USPSC Food Security and Markets Advisor

Dear Prospective Offerors:

The United States Government (USG), represented by the U.S. Agency for International
Development’s (USAID) Office of Food for Peace (FFP), is seeking offers from qualified U.S.
citizens to provide personal services as a Food Security and Markets Advisor under a United
States Personal Services Contract (USPSC), as described in the solicitation.

Submittals must be in accordance with the attached information at the place and time specified.
Offerors interested in applying for this position MUST submit the following materials:

1. Complete resume. In order to fully evaluate your offer, your resume must include:
(See sample resume on www.ffpjobs.com website)

(a) Paid and non-paid experience, job title, location(s), dates held (month/year), and hours
worked per week for each position. Dates (month/year) and locations for all field experience
must also be detailed. Any experience that does not include dates (month/year), locations,
and hours per week will not be counted towards meeting the solicitation requirements.
(b) Specific duties performed that fully detail the level and complexity of the work.
(c) Names and contact information (phone/email) of your current and/or previous
supervisor(s). Current and/or previous supervisor(s) may be contacted for a reference.
(d) Education and any other qualifications including job-related training courses, job-related
skills, or job-related honors, awards, or accomplishments.
(e) U.S. Citizenship.
Your resume should contain sufficient information to make a valid determination that you
fully meet the experience requirements as stated in this solicitation. This information should
be clearly identified in your resume. Failure to provide information sufficient to determine
your qualifications for the position will result in loss of full consideration.

2. Responses to the Quality Ranking Factors (QRFs): Each offeror’s supplemental document
must address the QRFs shown in the solicitation.

3. USPSC Application form AID 309-2: Offerors are required to complete sections A through
I. This form must be physically signed and scanned. Electronic signatures will not be
accepted.

All USPSCs with a place of performance in the United States are required to have a Data
Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and be registered in the System for Award
Management (SAM) database prior to receiving an offer. You will be disqualified if you either
fail to comply with this requirement or if your name appears on the excluded parties list.
Registration information is available at www.sam.gov and further guidance will be provided to
the selectee regarding DUNS and SAM registration. 

The submission of additional documents submitted will not be accepted. Incomplete or late
offers will not be considered. FFP reserves the right to select additional candidates if vacancies
become available during future phases of the selection process.

Offerors can expect to receive a confirmation email when offer materials have been received.
Offerors should retain for their records copies of all enclosures which accompany their offers.

Your complete resume, signed and scanned AID 309-2 form, and the supplemental document
addressing the QRFs must be emailed to:

FFP PSC Recruitment Team
E-Mail Address: ffprecruitmentteam@usaid.gov

Any questions on this solicitation may be directed to FFP PSC Recruitment Team via the
information provided above. Further guidance on applying, including a sample resume, can be
found at www.ffpjobs.com.

This solicitation in no way obligates USAID to award a PSC contract, nor does it commit
USAID to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of the offer.

Sincerely,
/s/
Patrice Lee
Contracting Officer