USAID East and Southern Africa Region Trade and Energy Technical Services Roster Expression of Interest

Expression of Interest
 

USAID East and Southern Africa Region Trade and Energy Technical Services Roster
 

A. Background
 

USAID East Africa’s (USAID/EA) experience indicates that many local and regional partners and potential partners are often technically sound in their areas of expertise. 

In addition, USAID missions and offices in East and Southern Africa often require trade and energy technical services and consulting to fulfill our development mandate in the region. 

USAID’s missions and offices in East and Southern Africa would like to utilize qualified local and regional consultants, firms and organizations where feasible.
 

B. Purpose
 

The purpose of this Expression of Interest (EOI) is to solicit information and qualifications from local and regional consultants, firms and organizations. 

Qualified respondents will then be placed on the East and Southern Africa Trade and Energy Technical Services Roster. 

The Roster will be utilized by USAID/East and Southern Africa and other USAID missions and offices in the region for short and longer-term technical services and capacity building assistance on an as-needed basis.
 

Below are the identified priority areas:
 

1) Technical Consulting Services will include, but not limited to, technical and sector assessments, project monitoring, project design, project performance and outcome evaluations, organizational capacity assessments, pre-award surveys, training and workshop coordination, and other services.
 

2) Capacity Building Assistance will include, but not limited to, training and mentoring of local and regional USAID partners in the areas of governance, financial management and accounting, internal controls, procurement systems, human resources management, information technology systems, project management, project monitoring and evaluation, sustainable funding and other capacity building assistance.

USAID East Africa will screen respondents to this EOI to ensure they have the qualifications and experience to successfully provide the proposed services and assistance. 

Only those consultants, firms and organizations that successfully pass this qualification screening will be placed on the EA Roster.
 

USAID technical teams and missions will tap into the Trade and Energy Technical Services Roster providers on an as-needed basis for both internal USAID technical services as well as the capacity building needs of local and regional partners funded by USAID. 

In addition, it is envisioned that local and regional partners may solicit and directly contract with technical service and capacity building providers on the EA Roster. 

The Trade and Energy Technical Services Roster providers will be called to submit bids or applications for specific tasks or scopes of work on an as-needed basis. 

Please note that being placed on the Trade and Energy Technical Services Roster does not imply a guarantee of contracts or a minimum. 

The Trade and Energy Technical Services Roster would be utilized to alert potential local partners of any request for proposal or application for technical services in the trade and energy sectors.
 

Respondents are encouraged to apply for only those services and assistance for which they have the required experienced.

In addition, respondents will be required to show proof of eligibility as a local and regional consultant, organization or firm as defined below in this EOI. 

Those who are unable to show adequate proof of local or regional status or lack the minimum experience will not be added to the resulting Roster.

Respondents to this EOI must submit their information and required attachments on-line by July 9, 2013 at 4:00 pm (local Nairobi time). 

See “Method of Application” below for further instructions.

USAID/East Africa reserves the right to reissue this EOI at any time at its own discretion to recruit additional consultants, firms or organizations or to change or expand the technical consulting services and capacity building areas.

Responses to this EOI will not be made public rather the submitted information including attachments will be reviewed by a limited number of USAID staff. 

Once the Trade and Energy Technical Services Roster is finalized, USAID East Africa will share contact information and areas of expertise with USAID missions in the region. 

In addition, USAID may share the Trade and Energy Technical Services Roster contact information with our local and regional partners to facilitate direct contracting between our partners and Trade and Energy Technical Services Roster firms and organizations.

C. Method of Application
 

Before applying, please see the full list of requirements by visiting www.fbo.gov and entering the following keyword/solicitation number: SOL-623-13-0000EN29.