Feed the Future Ethiopia - Value Chain Activity

Added: Mar 15, 2016 3:33 am The Purpose of this amendment is to correct the numbering of the questions/anwers attachment to the previous amendement and provide the correct ADS reference to question number 130.

Added: Mar 14, 2016 9:38 am The purpose of this amendment is to:
1. Provide answers to the offerors questions to the RFP
2. Issue an amendment to the RFP

Added: Mar 09, 2016 1:37 am The purpose of this amandment is to:
1. Extend submission date for proposals by two weeks i.e from March 28, 2016 to April 08, 2016;
2. Provide additional reference materials as a result of the potential offerors solicitation conference and
3. Provide the notes of the solicitation conference 

Added: Jan 06, 2016 12:52 am Modified: Feb 12, 2016 4:31 amTrack Changes

The purpose of this activity is to improve the performance of select value chains in the agricultural sector in conformity with the Ethiopia Agricultural Growth Program (AGP) II which commenced in November 2015 and will last a period of five years.

The AGP-II components are:

1. Agricultural Support Services
2. Agricultural Research
3. Small Business Irrigation
4. Agricultural Marketing and Value Chains
5. Project Management, Capacity Building, and Monitoring and Evaluation.

The Cross Cutting issues include gender, nutrition and climate smart agriculture.

The activity functions as the principle contributor to Component Four of the AGP-II, Agricultural marketing and Value Chains. The objective of Component Four is to improve productivity while reducing marketing costs and associated business costs, and therefore, creating much more effective and competitive value chains. To a lesser extent, the activity will also contribute to Component Five, Project Management, Capacity Building and Monitoring and Evaluation.

The activity has three sub-purposes:

1. Increase nutrition-sensitive productivity of targeted value chains, inclusive of women and youth;
2. Strengthen inclusive market systems and trade;
3. Improve the enabling environment in support of agricultural transformation.

Full details of the activity are outlined in the statement of work of this solicitation.

Added: Jan 06, 2016 12:52 am The U.S. Government, represented by the United States Agency for International Development, Mission to Ethiopia (USAID/Ethiopia), contemplates issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) to award a single, Cost-Plus-Fixed -Fee (CPFF) completion type contract for the implementation of the USAID's Feed the Future Ethiopia-Value Chain Activity. The purpose of this activity is to improve the performance of the agricultural sector in conformity with Component Four of the Agricultural Growth Program (AGP-II) in Ethiopia.

Additional information on AGP-II can be found on  http://ethioagp.org/ and  

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/02/23978941/ethiopia-second-phase-agricultural-growth-program-project-social-assessment-report

The tentative performance period is 5 years. The solicitation and any subsequent award will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part15, and other relevant sections of FAR and AIDAR.

The tentative applicable NAICS Code is: 541990-All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services.

All qualified offerors are invited to provide their proposal.
Offerors are encouraged to check  https://www.fbo.gov regularly to obtain additional information on this requirement.

This notice is for informational purposes only and is not a request for offers. The Government is not obligated to issue a solicitation as a result of this notice.

All respondents must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at http://www.sam.gov and complete online Representations and Certifications at http://www.sam.gov.

No other information is available until issuance of the solicitation.