Trade-Related Assistance for Development (TRADE) Project

Added: Apr 03, 2012 9:20 am Modified: Sep 27, 2012 4:20 amTrack Changes USAID/Philippines, is soliciting proposals from qualified organizations for the performance of services detailed in the attached RFP to support a program that will be administered by USAID's Office of Economic Development and Governance (OEDG).

The TRADE Project is intended to contribute to higher growth by supporting reform measures to advance the country's commitments under the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint, which outlines concrete targets for establishing a single market and production base in the ASEAN region by 2015 and improve Philippine readiness to join other free trade agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.

TRADE will address trade and investment from three different angles: enhancing the policy and institutional environment for trade and investment; improving trade facilitation; strengthening the environment for competition; and supporting advocacy and outreach activities that advance GPH's trade policy agenda. TRADE will support the GPH efforts to comply with its commitments in the ASEAN Economic Community blueprint and other bilateral and multilateral trade agreements, including improving its readiness to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.

Added: Apr 03, 2012 9:20 am The purpose of this notice is to comply with the synopsis and Presolicitation notice requirements of FAR 5.2 - Synopsis of Proposed Contract Actions. Any solicitation resulting from this notice will be handled in accordance with FA 5.102(D); therefore, availability of any resulting solicitation package will be limited to this electronic medium. Accordingly, interested vendors, especially small business, are encouraged to register themselves as an interested vendor.

Subject to the availability of funds, the United States Agency for International Development Mission to the Philippines (USAID/Philippines) intends to issue a request for proposal (RFP) in order to select a contractor to implement the "Trade-Related Assistance for Development (TRADE) Project", a 5-year project that will support the Government of the Philippines in its efforts to implement trade and investment-related reforms with the objective of attaining higher levels of trade and foreign direct investment

The project will provide technical assistance that will focus on identifying and addressing:
• Policy reforms to implement binding commitments under the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint, advance the country's eligibility in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and meet its World Trade Organization (WTO) obligations;
• Trade analysis and strategy formulation of proposed adjustment measures and reforms, and;
• Gaps in institutional and administrative capacity of the government and other major stakeholders in undertaking trade enabling measures.