Advancing HIV & AIDS Epidemic Control (AHEC)

This solicitation from the US Agency for International Development Sudan seeks applications to provide HIV/AIDS care and treatment services under the Advancing HIV & AIDS Epidemic Control program. Services are required in six named facilities located in Nimule, Yambio, Juba, Bor, Rumbek, and Wau, as well as in Jubek State and Tambura County. Offerors must propose specific grants under the $1 million budget to address key monitoring indicators for prevention programming, testing and counseling, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, treatment outcomes, and tuberculosis case finding and treatment across multiple named sites in South Sudan. The closing date for any questions was June 18, 2020.

The incumbent contractor is Jhpiego, which was awarded Cooperative Agreement Number AID-668-A-15-00001 valued at $11.5 million over 5 years to provide similar services. There is no set-aside designated and awards will be made to responsible offerors whose proposals conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the government considering the evaluation factors of technical acceptability, price, and past performance. The place of performance will be Washington, DC and services are anticipated to start by October 1, 2020 at the named facilities in South Sudan.