The USAID Microeconomic Foundations for Growth IQC

Added: Feb 28, 2011 6:09 am The purpose for Amendment #4 is:

1. Corrected Attachment J.5
2. Updated Attachment J.9 List of Interested Parties
3. Corrected Section M.3 (c)

Added: Feb 23, 2011 6:37 am The purpose for Amendment #3 is:

•1.   Revise Section F.8
•2.   Add questions and answers to Attachment J.8

Added: Feb 22, 2011 7:14 am The purpose for Amendment #2 is:

 

•1.   Change in the Submission Deadline

•2.   Clarify delivery submission for hard copies;

•3.   Revise Sections B, H, I, K, L, M;

•4.   Revise Attachment J.5;

•5.   Add attachments J.6 - J.10.

Added: Feb 04, 2011 5:16 am  

The purpose of this Amendment#01 is to replace Section C.3 Challenges of the Solicitation #SOL-176-11-000003 and to notify all interested parties about time and place of the Solicitation Conference.

Added: Feb 01, 2011 10:37 pm

The Solicitation Conference will be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan on o/a February 11, 2011. 

Street Location and time of Solicitation Conference:TBD.

Added: Jan 26, 2011 4:33 am OPENING DATE:    January 26, 2011
CLOSING DATE:    February 28, 2011
CLOSING TIME:     5:00 pm, Almaty Time (or 6:00 am Eastern time)

SUBJECT:    Request for Proposal (RFP) SOL-176-11-000003, The USAID Microeconomic Foundations for Growth IQC

The United States Government, represented by the United States Agency for International Development Regional Mission to Central Asia (USAID/CAR), is seeking proposals to provide the services described in the attached Request for Proposals.  The objective of this IQC is to facilitate USAID/CAR's continued engagement in microeconomic reform, strengthening businesses, infrastructure, and trade facilitation through a structured procurement process. The new IQC will build on previous USAID-funded efforts in addressing these areas.

USAID encourages maximum participation of small businesses and local private business. Accordingly, every reasonable effort will be made to identify and make use of such organizations. Organizations, specifically small businesses and local private business, that wish to express interest in this solicitation should provide relevant information on the "Interested Vendor List" at www.fbo.gov to assist in making this information known to others or in an e-mail to AlmatyAASolicitations@usaid.govby February 7, 2011, 10:00 am Almaty time. 

USAID's primary program objectives focus on implementing robust activities that promote economic growth, reduce poverty, graduate transitional countries from aid to trade, promote open competitive markets, develop the private sector, and mobilize private financing sources to supplement and eventually replace development assistance. These activities should seek to enhance regional economic integration where it is mutually beneficial to Central Asian nations. IQC contractors will provide a full range of services to USAID/Central Asia in microeconomic reform, business improvement, and trade facilitation. USAID will also release another IQC dealing only with Macroeconomic Foundations for Growth, SOL-176-11-000002. 

Offerors are invited to submit a proposal in accordance with the requirements of the RFP. This procurement shall be conducted through full and open competition, under which any type of organization is eligible to compete. The procedures set forth in FAR Part 15 shall apply. The US Government anticipates awarding approximately two (2) to four (4) awards with an overall ceiling price of $50,000,000.00 for a five-year period. The anticipated number of awards under The USAID Microeconomic Foundations for Growth IQC is subject to Contracting Officer's determination.

Questions on this RFP should be submitted, in writing, no later than February 7, 2011, 10:00 am Almaty time, at AlmatyAASolicitations@usaid.gov.

USAID/CAR will conduct a Solicitation Conference on o/a February 11, 2011. Representatives from the USAID/CAR mission will be made available for a question & answer (Q&A) session from TBD pm until TBD pm. 

Street Location of Solicitation Conference:

TBD

Proposals must be presented in accordance with the attached solicitation and received no later than 5:00 pm, local Almaty, Kazakhstan, time on the Closing Date indicated above at the place shown below. Proposals and modifications thereof, should be submitted with the name, street address, telephone number, internet email address of a point-of-contact who is an authorized agent of the offeror and Request for Proposal Number inscribed thereon, must be addressed to:

Geoffry Lohsl
Contracting Officer
USAID/CAR

Internet email for electronic submission: Internet email: AlmatyAAsolicitations@usaid.gov 

Street/delivery address: USAID/CAR, Acquisition and Assistance Office, 41 Kazibek bi Street, Park Palace Building, Almaty, Kazakhstan  050010, Tel 7-2272-50-00-41

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.

Added: Nov 15, 2010 5:50 am  

The purpose of this Amendment #01 is to clarify that Presolicitation Notice # SOL-176-11-000003 is published as a DRAFT in order to obtain comments/input from all public and private interested parties. Your comments/inputs about this draft synopsis are requested, and may be taken into consideration for the preparation of the final RFP.

 The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)/CAR anticipates award of a five-year multiple award Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) to implement the Microeconomic Foundations for Growth Program in the Central Asian Republics.

 All types of eligible organizations and firms are strongly encouraged to review the attached DRAFT Statement of Work, provide comments, and consider submitting offers in response to the resulting final RFP (solicitation).

 Interested parties are encouraged to submit comments or questions concerning this DRAFT Statement of Work by November 22, 2010, 10 am Almaty time.  These should be directed to the following e-mail address: AlmatyAAsolicitations@usaid.gov

 USAID/CAR is not requesting proposals at this time.  Any proposal that is received in response to this DRAFT RFP will be discarded prior to issuance of the RFP. USAID/CAR reserves the right not to incorporate any and all comments into the final RFP, or even issue a final RFP.

Added: Nov 10, 2010 4:50 am  

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)/CAR anticipates award of a five-year multiple award Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) to implement the Microeconomic Foundations for Growth Program in the Central Asian Republics.

 The objective of this IQC is to facilitate USAID/Central Asia's continued engagement in microeconomic reform, strengthening businesses, infrastructure, and trade facilitation through a structured procurement process. The new IQC will build on previous USAID-funded efforts in addressing these areas.

USAID's program objectives focus on implementing robust activities that promote economic growth, reduce poverty, graduate transitional countries from aid to trade, promote open competitive markets, develop the private sector, and mobilize private financing sources to supplement and eventually replace development assistance. These activities should seek to enhance regional economic integration where it is mutually beneficial to Central Asian nations. IQC contractors will provide a full range of services to USAID/Central Asia in microeconomic reform, business improvement, and trade facilitation. 

USAID anticipates awarding multiple indefinite quantity contracts with an overall ceiling price of $50,000,000.00 over the five (5) year ordering period. Note that this ceiling applies across all task orders and cannot be exceeded in the aggregate. Note that there is no guarantee on the number of task orders that firms will receive under this IQC, or the amount of money the firm is entitled to beyond the minimum monetary amount stated in the RFP.  Task orders may be either fixed price or cost reimbursement.  The NAICS Code for this procurement is 541990. The solicitation will be posted on www.fbo.gov not less than fifteen (15) days after this notice issued.    

 In accordance with FAR 5.102(d), availability of the solicitation is limited to this electronic medium only. Requests for other copies of the solicitation will be disregarded without notice to the requestor.