Governance Strengthening Project Taqadum

Added: Apr 24, 2011 12:41 pm

The SOL-267-11-000003 - Governance Strengthening Project - Taqadum  is hereby amendment is to revise sections of the solicitation and provide  combined answers to questions from all interested parties.

Note:  Offerors Proposals mustl be submitted ONLY to bagdadsolicitations@usaid.gov 

Added: Mar 24, 2011 10:47 am This solicitation will require proposals to be submitted within 30 days of solicitation release.

The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract without discussions with Offerors (except clarifications as described in FAR 15.306(a)). Therefore, the Offeror's initial proposal must contain the Offeror's best terms from a cost or price and technical standpoint. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if the Contracting Officer later determines them to be necessary. If the Contracting Officer determines that the number of proposals that must otherwise be in the competitive range exceeds the number at which an efficient competition can be conducted, the Contracting Officer may limit the number of proposals in the competitive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated proposals.

Added: Mar 23, 2011 12:18 pm The United States Agency for International Development in Iraq requires the services of a contractor to implement a four-year Governance Strengthening Project - Taqadum (hereafter referred to as the Program) with one, one-year option period (total five-year period). The purpose of the Program is to empower and build capacity of Iraqi sub-national government units to effectively respond to the needs of their constituencies. To achieve this objective, the Governance Strengthening Project - Taqadum incorporates three components: Component 1: Reforming the legal framework governing Iraq's federal system by clarifying and expanding the responsibilities, authorities and resources to be decentralized from the central government to the provincial and local governments; Component 2: Enhancing the institutionalization of decentralized authorities within provincial and local governments and improving resource management; and Component 3: Leveraging elected provincial officials constituent support and oversight powers to hold central line ministries accountable for delivery of services not decentralized.