SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Grant Performance Monitoring Services
- Notice Date
- 3/31/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD), Division of Procurement, UNB 4th Floor 200 Third Street, Parkersburg, WV, 26101-5312
- ZIP Code
- 26101-5312
- Solicitation Number
- BPD-06-R-0034
- Response Due
- 5/14/2006
- Archive Date
- 4/1/2006
- Description
- Description in English and Spanish --- On behalf of the Inter-American Foundation (IAF), an independent agency of the United States Government, the Bureau of the Public Debt is seeking a consultant in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama/Costa Rica, Uruguay/Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela to perform performance-monitoring services for active grants in each of these countries. Even though the solicitation will cover the requirements for all of the countries, the Government intends to award a separate contract for each country with the exception of Costa Rica, which will be combined with Panama, and Paraguay, which will be combined with Uruguay. The contracts will be for a one-year period with four option periods. The contractors will perform the following services: train grantees in the use of the Grassroots Development Framework (GDF) which is the IAF data collection instrument; train grantees on data collection strategies; assist grantees in the selection of indicators based on grant objectives; assist grantees with indicators that present problems in collecting the required data; document and verify grant results with grantees, beneficiaries, and grantees? partners; draft reports documenting data verification visit findings; write project history reports for terminating grants; and submit to the IAF the verified grantee results data according to selected GDF indicators. In addition, when requested by the Evaluation Office, the contractors will accompany IAF staff and other contractors on field trips; provide grant results verification services in other countries; conduct peer reviews; and participate in training and/or conferences. --- La Oficina de la Deuda P?blica, en nombre de la Fundaci?n Interamericana (IAF por sus siglas en ingl?s), una entidad independiente del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos de Am?rica, est? buscando a un consultor(a) en Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hait?, Honduras, M?xico, Nicaragua, Panam?/Costa Rica, Per?, Rep?blica Dominicana, Uruguay/Paraguay, y Venezuela para desempe?ar labores de monitoreo de donaciones en cada uno de estos pa?ses. Aunque la licitaci?n cubre los requerimientos para todos los pa?ses, el Gobierno tiene la intenci?n de otorgar contratos a nivel de pa?s excepto en Costa Rica, el cual ser? combinado con Panam?, y en Paraguay, que ser? combinado con Uruguay. Los contratos ser?n por un per?odo de un a?o, con cuatro per?odos opcionales de un a?o cada uno. Los contratistas prestar?n los servicios siguientes: capacitar donatarios en la aplicaci?n del Marco de Desarrollo de Base (MDB) que es el instrumento de recopilaci?n de datos de la IAF; capacitar donatarios en estrategias de recopilaci?n de datos; asistir a donatarios en la selecci?n de indicadores basados en los objetivos de las donaciones; asistir a donatarios con indicadores que presenten problemas para conseguir la informaci?n requerida; documentar y verificar resultados de proyectos con donatarios, beneficiarios y cooperantes de donatarios; redactar informes para documentar hallazgos durante las visitas de verificaci?n de resultados; escribir informes finales de proyectos que terminaron; y enviar a la IAF los datos verificados correspondientes a indicadores seleccionados del MDB. Adem?s, a solicitud de la Oficina de Evaluaci?n, acompa?ar a funcionarios de la IAF y contratistas en visitas de campo; proveer servicios de verificaci?n de resultados en otros pa?ses; conducir evaluaciones a sus pares (colegas); participar en capacitaciones y/o conferencias sancionadas por la Oficina de Evaluaci?n.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama/Costa Rica, Uruguay/Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela
- Record
- SN01019381-W 20060402/060331212659 (fbodaily.com)
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