SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Investment Policy and Statutory Requirements - Package #1
- Notice Date
- 8/4/2010
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 926150
— Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors
- Contracting Office
- Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Contracts and Administrative Services, Contracts and Administrative Services, 1100 New York Ave, NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20527
- ZIP Code
- 20527
- Solicitation Number
- OPIC-10-R-0021
- Archive Date
- 10/12/2010
- Point of Contact
- Booker T. Weaver, Phone: 202-336-8560, Glenda O. Martin, Phone: 2023368554
- E-Mail Address
-
Booker.weaver@opic.gov, Glenda.Martin@opic.gov
(Booker.weaver@opic.gov, Glenda.Martin@opic.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Solicitation for Expert Support of OPIC Statutory Requirements The Overseas Private Investment Corporation ("OPIC") was established as an agency of the U.S. government in 1971. OPIC helps U.S. businesses invest overseas, fosters economic development in new and emerging markets, complements the private sector in managing risks associated with foreign direct investment, and supports U.S. foreign policy. OPIC supports a wide range of investments, including extractive industries, agriculture, manufacturing and infrastructure. OPIC is required by U.S. law (Title IV of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961) to evaluate certain policy issues for every project it supports. OPIC's Office of Investment Policy is responsible for insuring that OPIC projects are implemented in a manner consistent with OPIC's statutory requirements related to social and environmental matters which include: Statutory Requirements Environmental, health, and safety impacts. Impacts on project affected people. Labor and working conditions. Human Rights. The Office of Investment Policy performs in-depth analyses on all projects proposed for OPIC support and ensures that any OPIC-supported project meets statutory requirements in environmental, health, safety, social, labor, and human rights policy areas. The office also monitors project performance to ensure that a project complies with all statutory and contractual requirements in environmental, health, safety, social, labor, and human rights policy areas. The role of the Independent Consultant (IC) is to provide support to OPIC's Office of Investment Policy in meeting its Statutory Requirements. ICs should identify the Statutory Requirements for which they would like to be considered. IC support should also identify which of the following Tasks for which they would like to be considered: Task Categories Independent technical project reviews. Independent industry-specific technical reviews to support policy decisions or policy revisions. Independent reviews of project working conditions, including associated management systems. Assist in independent auditing or monitoring of OPIC-supported projects. Preparation of draft reports to OPIC management or OPIC's outside stakeholders. Support for policy and procedure revisions. Assessment of security protocols and practices and human rights impacts for projects in a broad range of sectors.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/OPIC/CAS/CAS/OPIC-10-R-0021/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), Washington, District of Columbia, 20727, United States
- Zip Code: 20727
- Zip Code: 20727
- Record
- SN02228333-W 20100806/100804234801-c963faa1c84270161c6fa1d82435efdf (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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