Tusome Pamoja Program, Kiswahili for "Let's Read Together"

Added: Apr 13, 2015 9:49 am

SOLICITATION No. SOL-621-15-000014

NOTICE TYPE: PRESOLICITATION

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Tanzania, intends to issue a Request for Proposal solicitation for the USAID/Tanzania Tusome Pamoja Program, Kiswahili for Let’s Read Together. The overarching goal of this program is to acquire technical assistance and instructional materials targeted at improving lifelong learning skills, defined as mastery of early grade reading, writing, and arithmetic. Technical assistance will cover: (1) improving quality of basic skills instruction at the early primary level; (2) strengthening Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT) skills delivery systems; and (3) increasing community and parental engagement in early primary education. Subject to the availability of funds, USAID intends to provide the funding in the range of $60 to $70 million for a five year period (with no option years) contract.

USAID intends to issue a full and open RFP on/or about 15 days from the posting of this notice. Please do not consider this announcement as an RFP, and do not submit your proposals until a formal RFP is posted. Potential Offerors should frequently check the Federal Business Opportunities at www.fbo.gov  for the forthcoming solicitation and other information.

The purpose of this notice is to comply with the synopses and pre-solicitation notice requirements of FAR 5.2, Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions. Any solicitation resulting from this notice will be handled in accordance with FAR 5.102(d); therefore, availability of any resulting solicitation package will be limited to this electronic medium. Accordingly, interested vendors are encouraged to register themselves as an interested vendor.

This is NOT an Invitation for Bid (IFB) or a Request for Proposal (RFP) and in no way obligates the US Government to issue an RFP/IFB and/or award a contract. The information herein below is released for wide dissemination to all parties and is indicative only. The information is subject to modification and is in no way binding to government and the estimate is based on the best information available at this time.

This notice does not obligate USAID to award a contract, nor does it commit the U.S. Government to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of proposals.

Telephone inquiries will not be accepted. We will not directly respond to inquiries regarding this synopsis but may consider them in preparation of the RFP. Comments may be submitted via email to: usaidtzco@usaid.gov

This is not a set-aside