Cross-Sectoral Youth Assessment (CSYA) in Macedonia

The United States Government, represented by the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID), through the Mission in Macedonia, is seeking quotations from qualified organizations to conduct a Cross-Sectoral Youth Assessment (CSYA) as described in this solicitation. USAID/Macedonia anticipates awarding a firm fixed price purchase order with a period of performance of four months from the date of award as a result of this solicitation.
Please note that organizations submitting a quotation in response to this solicitation must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) in order to conduct business with the U.S. Government. A successful registration in SAM means that the organization has obtained a DUNS number and has secured an NCAGE. The NAICS code for this contract is 541990.
Questions regarding this opportunity must be submitted by October 19, 2018 to Rade Knezevic at rknezevic@usaid.gov and Florentin Emini at femini@usaid.gov. Quotations, consisting of the documentation required in section L, must be submitted electronically to rknezevic@usaid.gov and femini@usaid.gov on or before the due date stipulated above. All submitted documents must conform to the requirements outlined in the solicitation. Documents received after the deadline will not be considered.
This solicitation in no way obligates USAID to award a contract nor does it commit USAID to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of a q quotation. The authority for this RFQ is found in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, FAR Part 12 (Acquisition of Commercial Items) and FAR Part 13 (Simplified Acquisition Procedures). USAID appreciates the time and effort put into preparing quotations in response to this solicitation.
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USAID/Macedonia is looking for firms who meet the eligibility requirements of USAID's Localworks Program and who have the corporate capability to successfully undertake the assessment. A summary of the assessment is as follows:
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Macedonia seeks the services of an entity to conduct a Cross-Sectoral Youth Assessment (CSYA) in Macedonia that will include programmatic recommendations. The purpose of the CSYA is to identify priority challenges for the youth in Macedonia, different reasons behind the growing out-migration of both the well-educated and uneducated youth, identify opportunities to have the youth stay in the country and fully participate in its economic and democratic development, particularly at local level. In addition, the analysis should provide recommendations for the USAID/Macedonia programming, both stand-alone activities and cross-sectoral interventions. The CSYA will inform both the forthcoming Country Development and Cooperation Strategy (2020-2025) and programming under the USAID Macedonia's Local Works program.
Localworks eligibility criteria define eligible entities as follows:
"eligible entities" means small local, international, and United States-based nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), educational institutions, and other small entities that have received less than a total of $5,000,000 in direct United States Government support over the previous five years."
If you are an eligible entity that has the necessary corporate capability, please send a one page expression of interest to Florentin Emini at femini@usaid.gov and Rade Knezevic at rknezevic@usaid.gov..