Diagnostic Analyses and Design of Niger Threshold Program

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) requires professional services to support the development of a threshold program for Niger, and intends to procure services for diagnostic analyses and program design, as specified in the attached Statement of Work. Purpose and Objectives Specifically, MCC requires two diagnostic analyses to aid the Government of Niger (GON) in designing a threshold program: (1) a Policy Constraints Analyses ("PCA") and (2) a Social Sector Analysis ("SSA"). These two analyses are intended to help MCC and the GON identify policy priorities and select cost-effective, feasible interventions for the threshold program designed to help Niger overcome impediments to compact eligibility. Both analyses and the Threshold Country Plan ("TCP") will be led by the Contractor and carried out with participation by the GON, and in close consultation with MCC and other U.S. Government representatives. Capability Statement/Information Sought Respondents must provide, as part of their responses, information concerning the project requirements listed as depicted in the SOW along with (a) staff experience, including their availability, experience, and training; (b) current in-house capability and capacity to perform the work including experience working in countries with social sector and policy constraints similar to Niger; (c) prior completed projects of similar nature; (d) corporate experience and management capabilities; and (e) examples of prior completed Government contracts, references, and other related information. Interested qualified contractors should submit a tailored capability statement for this requirement, not to exceed 10 single-sided pages (including all attachments, charts, etc.) presented in single-space and using a 12-point font size minimum, that clearly details the ability to perform the aspects of the notice described above. Please furnish your cage code and business size (Woman-owned, Small Business, Large Business, Disadvantaged Business, Hub zone, etc.) in your response to this sources sought announcement. Information Submission Instructions All Capability Statements sent in response to this SOURCES SOUGHT notice must be submitted electronically (via email) to Monique Hunter, Contract Specialist, at contact@example.gov in MS Word, or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), by October 27, 2011 2:00 PM, Eastern Prevailing Time. Disclaimer and Important Notes: Please Note: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any contractor responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the contractor's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be issued. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.