SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- Procurement of Fiscal Agent Services
- Notice Date
- 4/30/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Millennium Challenge Corporation, MCC, Washington DC, 1099 Fourteenth St NW, Suite 700, Washington, District of Columbia, 20005, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20005
- Solicitation Number
- RFP_001
- Archive Date
- 7/7/2018
- Point of Contact
- Grant Knutson, Phone: 2027726495
- E-Mail Address
-
knutsongm@mcc.gov
(knutsongm@mcc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 1) The Government of Kosovo has received grant funding of UD$49,000,000.00 (Forty Nine Million United States Dollars) from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) of the United States Government to support Kosovo through a Threshold Program which is designed to lower energy costs for households and businesses and to support the Government of Kosovo in its efforts to improve data transparency to spur growth, fight poverty and advance stability. The Millennium Foundation of Kosovo (MFK), the Accountable Entity created by the Government of Kosovo to implement this program and achieve the objectives of the MCC Grant Agreement, intends to apply parts of the proceeds of the funds to payments for Contracts for Goods, Works and Services. 2) The Threshold Program in Kosovo is a $49 Million grant that consists of two projects, the Reliable Energy Landscape Project and the Transparent and Accountable Governance Project: a) Reliable Energy Landscape Project: Demand for electricity significantly surpasses supply in Kosovo, and the country struggles with the reliability of its energy supply. This project encourages greater household energy efficiency and facilitates the switch to non-electric sources of heating through a pilot activity. MCC's investments also work to bolster private-sector participation in the power sector by exploring barriers to finance for independent power producers, and create opportunities for women to participate in the energy sector through both employment and entrepreneurship and b) Transparent and Accountable Governance Project: Government decision-making is often opaque, leading to distrust by the private sector and civil society, and high perceptions of corruption. Kosovo's judiciary is one the country's least trusted institutions. This project supports the implementation of a case management information system to make judicial information publicly available, and improvements to the collection and reporting of environmental data to the public. An open innovation competition will let the government pose their challenges to civil society and private sector stakeholders to propose creative, data-grounded solutions, which can be a model for more productive partnerships between government and civil society. 3) MFK intends to use a portion of the grant provided through the Threshold Program to fund professional Fiscal Agent services from a firm/organization ("Fiscal Agent" or "Consultant") to assist the Foundation with the implementation of the Threshold Program in a transparent and sound manner, all in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in a Fiscal Agent Agreement (Fiscal Agent Agreement) a form of which is attached to this Request for Proposals (RFP) in Section 5. 4) This RFP follows the General Procurement Notice that appeared in dgMarket on March 29 2018, UNDB Online on March, 26 2018. 5) The Fiscal Agent services, and the contract expected to be awarded, are required for a fixed price for a 12-month base period, plus three options periods of one year (12 months) each, with the possibility that the final option period (if the option is exercised) may be adjusted to cover services required for the completion and closeout of the Threshold Program. The RFP includes details concerning this. 6) This RFP is open to all eligible entities ("Consultants") who wish to respond. Subject to restrictions noted in the RFP, consultants may associate with other consultants to enhance their capacity to successfully carry out the assignment. 7) A Consultant will be selected under the Fixed Budget Selection (FBS) method, the evaluation procedure for which is described in the RFP, and which is in accordance with "MCC Program Procurement Guidelines" which are provided on the MCC website (www.mcc.gov/ppg). The selection process, as described, will include a review and verification of qualifications and past performance, including a reference check, prior to the contract award. 8) The minimum qualification required of the consulting firm is described in Section III "Qualification and Evaluation Criteria" 9) MFK now invites proposals from legally constituted consulting firms to provide the consultant services referenced above ("Proposals"). More details on these consultant services are provided in the Terms of Reference at Section V of this RFP. 10) Consultants interested in submitting a Proposal should register their interest by sending an e-mail with subject: Request for Kosovo Fiscal Agent RFP to the Procurement Manager on procurement@millenniumkosovo.org giving full contact details of the Consultant. This will ensure that the Consultants receive updates regarding this RFP. 11) Proposals in hard-copy must be delivered to the address below and in the manner specified in the PDS ITC 4.4, no later than 13.00 Kosovo Time (GMT+1) of 7 May 2018. Office of the Millennium Challenge Kosovo Johan v. Hahn no.11 Prishtine, Kosovo Phone Number: 00 383 38 200 14 315 (Phone number is for information only and is not part of the delivery address.) Consultants should be aware that distance and customs formalities may require longer than expected delivery time. Late Proposals will not be accepted under any circumstances and will be returned unopened at the written request and cost of the Consultant. The RFP includes the following Sections: PART 1 - PROPOSAL AND SELECTION PROCEDURES Section I Instructions to Consultants This section provides information to help potential Consultants prepare their Proposals; it also provides information on the submission, opening, and evaluation of Proposals and on the award of the proposed contract. Section II Proposal Data Sheet This section includes provisions that are specific to this procurement and that supplement Section I, Instructions to Consultants. Section III Qualification and Evaluation Criteria This section specifies the qualifications required of the Consultant and the criteria to be used to evaluate the Proposal. Section IV A Technical Proposal Forms This section provides the Technical Proposal Forms which are to be completed by a potential Consultant and submitted in a separate envelope as part of a potential Consultant's total Proposal. Section IV B Financial Proposal Forms This section provides the Financial Proposal Forms which are to be completed by a potential Consultant and submitted in a separate envelope as part of a potential Consultant's total Proposal. Section V Terms of Reference This Section includes the detailed Terms of Reference that describe the nature, tasks, and duties of the consulting services to be procured. PART 2 - CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT AND CONTRACT FORMS Section VI Contract Agreement and General Conditions of Contract This section contains the draft form of Contract proposed to be entered into between MFK and Consultant. Section VII Special Conditions of Contract and Annexes to Contract This section contains the form of those clauses of the Contract that supplement the GCC and that are to be completed by MFK Entities for each procurement of Consulting Services. This section also includes an Annex to the Contract (Annex B: Additional Provisions) that contains provisions that are a part of the Government's and the MFK obligations under the Threshold Program and related documents which, under the terms of the Threshold Program and related documents, are required to be transferred onto any Consultant, Sub-Consultant or Associate who partakes in any MCC-funded procurement. Yours sincerely, Petrit Selimi CEO Millennium Foundation of Kosovo For Specific Procurement Notice, please visit: https://mcc.dgmarket.com/tender/20919323 DISCLAIMER: THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. FOR UPDATES ON THIS SOLICITATION, PLEASE FOLLOW THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE LINK PROVIDED. THIS PROCUREMENT IS NOT CONDUCTED UNDER THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS, IS NOT ADMINISTERED BY THE US GOVERNMENT, AND THE RESULTING AWARD WILL BE MADE BY THE COUNTRY INDICATED IN THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS PROCUREMENT, PLEASE CONTACT THE PERSON NAMED IN THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT.
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