Support Services for Enhanced Management of Serious Environmental and Social Incidents, Including Reprisal/Retaliation and Digital Surveillance Risks
Cancelled Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 77344424Q0057
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- PSC
- R499 Support- Professional: Other
- Place of performance
- Washington, District of Columbia 20527, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is seeking support services to enhance its policies and procedures for monitoring client responses to serious environmental and social incidents and complaints, including addressing the risks of reprisals, retaliation, and digital surveillance against project stakeholders. The key requirements include benchmarking best practices among development finance institutions, providing guidance to DFC on enhancing their due diligence and incident response systems, and delivering training to DFC staff. Proposals are due by April 29, 2024, and the estimated period of performance is 8 months. The contract will be a firm fixed price using FAR Part 12 and 13 procedures. DFC will select the responsible offeror that represents the best value based on technical and price factors.
This solicitation is not set-aside for any specific business category. The place of performance is Washington, DC 20527, USA. The government has also included security and privacy requirements for information technology procurements that offerors must adhere to. The solicitation has been subject to two amendments, including an extension of the proposal due date and the incorporation of additional security policy requirements.
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Support Services for Enhanced Management of SeriousEnvironmental and Social Incidents, Including Reprisal/Retaliation and Digital Surveillance Risks
Description of requirements: Contractor to assist with development of guidance relating to Reprisals and Retaliation. DFC seeks support to enhance its policies and procedures for monitoring clients’ response to environmental and social incidents and complaints, in compliance with the DFC Environmental and Social Policy and Procedures (ESPP) and IFC Performance Standards. This includes incidents that DFC is made aware of pursuant to clients’ contractual requirements; complaints and grievances received from project-affected parties about how clients or projects are implemented in line with DFC requirements; and other matters reported by interested stakeholders relating to the expected environmental and social performance of clients or projects. Within this context, DFC also seeks specific support to enhance policies and procedures to address the risks of reprisals and retaliation against project stakeholders (including digital surveillance) during due diligence and project implementation, including responding to allegations of threats, intimidation, harassment, or violence.
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation;
proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.
Update #1 ·
Support Services for Enhanced Management of SeriousEnvironmental and Social Incidents, Including Reprisal/Retaliation and Digital Surveillance Risks
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation;
proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.
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