SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Population, Health and Nutrition Technical Assistance and Support Contract Four (TASC4) - Africa IDIQ
- Notice Date
- 12/10/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Agency for International Development, Washington D.C., USAID/Washington, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 7.10-006, Washington, District of Columbia, 20523, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20523
- Solicitation Number
- SOL-OAA-11-000021
- Point of Contact
- Kate Bryant,
- E-Mail Address
-
kbryant@usaid.gov
(kbryant@usaid.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Partial Small Business
- Description
- Pre-solicitation Notice: TASC4 – AFRICA SOL-OAA-11-000021 The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) anticipates award of an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract to provide technical assistance and other support to achieve the unit’s population, health, nutrition and infectious disease objectives. The Population, Health and Nutrition Technical Assistance and Support Contract Four (TASC4) - Africa IDIQ will be managed by the Global Health Bureau, Health Infectious Diseases and Nutrition (GH/HIDN). The purpose of TASC4 is to establish a world-wide mechanism to contribute to improvements in the health of people, especially women, children and other vulnerable populations in countries of the developing world, through expansion of basic health services, including family planning, strengthening national health systems, and addressing global issues and special concerns such as HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases (see the Foreign Assistance Framework; Investing in People: Health [1]. TASC4 will continue and expand the worldwide mechanism established by the original TASC IDIQs and the subsequent TASC2 and TASC3 IDIQs. TASC4 shall provide the Agency with cost-effective access to technical expertise and implementation support to meet evolving USAID needs efficiently and in a cost effective manner to implement activities. TASC4 is a major tool contributing to achievement of the goals of Investing in People: Health, of the Framework, as stated above. TASC4 – Africa ’s six (6) objectives are to: (1) Provide USAID with access to technical expertise and implementation support in areas of population, health, nutrition, and infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS in support of Mission and USAID/Washington programs; (2) Customize technical consultations and program support to meet evolving USAID needs; (3) Provide specialized services and expert assistance to programs that integrate multiple Elements and sectors; (4) Reduce procurement time for Missions and Bureaus; (5) Provide a mechanism to allow Missions with reduced management and procurement capacity to implement activities; (6) Allow USAID/Washington to assist USAID’s “non-presence” countries (countries without a USAID Mission) and to work with regions and worldwide. As a result of this RFP, USAID anticipates the award of approximately six (6), five-year IDIQ contracts, which includes up to four (4) unrestricted awards and two (2) small business set-aside awards. USAID anticipates that the maximum ordering limitation of the contracts resulting from this RFP will be $500,000,000 over the five (5) year ordering period. Note that this ceiling applies across all contracts and cannot be exceeded in the aggregate; each successful contractor will be eligible to compete on all task orders until the shared ceiling for all contracts is reached. There is no guarantee on the number of contracts awarded, the number of task orders that any one firm will receive, or the amount of money each firm is entitled to beyond the minimum monetary amount stated in the RFP. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 541990. When released, the solicitation will be posted on FEDBIZOPPS [2]. In accordance with FAR 5.102(d), availability of the solicitation is limited to this electronic medium only. Requests for other copies of the solicitation will be disregarded without notice to the requestor. No phone requests will be accepted, no solicitation will be available for pick-up, and no walk-ins will be allowed. Questions must be directed to Ms. Kate Bryant, Contract Specialist, USAID, M/OAA/GH/HSR, via email at kbryant@usaid.gov. [1] http://www.usaid.gov/about_usaid/acvfa/framework_102506.pdf [2] https://www.fbo.gov/
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Worldwide, United States
- Record
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