Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for Independent Consulting Services

Amendment 1:
This RFP has been amended as follows:
1) The deadline for proposal submission has been extended to 5 May 2016.
2) The quote content and format attachment and evaluation criteria have been amended to delete the requirement for interested vendors to answer hypothetical scenario questions in their technical volumes. 

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested, and a written solicitation document will not be issued.

This solicitation is a Request for Proposals (RFP). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC 2005-87).

Award shall be made to the contractor whose proposal, conforming to the combined synopsis/solicitation, provides the best value to the Government. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541720 with a small business size standard of $20.5M in annual revenues.

The OPIC Contracting Officer (CO) intends to award a Firm Fixed-Price (FFP) task order for a contractor to provide independent consulting services to carry out social assessments of potential OPIC investments and perform social-specific monitoring for current OPIC investments in Africa as described in the Statement of Work (Attachment A). Capable parties shall submit proposals in response to this combined synopsis/solicitation following the instructions specified in the Proposal Content and Format (Attachment B). The PCO reserves the right to make an award without discussions.