USAID/Nigeria Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for Financial Management and Oversight Support Services (FMOSS) to Strengthen Program Execution   2

Dear Prospective Offerors:

The United States Government represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to Nigeria is seeking offers from qualified firms to provide Financial Management and Oversight Support Services (FMOSS) to Strengthen Program Execution as described in the attached solicitation. This solicitation is open to all pre-qualified entities under USAID/Nigeria's List of Acceptable Audit firms.

USAID/Nigeria will establish a BPA with the qualified selected organizations. A blanket agreement is a 5-year arrangement between a purchasing organization (in this case USAID/Nigeria) with a service organization for the provision of services over a period based on predefined terms and conditions. A BPA is an agreement, not a contract. Specified order quantities are placed on Calls under a funded order. It is only when an order with funds obligation has been executed, that a binding contract is created out of the BPA between the government and the Contractor or service provider. The combined value of all orders placed will not exceed $9.58M over the 5-year period. There is no minimum guarantee of work that will be offered to the Contractor.

USAID contemplates making one or more Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA) to responsible offerors whose proposal represents the best value to the U.S. Government, in accordance with the evaluation factors outlined in Section M and may establish these BPAs without discussions in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 15.306(a). Therefore, the Offeror's initial offer must contain its best terms from a technical and cost standpoint.

All offers must be prepared in accordance with instructions contained in Section L and must be submitted no later than the closing date and time indicated above. Failure to comply with the submission date and time may deem any submission unacceptable, and it will not be reviewed or evaluated. Faxed proposals are not acceptable, nor will they be reviewed or evaluated.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this solicitation is 541990. The authorized geographic code for this procurement is 937.

All questions regarding this solicitation will be submitted by the date indicated above. Questions must be submitted by email to abujasolicitations@usaid.gov with a copy to asadiq@usaid.gov. Questions and answers will be posted to www.SAM.gov as an amendment to the solicitation.

This solicitation and any future amendments can be viewed and downloaded from www.SAM.gov. USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. Further, be aware that amendments to solicitations are occasionally issued and will be posted on the same internet site from which you downloaded the solicitation. You are therefore advised to regularly check the above internet site for amendments.

Issuance of this solicitation does not constitute an award commitment on the part of the Government, nor does it commit the Government to pay for any costs incurred in the preparation or submission of an offer. Furthermore, the Government reserves the right to reject any offer, if such action is considered to be in the best interest of the Government.

Thank you for your consideration of this USAID/Nigeria initiative. We look forward to your participation.

Sincerely,

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Marva Butler

Contracting Officer

USAID/Nigeria

Background
The USAID/Nigeria Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for Financial Management and Oversight Support Services (FMOSS) aims to strengthen program execution in Nigeria. The purpose of the solicitation is to establish Blanket Purchase Agreements with qualified vendors to provide financial management and oversight support services for USAID/Nigeria’s activities.

Work Details
The Contractor will be responsible for conducting financial and performance audits, pre-award surveys, fixed amount award entity eligibility reviews, financial reviews, payment verification for milestones, award expenditures, cost share, and contributions, agreed-upon procedures, fraud risk assessment, and capacity building and technical assistance. The Contractor will also be required to conduct mission contracted audits, including financial audits, performance audits, forensic audits, and other audits.
Additionally, the Contractor will provide services such as pre-award surveys to determine the eligibility of potential recipients and conduct reviews to assist USAID in determining the eligibility of potential IPs to receive a Fixed Amount Award. The Contractor will also assess potential fraud risks affecting Awardee’s operations and implement a fraud risk response plan.
Furthermore, the Contractor will provide technical assistance to strengthen organizational capacity and practices of existing and potential IPs.

Period of Performance
The ordering period of this Blanket Purchase Agreement is five (5) years.