R -- Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Activity II

The United States Government, represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Senegal intends to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for USAID/Senegal to solicit proposals from qualified organizations/institutions interested in implementing the Senegal Agriculture and Resource Program. The purpose of this solicitation is to increase the sustainable, profitable, and decentralized use and management of Senegal agricultural, marine and natural resource base. The contract will contribute to the achievement of specific, measurable, results essential to the attainment of USAID/Senegal strategic objective of Increased Economic Growth through Trade and Natural Resource Management. Work under this Contract will include four main components: 1) Wealth Creation 2) Local Governance 3) Biodiversity Conservation 4) Policy Reform and Communications. This is a full and open competition and the procedures set forth in FAR Part 15 shall apply. The authorized geographic code for procurement of goods and services under this solicitation is 935. As such, this procurement is open to all offers from USAID Geographic Code (Source, Origin and Nationality) 935 which include all countries, except for those designated by the US Government as foreign policy restricted countries. The current foreign policy restricted countries are as follows: Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria. USAID encourages the participation to the maximum extent possible of small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns and women-owned small business concerns in this activity as the prime contractor or as subcontractor in accordance with Part 19 of the FAR. USAID also encourages the use of the Interested Vendor List (IVL) on the Federal Business Opportunities website page so that firms can contact one another for consideration of teaming arrangements and/or small business subcontracting opportunities in response to this solicitation. USAID anticipates awarding a Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract with a period of performance for five (5) years. The solicitation is expected to be issued in August, 2007. It will be distributed through the Federal Business Opportunities website of the General Services Administration. Any amendments to this solicitation will be issued on the website along with the RFP. Please check the Federal Business Opportunities website (http://www.fbo.gov) periodically. Any questions should be submitted via email to the point of contact at: [email protected]. The release of this notice in no way obligates USAID or the US Government to release an RFP or make an award of any type.