SOLICITATION NOTICE
U -- USAID/Ethiopia's Local Capacity Building Program
- Notice Date
- 10/23/2012
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Agency for International Development, Overseas Missions, Ethiopia USAID-Addis Ababa, Dept. of State, Washington, District of Columbia, 20521-2030
- ZIP Code
- 20521-2030
- Solicitation Number
- SOL-663-13-000003
- Archive Date
- 11/27/2012
- Point of Contact
- Girma Debelu, Phone: 2511111306002, Gregory E. Taitt, Phone: 251-111-306002
- E-Mail Address
-
gdebelu@usaid.gov, gtaitt@usaid.gov
(gdebelu@usaid.gov, gtaitt@usaid.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- USAID/Ethiopia intends to award a five-year contract to a U.S. 8(a) firm and/or local Ethiopian firm by issuing a Request for Proposal for the Local Capacity Development (LCD) Project in Ethiopia. The purpose of the LCD is to provide capacity building to local Ethiopian NGOs that are the recipients of the Fostering Local Capacity By Working with New Development Partners (FLCWNDP) program so that they are better able to meet USAID's financial and programmatic reporting requirements, thereby increasing their likelihood of being awarded future grants as envisioned by USAID Forward reforms. The Contractor must build the capacity of up to 20 NGOs in their understanding of and adherence to USAID systems by selecting areas of focus on a tiered system of priorities. If the Contractor deems one area to have been developed/strengthened, it can then move on to the next tier. The work is to be performed in Ethiopia and will require engaging local staff and/or having both English and Amharic capability. The Contractor will also have to obtain a license by registering with the Government of Ethiopia. The purpose of this pre-solicitation notice is to alert U.S. 8(a) firms and local Ethiopian firms of USAID/Ethiopia's intention to issue a request for proposals and to give these firms the opportunity to organize a proposal preparation team. This will be a competitive award. Interested organizations are requested to provide electronically a brief 1-3 page capability statement describing the organizations capabilities and experience in building the capacity of small to mid-size organizations. In particular, their abilities and experience developing: • Financial systems: Develop and strengthen the financial systems of targeted NGO's in the general category of planning, organizing, reporting, controlling and monitoring resources. • Project Management Systems: Develop and strengthen NGO's in planning, organizing, reporting controlling and monitoring projects, standards in service delivery and developing monitoring and evaluation plans. • Administrative Management Systems: Develop and strengthen NGO's management of payroll, personnel an automated an IT systems. • Funding: Identify and strengthen areas of sustainable funding, particularly in assisting organizations in identifying diverse funding sources. Capabilities statements should be emailed to Girma Debelu (gdebelu@usaid.gov) and Gregory Taitt (gtaitt@usaid.gov) before 12 November 2012. The Request for Proposals (RFP) for the LCD project is projected to be issued around December 2012 on www.fedbizopps.gov. USAID will not entertain questions until after the RFP is issued. When the RFP is issued, any amendments thereof will be posted at: www.fedbizopps.gov. Interested parties are advised to periodically monitor the above website for updates concerning this procurement. The anticipated award will be cost plus fixed-fee. Prospective Offerors are advised that this procurement is subject to the availability of funds. This pre-solicitation notice in no way obligates USAID to award a contract nor does it commit USAID to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of a proposal.
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