USPSC Technical Program Officer

Amendment No. 0001

Date: July 3, 2023
Solicitation Number: 720BHA22R00069
Issuance Date: November 22, 2022
Closing Date and Time: July 05, 2023, 12:00 P.M. Eastern Time

Dear Prospective Offerors,
The Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) has amended this solicitation with the following
updates:
● Incorporate FAR 52.204-27 Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (June 2023) in
full text below
● Remove FAR Clause 52.223-99 ENSURING ADEQUATE COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR
FEDERAL CONTRACTORS (OCT 2021)-Alternate 70 (OCT 2021) (M/OAA-DEV-FAR-22-01c)
“FAR 52.204-27 Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (June 2023)
(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—
Covered application means the social networking service TikTok or any successor application or
service developed or provided by ByteDance Limited or an entity owned by ByteDance Limited.
Information technology, as defined in 40 U.S.C. 11101(6)—
(1) Means any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment, used in the
automatic acquisition, storage, analysis, evaluation, manipulation, management, movement, control,
display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information by the executive
agency, if the equipment is used by the executive agency directly or is used by a contractor under a
contract with the executive agency that requires the use—
(i) Of that equipment; or
(ii) Of that equipment to a significant extent in the performance of a service or the furnishing of a
product;
(2) Includes computers, ancillary equipment (including imaging peripherals, input, output, and
storage devices necessary for security and surveillance), peripheral equipment designed to be
controlled by the central processing unit of a computer, software, firmware and similar procedures,
services (including support services), and related resources; but

(3) Does not include any equipment acquired by a Federal contractor incidental to a Federal contract.
(b) Prohibition. Section 102 of Division R of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. L. 117-
328), the No TikTok on Government Devices Act, and its implementing guidance under Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-23-13, dated February 27, 2023, “No TikTok on
Government Devices” Implementation Guidance, collectively prohibit the presence or use of a
covered application on executive agency information technology, including certain equipment used
by Federal contractors. The Contractor is prohibited from having or using a covered application on
any information technology owned or managed by the Government, or on any information
technology used or provided by the Contractor under this contract, including equipment provided by
the Contractor’s employees; however, this prohibition does not apply if the Contracting Officer
provides written notification to the Contractor that an exception has been granted in accordance
with OMB Memorandum M-23-13.
(c) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c),
in all subcontracts, including subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial
services.

[End of clause]”

Remove FAR Clause 52.223-99 ENSURING ADEQUATE COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR FEDERAL
CONTRACTORS (OCT 2021)-Alternate 70 (OCT 2021) (M/OAA-DEV-FAR-22-01c) and “Ensuring
Adequate COVID-19 Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors” from ATTACHMENT 1:
● IV. SUBMITTING AN OFFER;
● VIII. USAID REGULATIONS, POLICIES AND CONTRACT CLAUSES PERTAINING TO PSCs;
● All references pertaining to vaccination compliance in its entirety.
Sincerely,
Ousay Wahaj

Supervisory Contracting and Agreement Officer
M/OAA/BHA-CPS/PSC

SOLICITATION NUMBER: 720BHA22R00069  

ISSUANCE DATE: November 22, 2022  

CLOSING DATE AND TIME: July 05, 2023, 12:00 P.M. Eastern Time 

SUBJECT: Solicitation for U.S. Personal Service Contractor (USPSC) 

Dear Prospective Offerors: 

The United States Government (USG), represented by the U.S. Agency for International  Development (USAID) is seeking offers from qualified persons to provide personal services under  contract as described in this solicitation.  

Offers must be in accordance with Attachment 1 of this solicitation. Incomplete or unsigned  offers will not be considered. Offerors should retain copies of all offer materials for their records. 

USAID will evaluate all offerors based on stated evaluation criteria. USAID encourages all  individuals, including those from disadvantaged and under-represented groups, to respond to the  solicitation.  

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.  

Any questions must be directed in writing to the Point of Contact specified in Attachment 

Sincerely, 

Sonja Stroud-Gooden 

Contracting Officer