Judiciary Against Corruption Activity (JACA)

Amendment 1
The purpose of the amendment is to revise RFP #72016819R00001 as follows:
1. The Statement of Objectives (SOO) is revised to read as follows:
a) Under Section III. Performance Objectives and Illustrative Results the first sentence "The purpose of USAID's Judiciary Against Corruption Activity is to strengthen selected justice institutions to combat corruption" is removed and replaced with the following: "The purpose of USAID's Judiciary Against Corruption Activity is to strengthen selected justice sector institutions to combat corruption, economic and organized crime."
b) Under Section V. Cross-Cutting Issues, Sub-section Environmental Review, the reference to the attachment of the IEE to the RFP is hereby deleted.
c) Include the link to the 2018 EU progress report for BiH as follows: "The Judicial Effectiveness Index of BiH: 2017 Report can be found at https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00TF21.pdf"
2. The solicitation is revised to read as follows:
a) Under Section L.5.B.a Organization of Technical Proposal, item v. is modified as follows:
"v. The 25-Page Limitation stated above is inclusive of the following:
• SOW/Technical Approach (15 page limit);
• Key Personnel Approach;
• MEL Approach;
• Past Performance Information Summary;
• Cover Page;
• Cover Letter;
• Table of Contents;
• Acronym List;
• Title Pages; and
• Dividers."

b. Under Section L.5.B.a Organization of Technical Proposal, item vi. is updated as follows:

"vi. The following are to be included in the Technical Proposal as an annex/exhibit and will not be subject to 25-page limitation:

• Contractor Performance Information;
• Résumés and references of Key Personnel;
• Statement of Intention and Availability of Key Personnel;
• Key Personnel Position Descriptions;
• Draft Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Plan which includes planned results, outcomes, and indicators, including logframe."
No other changes to the base RFP are made at this time.

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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (USAID/BiH) anticipates awarding a five-year Cost-Plus-Fixed Fee Completion contract to implement the Judiciary Against Corruption Activity (JACA).
This procurement is classified as Total Small Business Set-Aside in accordance with FAR Part 19 and FAR Part 15. USAID encourages small businesses to indicate its interest in this solicitation by submitting a proposal in accordance with the instructions in Section L - Instructions to Offerors. USAID will evaluate the responsive proposals in accordance with the evaluation factors provided in Section M - Evaluation Factors.
Electronic responses are required (See Section L). Please submit your proposals to sarajevooaa@usaid.gov by 9:00 a.m. Sarajevo time, January 15, 2019. Receipt time is when the proposal is received by USAID Washington internet server.
Deadline for submission of questions or requests for information is 9:00 a.m. Sarajevo time, December 4, 2018.
This RFP does not obligate the United States Government to pay any cost incurred in preparing and submitting your proposal. In addition, the Government reserves the right to reject any or all offerors, if such action is considered in the best interest of the Government. Furthermore, the Government reserves the right to make an award without discussions.
USAID appreciates the time and effort invested into preparing proposals in respons to this solicitation..