720-696-23-SS-SB-00001 USAID/Rwanda Trade Facilitation Activity (RTFA)

USAID/Rwanda Trade Facilitation Activity (RTFA)

PURPOSE:

Referring to FAR Part 10, FAR 15.201(e) the United States Government, represented by the United States Agency for International Development’s Mission in Rwanda (USAID/Rwanda), is publishing the subject Sources Sought for the USAID/Rwanda Trade Facilitation Activity (RTFA). The estimated range for this activity is $4-5 million dollars over a 4-year period.

As permitted by FAR Part 10, this is a market research tool being utilized for informational and planning purposes. Your responses will assist the our Mission in the development of its acquisition strategy for a possible Request for Proposal (RFP), to be issued at a later date, and in determining whether any type of small business set-aside is possible for this procurement, or whether full and open or other competitive procedures should be utilized. If full and open or other competition is ultimately pursued, responses to this synopsis will be used to assist our Mission in establishing small business subcontracting goals.

USAID/Rwanda is conducting this Sources Sought to identify small business contractors who possess the capabilities to provide services as specified in the Attachment A: DRAFT SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK and to determine their availability, capability, and adequacy. If your firm may be interested in this requirement, is a qualified small business for the NAICS code 541990 (Size Standard in Millions of Dollars is $17.0 according to SBATable of Small Business Size), and has performed similar projects, we request the information specified in the Attachment B: Sources Sought Information. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to the Attachment B of this notice.