Financial Services

Amendment 01: 1. Extending closing date to January 31, 2012 3:00 PM Kabul local time. 2. Attached Q&A. 3. Amendment 01 with attachement. Intial announcement: USAID/Afghanistan, U.S. Embassy Kabul invites you to express interest to enter into a Blanket Purchase Agreement or Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract that establishes the terms and conditions applicable to future purchases of Financial Services as detailed in section 2. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is contemplating announcing an RFP for award of one or more Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA) or Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to multiple sources. USAID also reserves the right to award a single BPA agreement or IDIQ contract, if determined to be in the best interests of the Government. A Blanket Purchase Agreement is not a contract. A Blanket Purchase Agreement is a simplified method of procuring quantities of services that selected vendors are in a position to furnish through the issuance of a BPA Call Order authorized by the Contracting Officer. Payment of (BPA) Call Orders issued under a BPA will be made by the authorized Paying Office as approved by the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR). USAID may place a Minimum Guarantee amount on the BPA. In the past this amount has been $3,000.00. However, currently that amount is not final. An IDIQ is a contract. An IDIQ is an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract that selected vendors are in a position to compete through a Request to Task Order Proposal (RFTOP) process for Task Order award. Individually, RFTOPs are solicited to each IDIQ contract holder and award is made through a competitive process. Payment of Task Orders issued under an IDIQ will be made by the authorized Paying Office as approved by the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR). It is undetermined at this time, if USAID will place a Minimum Guarantee amount on the IDIQ contract. Certainly, this is an area that will receive questions. Determination to award a BPA or IDIQ contract mechanism will be made by the Contracting Officer after careful analysis of qualified interested parties that response to this Request for Information-Sources Sought-1201 (306-RFI-SS-12-01). PURPOSE The Purpose of this RFI-SS is to obtain a list of interest parties that can provide services of a Contracted Accounting/Financial Management firm who has experience or the proper staff skills sets to perform the following in accordance with section 2: - Pre-award Surveys/Assessments - Host Country Contracting (HCC) Capability Assessments - Financial Reviews - Performance Audits QUESTIONS All questions regarding expressed interest must be submitted in writing by e-mail. Written questions relating to this Request for Information-Sources Sought will be accepted through January 19, 2012. Any communication in reference to this Request for Information-Sources Sought shall cite number 306-RFI-SS-1201 in the SUBJECT Line of an email and be directed to the following e-mail address: CBrown@state.gov and MAhmad@state.gov Failure to place 306-RFI-SS-1201 in the SUBJECT LINE of emails addressing concerns or posing questions may be lost or may not be answered in time before the closing date and time. NOTICE OF 306-RFI-SS-1201 CLOSING DATE AND TIME All qualified parties interested in submitting a proposal at a later date, not to surpass 120 days, shall submitted an expression of interest electronically to email address CBrown@state.gov and MAhmad@state.gov not later than 3:00 P.M. Kabul local time on January 26, 2012 Your expressed interest is for a future RFP.