Impact Evaluation for New Economic Opportunities (NEO) Project

The United States Government, represented by the United States Agency for International Development Regional Mission to the Caucasus (USAID/Caucasus), is seeking proposals to provide the services described in the attached Request for Proposals (RFP). This solicitation is being issued as a small business set-aside.  The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541990 - All Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Services, and the small business size standard is $7 million. 

If you decide to submit a proposal, it must be presented in accordance with the attached solicitation and received no later than 10:00 AM local Tbilisi time on the closing date indicated above and at the place shown below. Proposals should be submitted with the name, street address, telephone number, email address of a point-of-contact who is an authorized agent of the offeror and RFP number. The proposal must be addressed to:  

            Brian K. Woody
            Contracting Officer
            USAID/Caucasus 

Internet email for electronic submission: RCOCaucasus@usaid.gov

Street/delivery address:
USAID/Caucasus, Regional Contracting Office
11, George Balanchine Street
Tbilisi, 0131 Georgia   

Questions regarding this RFP shall be submitted to Irina Bakradze (ibakradze@usaid.gov), Acquisition Agent, by 4PM Tbilisi time, December 30, 2011.   

This RFP 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 proposal. Notifications of receipt and questions concerning this RFP must be directed to the Contracting Officer via the internet email address listed above.

The United States Government, represented by the United States Agency for International Development at its Mission, USAID/Caucasus, is publishing the attached draft statement of work (SOW) for an impact evaluation of the New Economic Opportunities (NEO) Project in Georgia in order to solicit comments and suggestions from interested small business concerns.

The proposed impact evaluation will involve three separate phases with an ending date in early 2015 and will assess NEO's impact on rural incomes, household poverty levels; and community-level planning and economic infrastructure development processes in target communities.

Kindly send your comments to ibakradze@usaid.gov and bwoody@usaid.gov with the subject line: "Comment on Draft SOW for NEO Impact Evaluation submitted by [Name of Organization]." Comments are welcome from the date of release of this notice through the closing date and time of 10:00am on December 5, 2011 (local Tbilisi time). Interested parties may submit more than one set of comments if appropriate. Individual responses to comments will not be provided. Comments and suggestions received may be taken into consideration for the preparation of the Request for Proposal (RFP). 

The RFP is projected to be issued in mid-December 2011 on FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov). USAID/Caucasus intends to use procedures set forth in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15.
All are advised that this request for comments does not obligate USAID to award a contract nor does it commit to pay any costs incurred whatsoever for providing comments on the draft statement of work.

The United States Government, represented by the United States Agency for International Development at its Mission, USAID/Caucasus, is publishing the attached draft statement of work (SOW) for an impact evaluation of the New Economic Opportunities (NEO) Project in Georgia in order to solicit comments and suggestions from interested small business concerns.

The proposed impact evaluation will involve three separate phases with an ending date in early 2015 and will assess NEO's impact on rural incomes, household poverty levels; and community-level planning and economic infrastructure development processes in target communities.

Kindly send your comments to ibakradze@usaid.gov and bwoody@usaid.gov with the subject line: "Comment on Draft SOW for NEO Impact Evaluation submitted by [Name of Organization]." Comments are welcome from the date of release of this notice through the closing date and time of 10:00am on December 5, 2011 (local Tbilisi time). Interested parties may submit more than one set of comments if appropriate. Individual responses to comments will not be provided. Comments and suggestions received may be taken into consideration for the preparation of the Request for Proposal (RFP). 

The RFP is projected to be issued in mid-December 2011 on FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov). USAID/Caucasus intends to use procedures set forth in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15. This procurement shall be conducted under full and open competition.

All are advised that this request for comments does not obligate USAID to award a contract nor does it commit to pay any costs incurred whatsoever for providing comments on the draft statement of work.