Analytical Services and Support to the USAID Office of Democracy and Governance in the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA/DG)

Presolicitation Notice Description

M-OAA-DCHA-DOFDA-09-567



The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) anticipates award of an Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) to provide analytical services and support to inform the design and implementation of USAID-funded democracy and governance strategies and programs. The IQC will be managed by the Office of Democracy and Governance in the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA/DG).

As an office of technical and intellectual leadership, DCHA/DG will ensure that all USAID organizational entities, including field missions, regional bureaus, and other central bureaus have ready access to a broad array of analytical services for DG programming. These services are essential to the overall success of the USAID/DG portfolio and will enable USAID to maintain and define the state of the art in democratic development. The IQC will provide services to ensure that DG strategies, programs and activities, and monitoring and evaluation plans are based on in-depth, well-informed analysis; cutting-edge research; valid data; and best practices in the field of democracy and governance. The analytical services and support may be required by any USAID organizational entity including field missions, regional bureaus, and other central bureaus. Direct technical assistance and/or analytical services to host country institutions (both governmental and non-governmental) may also be necessary under task orders.

USAID estimates awarding three (3) contracts as a result of this solicitation, including two (2) unrestricted and approximately one (1) small business set-aside. USAID anticipates that the maximum ordering limitation of the contracts resulting from this RFP will be $50,000,000.00 over the five (5) year ordering period. Note that this ceiling applies across all contracts and cannot be exceeded in the aggregate; each successful contractor will be eligible to compete on all task orders until the shared ceiling for all contracts is reached. There is no guarantee on the number of contracts awarded, the number of task orders that any one firm will receive, or the amount of money each firm is entitled to beyond the minimum monetary amount stated in the RFP. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 541990. The solicitation will be posted on the FEDBIZOPPS web page (http://www.fedbizopps.gov) not less than fifteen (15) days after this notice is issued. In accordance with FAR 5.102(d), availability of the solicitation is limited to this electronic medium only. Requests for other copies of the solicitation will be disregarded without notice to the requestor. No phone requests will be accepted, no solicitation will be available for pick-up, and no walk-ins will be allowed. Questions must be directed to Mr. Robert Parnell, Contract Specialist, U.S. Agency for International Development, M/OAA/DCHA/DOFDA, Ronald Reagan Building, Room 7.09-121, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, D.C. 20523, (Phone: 202.712.0727) (Fax: 202.216.3132) (email: rparnell@usaid.gov).