours per week for all positions listed on the form AID 309-2 to allow for adequate evaluation of your related and direct experiences. Applicants should note that the salary history for the purposes of the AID 309-2 is the base salary paid, excluding benefits and allowances such as housing, travel, educational support, etc.

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.

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4. Complete resume. In order to fully evaluate your offer, your resume must include:

(a) Paid and non-paid experience, job title, location(s), dates held (month/year), and hours worked per week for each position. Dates (month/year) and locations for all field experience must also be detailed.

Any experience that does not include dates (month/year), locations, and hours per week will not be counted towards meeting the solicitation requirements.

(b) Specific duties performed that fully detail the level and complexity of the work.

(c) Education and any other qualifications including job-related training courses, job-related skills, or job-related honors, awards or accomplishments. Failure to identify an academic discipline will result in disqualification.

(d) U.S. Citizenship

(e) Optional: How did you hear about this opportunity? (SAM.gov, BHA Jobs, Career Fair, etc.).

Your resume must contain sufficient information to make a valid determination that you fully meet the experience requirements as stated in this solicitation [for each grade level(s) for which you are applying].

This information must be clearly identified in your resume. Failure to provide information sufficient to determine your qualifications for the position will result in loss of full consideration.

Additional documents submitted will not be accepted.

By submitting your offer materials, you certify that all of the information on and attached to the offer is true, correct, complete, and made in good faith. You agree to allow all information on and attached to the offer to be investigated. False or fraudulent information on or attached to your offer may result in you being eliminated from consideration for this position, or being terminated after award, and may be punishable by fine or imprisonment.

To ensure consideration of offers for the intended position, please reference the solicitation number on your offer, and as the subject line in any email.

5. Ensure 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.

6. NOTE: If the full security application package is not submitted within 30 days after the Office of

Security determines eligibility, the offer may be rescinded. If a Secret security clearance is not obtained within nine months after offer acceptance, the offer may be rescinded. If Top Secret is required, and clearance is not obtained within nine months after award, USAID may terminate the contract at the convenience of the government. If Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access is not obtained within nine months after Top Secret clearance is granted, USAID may terminate the contract at the convenience of the government.

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7. NOTE: If the full medical clearance package is not submitted within two months after offer acceptance, the offer may be rescinded. If a Department of State medical clearance is not obtained;

the offer may be rescinded.

8. NOTE REGARDING GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS FOR THIS 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.

V. LIST OF REQUIRED FORMS PRIOR TO AWARD

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

Forms outlined below can be found at: http://www.usaid.gov/forms/

1. USPSC Offeror Form (AID 309-2)

2. Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306)

3. Medical History and Examination Form (Department of State Forms DS-6561)

4. Questionnaire for Sensitive Positions for National Security (SF-86) or

5. Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions (SF-85)

6. Fingerprint Card (FD-258)

7. Employment Eligibility Verification (I-9 Form).

** Forms 2 through 7 shall be completed ONLY upon the advice of the Contracting Officer that an offeror is the successful candidate for the job.

VI. BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES

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

1. BENEFITS:

(a) Employer's FICA Contribution

(b) Contribution toward Health & Life Insurance

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

(e) Eligibility for Worker's Compensation

(f) Leave and holidays

2. ALLOWANCES (if applicable):

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(a)Temporary Lodging Allowance (Section 120)

(b) Living Quarters Allowance (Section 130)

(d) Supplemental Post Allowance (Section 230).

(d) Separate Maintenance Allowance (Section 260)

(e) Education Allowance (Section 270)

(f) Education Travel (Section 280)

(g) Post Differential (Chapter 500)

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

(i) 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/default/files/documents/1868/aidar_0.pdf.

2. PART 52—SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES

Subpart 52.2—Text of Provisions and Clauses 6 52.223-99 Ensuring Adequate COVID-19 Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, Alternate 70.

ENSURING ADEQUATE COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR FEDERAL

CONTRACTORS (OCT 2021)-Alternate 70 (OCT 2021) (M/OAA-DEV-FAR22-01c)

(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;

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(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.

(End of clause)

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 7 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