Public Relations/Advertising Firm to provide products and services to assist USAID/BiH’s development outreach

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), is soliciting quotations from qualified Bosnian and Herzegovinian companies interested in providing services of a Public Relations/Advertising Firm to perform outreach support products and services to assist USAID/BiH’s development outreach.

USAID encourages businesses to indicate its interest in this solicitation by submitting a proposal in accordance with the instructions in Section 2 – Statement of Work and Timeline. USAID will evaluate the responsive proposals in accordance with the evaluation factors provided in Section 4 – Notice to Contractors Instruction, Evaluation of Quotes.

Electronic responses are required. Please submit your proposal to AHodzic@usaid.gov and SarajevoOAA@usaid.gov by 5:00 p.m. CET, June 24, 2020. The time stamp on the email received shall serve as the official time of receipt.

Deadline for submission of questions is 5:00 p.m. CET, June 16, 2020.

Pre-proposal Conference:

(a) The Government is planning a pre-bid/pre-proposal conference, during which potential offerors may obtain a better understanding of the work required.

(b) Questions will be considered during the conference; however, offerors will be asked to confirm verbal questions in writing. Subsequent to the conference, an amendment to the solicitation containing an abstract of the questions and answers, and a list of attendees, will be disseminated.

(c) In order to facilitate conference preparations, any interested parties should contact Amila Hodzic at AHodzic@usaid.gov for the information needed to join on Google Meetings.  A phone number for calling into the conference will also be made available.

(d) The Government assumes no responsibility for any expense incurred by an offeror prior to contract award.

(e) Offerors are cautioned that, notwithstanding any remarks or clarifications given at the conference, all terms and conditions of the solicitation remain unchanged unless they are changed by amendment to the solicitation. If the answers to conference questions, or any solicitation amendment, create ambiguities, it is the responsibility of the offeror to seek clarification prior to submitting an offer.

(f) The conference will be held:

Date: June 17, 2020

Time: 11:00 a.m. CET (local Sarajevo, BiH time)

Location: Virtual via Google Hangouts

This RFQ does not obligate the United States Government to pay any costs incurred in the preparation and submission of a 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 appreciated the time and efforts invested into preparing proposals in response to this solicitation.