The Contractor shall provide activities to support and strengthen the capacities of civil society organizations (CSOs), government bodies, and private sector entities in Albania

The United States Government, represented by the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID), through the Regional Contracting Office in Kosovo, is seeking proposals from qualified local Albanian organizations ready to rock in performing ACDC, as described in this solicitation.

The competition under this solicitation is limited to local entities in accordance with Section 7077 of Public Law 112-74, as amended by Section 7028 of the Consolidated Appropriation Act (P.L 113-76) titled "Local Competition Authority". For the purpose of the solicitation, local entity means an individual, a corporation, a nonprofit organization, or another body of person that:

(1) is legally organized under the laws of Albania;
(2) have its principal place of business or operations in Albania;
(3) and is: (A) majority owned by individuals who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of; and (B) managed by a governing body the majority of whom are citizens or lawful permanent residents of the cooperating country.

For purpose of this section "Majority owned" and "managed by" include, without limitation, beneficiary interests and the power, either directly or indirectly, whether exercised or exercisable, to control the election, appointment, or tenure of the organization's managers or a majority of the organization's governing body by any means.