SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Post Audits of Private Sector Commodity Import Program
- Notice Date
- 1/25/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Agency for International Development, Overseas Missions, Egypt USAID-Cairo, Unit #64902, APO, AE, 09839
- ZIP Code
- 09839
- Solicitation Number
- RFP-263-02-10
- Response Due
- 3/25/2002
- Archive Date
- 4/9/2002
- Point of Contact
- Pamela Morris, Contracting Officer, Phone 011-20-2-519-6920, Fax 011-202-516-4739, - Samy Farag, Contract Specialist, Phone 011-202-522-6920, Fax 011-202-516-4739,
- E-Mail Address
-
pamoriss@usaid.gov, safarag@usaid.gov
- Description
- The U.S. Agency for International Development is seeking proposals from qualified U.S. firms for a three year cost plus fixed fee contract to conduct post audits of completed Commodity Import Program (CIP) transactions. A limited review shall be conducted on all completed CIP transactions to check the reasonableness of pricing. The Contractor shall conduct post audits of completed CIP transactions for a wide range of commodities, review completed CIP transactions, verify compliance with General Circular I and AID Regulation I, provide adequate supporting documentation to USAID to institute claims against suppliers for price and related violations, and ensure that claims are properly based; recommend that settlements of certain claims should be obtained through the issuance of Bills of Collections, obtain price data from a reasonable number of available sources and maintain contact with U.S. suppliers of commonly procured items to ensure that current data is available for use by commodity managers. Transactions under post audit review, the Contractor shall prepare responses, to address Congressional, General Accounting Office (GAO), IG, supplier complaints, and other inquiries about the particular transactions. The Contractor shall possess knowledge of procurement principles and international trade terminology and practices; knowledge of basic contracting principles and USAID price and source/origin regulations and their application; knowledge of market structures, competitive relationships, retail and wholesale trade practices; and, knowledge of shipping and freight forwarding terminology and practices. The contractor shall have at least ten years experience in international trade and at least five years experience of exporting commodities to USAID/financed activities and/or with USAID commodity import programs. The Contractor shall possess communications skills, both written and oral, sufficient to develop, present, and justify a variety of eligibility determinations, audit findings, and pricing positions. Prospective offerors may request RFP No. 263-02-10, (Commodity Import Program) in writing. Requests for the RFP should be sent to Pamela Morris, Contracting Officer, USAID/Egypt, Unit 64902, APO AE 09839-4902. Courier service requests should be sent to: Pamela Morris, USAID, Plot 1A off El Laselki Street, New Maadi, Cairo Egypt, Postal Code 11453. Walk-in requestors must provide a written request for the RFP. Fax requests will be accepted, telephone requests will not be accepted. The RFP will be issued on or after fifteen days from the date of publication of this notice. The deadline for receipt of proposals will be 45 days after the date of issuance of the RFP. The preferred method of distribution of USAID procurement information is via the Internet or by request of a solicitation on a 3.5 floppy disk (Word format). Receipt of this RFP through INTERNET must be confirmed by written notification to the contact person noted above. It is the responsibility of the recipient of this solicitation document to ensure that it has been received from INTERNET in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. Competitive Range: Full and Open. Order of Magnitude Threshold: (Estimated) Not To Exceed $2 million.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Egypt
- Record
- SN20020130/00019580-020128210449 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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