Amendment 12

Added: Jun 08, 2012 4:18 pm Amendment 10

The purpose of this Amendment 10 is to inform applicants of a new closing date and time.  Change the former closing date (on both the Cover Letter and in Section L. 8. 1) of 12pm (Noon) June 14, 2012 and replace with 12pm (Noon) June 26, 2012 Washington DC, Local Time, Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Added: Feb 02, 2012 12:45 pm Modified: May 17, 2012 7:24 pmTrack Changes

Amendment 9

The purpose of this amendment is to:
a) Revise and clarify Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) restrictions in the RFP.
b) Allow for an additional question and answer period. Questions are due, in writing, to the points of contact listed in Section L.6 by COB May 31, 2012.
c) Extend the closing date and time to 12 noon, June 14, 2012.

All changes have been highlighted in the attached revised RFP. This includes changes in page numbers in the table of contents and section numbers.

Amendment 8
This amendment notifies potential offerors to upcoming revisions of the RFP and a change in the closing date.


Please see Amendment 06 for New closing date and time.

The solicitation opening date is February 16, 2012 and the closing date April 6, 2012 12pm Washington DC time.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will be seeking contractor services to provide the Bureau for Global Health (GH), Regional Bureaus, and Missions with ready access to high quality, external technical expertise to design, support, and evaluate programs contributing to the achievement of U.S. Government (USG) Global Health Initiative (GHI) targets. USAID anticipates the award of one (1) contract to a qualified 8(a) firm with a total estimated cost of $94.5 million. This will be a 5 year Cost Reimbursement Plus Fixed Fee/Completion type contract.

This contract, known as GH Tech, is comprised of five components: (1) program and project evaluation; (2) technical assistance; (3) GH program and research management; (4) mission support; and (5) logistical support for meetings/conferences.  This activity spans all Foreign Assistance Health Area objectives as well as cross-cutting health issues such as gender, behavior change communications, private sector, research, and health systems strengthening.    

This activity will support the GH Bureau and other health-related operating units of the Agency to implement the GHI and support its seven principles, including improved program evaluation methods and increased implementation of independent evaluations of health projects and programs will  apply and extend USAID Forward's reforms in project design, procurement, Science and Technology (S&T), policy analysis, and strategic planning, providing needed skill sets during the Agency's transition to increased staffing levels and capacity.  The Contractor will provide USAID operating units working on health activities in headquarters and the field with the short- and medium-term technical services of consultants with expertise pertaining to the GHI principles and the USAID Forward reforms, as either independent professionals or employed by other agencies or institutions.  Over the life of the contract, the Contractor will provide experts in areas of new strategic interest and support consideration of innovative new directions in USAID health assistance. 

Please note that the contractor shall be excluded from competing for and/or implementing other USAID contacts, grants or cooperative agreements in the health field.

Offerors must be certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) for participation in the SBA's 8(a) Program.

USAID plans to conduct a pre-proposal conference on February 24, 2012 at 9:30 am. The location and registration information will be provided in an amendment to this RFP.

Added: Feb 02, 2012 12:45 pm Modified: Apr 11, 2012 2:25 pmTrack Changes

Amendment 8
This amendment notifies potential offerors to upcoming revisions of the RFP and a change in the closing date.


Please see Amendment 06 for New closing date and time.

The solicitation opening date is February 16, 2012 and the closing date April 6, 2012 12pm Washington DC time.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will be seeking contractor services to provide the Bureau for Global Health (GH), Regional Bureaus, and Missions with ready access to high quality, external technical expertise to design, support, and evaluate programs contributing to the achievement of U.S. Government (USG) Global Health Initiative (GHI) targets. USAID anticipates the award of one (1) contract to a qualified 8(a) firm with a total estimated cost of $94.5 million. This will be a 5 year Cost Reimbursement Plus Fixed Fee/Completion type contract.

This contract, known as GH Tech, is comprised of five components: (1) program and project evaluation; (2) technical assistance; (3) GH program and research management; (4) mission support; and (5) logistical support for meetings/conferences.  This activity spans all Foreign Assistance Health Area objectives as well as cross-cutting health issues such as gender, behavior change communications, private sector, research, and health systems strengthening.    

This activity will support the GH Bureau and other health-related operating units of the Agency to implement the GHI and support its seven principles, including improved program evaluation methods and increased implementation of independent evaluations of health projects and programs will  apply and extend USAID Forward's reforms in project design, procurement, Science and Technology (S&T), policy analysis, and strategic planning, providing needed skill sets during the Agency's transition to increased staffing levels and capacity.  The Contractor will provide USAID operating units working on health activities in headquarters and the field with the short- and medium-term technical services of consultants with expertise pertaining to the GHI principles and the USAID Forward reforms, as either independent professionals or employed by other agencies or institutions.  Over the life of the contract, the Contractor will provide experts in areas of new strategic interest and support consideration of innovative new directions in USAID health assistance. 

Please note that the contractor shall be excluded from competing for and/or implementing other USAID contacts, grants or cooperative agreements in the health field.

Offerors must be certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) for participation in the SBA's 8(a) Program.

USAID plans to conduct a pre-proposal conference on February 24, 2012 at 9:30 am. The location and registration information will be provided in an amendment to this RFP.

Added: Mar 22, 2012 8:36 am Modified: Apr 11, 2012 2:25 pmTrack Changes

Added: Apr 04, 2012 5:08 pm

This amendment changes the closing date from April 6, 2012 to April 18, 2012. See attachment.

Added: Mar 30, 2012 5:49 pm This modification posts the revised RFP. As a result of the question and answer period some changes were made to the RFP. These changes have already been addressed in the answers to questions posted in previous amendments. These changes are listed in the SF-30 and are highlighted in yellow in the RFP. Both the SF-30 and the revised RFP are attached.

Added: Feb 02, 2012 12:45 pm Modified: Mar 26, 2012 2:25 pmTrack Changes

Please see Amendment 06 for New closing date and time.

The solicitation opening date is February 16, 2012 and the closing date April 6, 2012 12pm Washington DC time.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will be seeking contractor services to provide the Bureau for Global Health (GH), Regional Bureaus, and Missions with ready access to high quality, external technical expertise to design, support, and evaluate programs contributing to the achievement of U.S. Government (USG) Global Health Initiative (GHI) targets. USAID anticipates the award of one (1) contract to a qualified 8(a) firm with a total estimated cost of $94.5 million. This will be a 5 year Cost Reimbursement Plus Fixed Fee/Completion type contract.

This contract, known as GH Tech, is comprised of five components: (1) program and project evaluation; (2) technical assistance; (3) GH program and research management; (4) mission support; and (5) logistical support for meetings/conferences.  This activity spans all Foreign Assistance Health Area objectives as well as cross-cutting health issues such as gender, behavior change communications, private sector, research, and health systems strengthening.    

This activity will support the GH Bureau and other health-related operating units of the Agency to implement the GHI and support its seven principles, including improved program evaluation methods and increased implementation of independent evaluations of health projects and programs will  apply and extend USAID Forward's reforms in project design, procurement, Science and Technology (S&T), policy analysis, and strategic planning, providing needed skill sets during the Agency's transition to increased staffing levels and capacity.  The Contractor will provide USAID operating units working on health activities in headquarters and the field with the short- and medium-term technical services of consultants with expertise pertaining to the GHI principles and the USAID Forward reforms, as either independent professionals or employed by other agencies or institutions.  Over the life of the contract, the Contractor will provide experts in areas of new strategic interest and support consideration of innovative new directions in USAID health assistance. 

Please note that the contractor shall be excluded from competing for and/or implementing other USAID contacts, grants or cooperative agreements in the health field.

Offerors must be certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) for participation in the SBA's 8(a) Program.

USAID plans to conduct a pre-proposal conference on February 24, 2012 at 9:30 am. The location and registration information will be provided in an amendment to this RFP.

Added: Mar 22, 2012 8:36 am The purpose of this amendment is to post the questions and responses to the questions received via email. The purpose of this amendment is to Post the questions and responses to the questions received via email.

Added: Feb 02, 2012 12:45 pm Modified: Feb 16, 2012 8:11 pmTrack Changes

This amendment adds the Request for Proposals. The solicitation opening date is February 16, 2012 and the closing date is March 26, 2012 at 12 noon eastern time.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will be seeking contractor services to provide the Bureau for Global Health (GH), Regional Bureaus, and Missions with ready access to high quality, external technical expertise to design, support, and evaluate programs contributing to the achievement of U.S. Government (USG) Global Health Initiative (GHI) targets. USAID anticipates the award of one (1) contract to a qualified 8(a) firm with a total estimated cost of $94.5 million. This will be a 5 year Cost Reimbursement Plus Fixed Fee/Completion type contract.

This contract, known as GH Tech, is comprised of five components: (1) program and project evaluation; (2) technical assistance; (3) GH program and research management; (4) mission support; and (5) logistical support for meetings/conferences.  This activity spans all Foreign Assistance Health Area objectives as well as cross-cutting health issues such as gender, behavior change communications, private sector, research, and health systems strengthening.    

This activity will support the GH Bureau and other health-related operating units of the Agency to implement the GHI and support its seven principles, including improved program evaluation methods and increased implementation of independent evaluations of health projects and programs will  apply and extend USAID Forward's reforms in project design, procurement, Science and Technology (S&T), policy analysis, and strategic planning, providing needed skill sets during the Agency's transition to increased staffing levels and capacity.  The Contractor will provide USAID operating units working on health activities in headquarters and the field with the short- and medium-term technical services of consultants with expertise pertaining to the GHI principles and the USAID Forward reforms, as either independent professionals or employed by other agencies or institutions.  Over the life of the contract, the Contractor will provide experts in areas of new strategic interest and support consideration of innovative new directions in USAID health assistance. 

Please note that the contractor shall be excluded from competing for and/or implementing other USAID contacts, grants or cooperative agreements in the health field.

Offerors must be certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) for participation in the SBA's 8(a) Program.

USAID plans to conduct a pre-proposal conference on February 24, 2012 at 9:30 am. The location and registration information will be provided in an amendment to this RFP.

Added: Feb 02, 2012 12:45 pm

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will be seeking contractor services to provide the Bureau for Global Health (GH), Regional Bureaus, and Missions with ready access to high quality, external technical expertise to design, support, and evaluate programs contributing to the achievement of U.S. Government (USG) Global Health Initiative (GHI) targets. USAID anticipates the award of one (1) contract to a qualified 8(a) firm with a total estimated cost of $94.5 million. This will be a 5 year Cost Reimbursement Plus Fixed Fee/Completion type contract.

This contract, known as GH Tech, is comprised of five components: (1) program and project evaluation; (2) technical assistance; (3) GH program and research management; (4) mission support; and (5) logistical support for meetings/conferences.  This activity spans all Foreign Assistance Health Area objectives as well as cross-cutting health issues such as gender, behavior change communications, private sector, research, and health systems strengthening.    

This activity will support the GH Bureau and other health-related operating units of the Agency to implement the GHI and support its seven principles, including improved program evaluation methods and increased implementation of independent evaluations of health projects and programs will  apply and extend USAID Forward's reforms in project design, procurement, Science and Technology (S&T), policy analysis, and strategic planning, providing needed skill sets during the Agency's transition to increased staffing levels and capacity.  The Contractor will provide USAID operating units working on health activities in headquarters and the field with the short- and medium-term technical services of consultants with expertise pertaining to the GHI principles and the USAID Forward reforms, as either independent professionals or employed by other agencies or institutions.  Over the life of the contract, the Contractor will provide experts in areas of new strategic interest and support consideration of innovative new directions in USAID health assistance. 

Please note that the contractor shall be excluded from competing for and/or implementing other USAID contacts, grants or cooperative agreements in the health field.

Offerors must be certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) for participation in the SBA's 8(a) Program.

USAID plans to conduct a pre-proposal conference after posting but prior to the closing date of the Request for Proposals. Date, time and location of the pre-proposal conference will be included in the RFP or as an amendment to the RFP.

Please note that this synopsis is not to be considered a Request for Proposals (RFP). An RFP will be posted to FedBizzOpps.gov in the near future.