Global Health Security Technical Adviser in USAID/Central Asia, Astana, Kazakhstan

SOLICITATION NUMBER: 13/2023 ISSUANCE DATE: 05/23/2023 CLOSING DATE: 06/16/2023 (6:00 pm Astana local time) SUBJECT: Solicitation for U.S. Personal Services Contractor (USPSC Off-shore hire) and Third Country National Personal Services Contractor (TCNPSC) No. 13-2023 Global Health Security Technical Adviser in USAID/Central Asia, Astana, Kazakhstan Dear Prospective Offerors: The United States Government, represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is seeking offers from qualified persons to provide personal services under contract as described in this solicitation. Offers must be in accordance with Attachment 1, Sections I through V of this solicitation. Incomplete or unsigned offers will not be considered. Offerors should retain copies of all offer materials for their records. USAID will evaluate all offerors based on the stated evaluation criteria. USAID encourages all individuals, including those from disadvantaged and under-represented groups, to respond to the solicitation. This solicitation in no way obligates USAID to award a US/TCN PSC contract, nor does it commit USAID to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of the offer. Any questions must be directed in writing to the Point of Contact specified in the attached information. Sincerely, Michael Teske Executive Officer ATTACHMENT 1 SOLICITATION NO. 13/2023 I. GENERAL INFORMATION 1. SOLICITATION NO.: 13/2023 2. ISSUANCE DATE: 05/23/2023 3. CLOSING DATE/TIME FOR RECEIPT OF OFFERS: 06/16/2023 (6:00 PM Astana local time) 4. POINT OF CONTACT: USAID/CA Human Resources, e-mail: almatyhr@usaid.gov and centralasiajobs@usaid.gov (with autoreply) 5. POSITION TITLE: Global Health Security Technical Adviser in USAID/Central Asia, Astana 6. MARKET VALUE: $99,908-$129,878 per annum (equivalent to GS-14). Final compensation will be negotiated within the listed market value. 7. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: The duty post for this contract is Astana, Kazakhstan. The selected candidate is expected to work eight hours per day during the core working hours of the USAID/Central Asia Mission. Overseas USPSCs may be authorized to telework or remote work only from a location within the country of performance, in accordance with Mission policy. Telework or remote work from outside the country of performance may only be authorized in certain situations in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract. 8. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The U.S. Personal Services Contract will be for one year (subject to possible extension). 9. ELIGIBLE OFFERORS: U.S. Citizens and Third Country Nationals/NSDD-38 number is expected to be received by solicitation closing date 10. SECURITY LEVEL REQUIRED: Facility Access II. STATEMENT OF DUTIES 1. Basic Function of the Position In today's globalized world, the speed with which newly emergent diseases can surface and spread, as illustrated by the COVID-19 pandemic most recently and also the H1N1 2009 pandemic virus and the West Africa Ebola outbreak in 2014, raises serious public health, economic, security and development concerns. It also underscores the need for the global community to act preemptively and systematically to improve individual countries abilities to earlier identify and quickly mitigate health threats arising within their borders. The majority of all new, emerging and re-emerging diseases affecting humans at the beginning of the twenty-first century have originated from animals. Many of these infectious diseases are of serious concern to human and animal health, and they have emerged in places where humans, wildlife, and domestic animals are increasingly in contact. The emergence of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) coronaviruses in 2003 and 2019, the H1N1-2009 pandemic influenza virus, and Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) illustrate the consequences of not having in place capacities to detect the early stages of spillover, amplification, and spread of a new disease threat. The early recognition of a potential threat also allows for a global effort to take preemptive steps to bring the spread of the virus under greater control - and by extension possibly reduce the opportunities for it to emerge as a pandemic threat. Importantly, efforts supported under USAID's Global Health Security (GHS) portfolio have advanced the understanding of disease spillover, amplification, and spread by highlighting the strong correlation between - high risk geographic areas, animal hosts, microbial agents, and people. This collective body of work, in turn, has led to the recognition that risk-based intervention strategies enable targeting disease detection to those places, populations, times or situations where risk of viral spillover, amplification, and spread is greatest and the likelihood of detecting these events is highest. USAID's GHS portfolio works to strengthen countries multisectoral capacities in reducing the risk and impact of zoonotic disease threats that are of greatest public health concern. The program emphasizes systems strengthening at national and subnational levels and in multiple sectors for preparedness; laboratory; surveillance; workforce; risk communications; supply chain and related countermeasures. GHS embraces the One Health approach, recognizing the critical role that wildlife, livestock, other domestic animals, and environment play in emerging zoonotic diseases with pandemic potential and antimicrobial resistance. Identifying and minimizing zoonotic disease spillover risks at their source in animals and a comprehensive approach to antimicrobial resistance that includes the livestock, agriculture, and environment sectors are essential components of USAID's contribution to GHS. USAID's GHS portfolio uses a multisectoral approach to strengthen countries ability to prevent, detect and respond to infectious zoonotic disease outbreaks that are of greatest public health concern. The program emphasizes systems strengthening at national and subnational levels and in multiple sectors for preparedness; laboratory; surveillance; workforce; risk communications; supply chain and related countermeasures. GHS embraces the One Health approach, recognizing the critical role that wildlife, livestock, other domestic animals, and environment play in emerging zoonotic diseases with pandemic potential. Identifying and minimizing zoonotic disease spillover risks at their source in animals and a comprehensive approach to antimicrobial resistance that includes the livestock, agriculture, and environment sectors are essential components of USAID's contribution to GHS . USAID's GHS program also leverages other USAID programming priorities in the areas of public health, food security, economic growth, and disaster assistance. Healthy animals provide a safe and nutritious food supply component, and additionally, jobs and livelihoods all along the value chain from producer to final consumer. Livestock industries are huge contributors to national and regional economies in the area. Ensuring that animals are safely, economically managed and food is safe for human consumption not only minimizes the risk of transferring zoonotic diseases and antimicrobial resistance, but also greatly assists with enhancing partner countries capacity for agricultural development and participation in international trade. Global Health programming in Kazakhstan with primary objectives in the areas of health systems strengthening and disease control, such as HIV and TB, also contribute to GHS targets. The GHS Technical Advisor in Kazakhstan will fill a critical role for USAID to meet the expectations of the White House and Congress for rapid, effective, and coordinated implementation of the U.S. Government's commitment to GHS. This Advisor will work closely with USAID/Washington (GHS Team and A/COR's) and with regional colleagues to monitor USAID activities, ensuring alignment with Government of Kazakhstan (GoRK) health security priorities. The Advisor will ensure effective USG interagency coordination and work closely with USAID colleagues and other USG partners, particularly US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US Department of State (DOS), and US Department of Agriculture offices working in Kazakhstan at the national and sub-national levels, which also provide support for GHS implementation. 2. Major Duties and Responsibilities: The U.S. Agency for International Development seeks to employ a U.S./TCNPSC who will be responsible for ensuring well-coordinated and effective delivery of program implementation across the Agency's Global Health Security (GHS ) portfolio in Kazakhstan. The Advisor will be responsible for overseeing a complex, multi-sectoral portfolio, providing leadership and state of the art technical support to the full range of GHS investments in Kazakhstan, including preparedness, prevention, detection, and response for prioritized infectious diseases of public health concern. This position will be under the supervision of the USAID/Central Asia Regional Democracy and Health Office Director or delegated supervisor. The Advisor will serve as a technical resource to the USAID Mission in Kazakhstan, including the health, economic growth, and environment teams. The Advisor will be responsible for working closely with Washington-based technical advisors and AORs to ensure coordination across all projects and programs across the GHS portfolio and to ensure that program activities are well coordinated with national governments. The Advisor will also liaise with the AORs and CORs of applicable bilateral projects and activity managers of field support activities to ensure coordination of GHS activities and mandated interagency reporting. Working as part of the GHS Team within the Health Office based in Astana, Kazakhstan, the Technical Advisor will complete the following duties and responsibilities: A. Technical Leadership (40%) 1. Provide technical leadership to introduce, design and lead implementation of all GHS interventions based on USAID guidelines and best practices to detect, mitigate, control and prevent infectious diseases. 2. Guide USAID inputs into interagency planning, execution and implementation of GHS portfolio and investments 3. Provide supervision and mentoring to CCN GHS specialist in accelerating implementation of activities 4. Maintain knowledge of Kazakhstan's and GHS capacities and priorities. 5. Establish and maintain a coordination network among key stakeholders in Kazakhstan to include: a. USG agencies in Kazakhstan especially CDC and U.S. Embassy, b. GoRK ministries, c. United Nations (UN) organizations, other donors, private sector, international, and d. local Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) and other civil society organizations, etc. 6. Analyze reports, performance statistics and other available data and, make strategic recommendations to the Health Office leadership, the USG interagency and to USAID/Washington on GHS trends and programming in Kazakhstan 7. Establish regular communication and update modalities and work jointly with other USAID/KZ offices and other relevant USG agencies at post. 8. Keep abreast of new developments and emerging issues that affect USAID's priorities and share relevant information and recommendations with USAID, USG and other technical counterparts. B. Program Management and Coordination (40%) 1. Ensure coordination across all assets and activities of the USAID/Kazakhstan GHS program. 2. Establish and maintain coordination networks among USAID implementing partners in KZ whose activities are related to GHS. This will include: a. Facilitate opportunities for USAID implementing partners to collaborate and leverage each other's activities. b. Communicate and promote to IPs USAID's expectations for IPs to function as a cohesive program working together to advance GHS targets in KZ. c. Use the network of implementing partners to facilitate GHSA implementation, achieve results and to maximize USG investments. 3. Identify and cultivate strategic relationships with senior policy level stakeholders across multiple related sectors and ministries in KZ. 4. Review performance (and financial) reports to ensure that partners are in compliance with bilateral government agreements and with the performance expectations outlined in their work plan and in their contract/agreement with USAID. 5. Ensure that implementing partners are in compliance with all relevant USAID regulations and procedures. 6. Proactively report to USAID Kazakhstan on developments in the GHS portfolio and policy directions from USAID, Bureau for Global Health. 7. Proactively communicate GHS activities, plans, and results to the USAID Health and Program Offices, and share with appropriate teams including technical advisors from the USAID/Bureau for Global Health, USAID implementing partners, other USG agencies, and the Government of Kazakhstan. 8. Maintain close coordination with USG partner agencies to ensure mutual understanding, coordinated, synergistic, and non-duplicative GHS plans, activities, results, and reporting for Kazakhstan. 9. Serve as the source of information on GHS to enhance USG awareness and collaboration and to address concerns/questions from USAID and Embassy leadership. C. Program Monitoring and Reporting (20%) 1. Regularly communicate with USAID/Washington technical advisors and AORs/CORs to report on, and discuss, Kazakhstan's GHS portfolio. 2. Lead development of USAID contributions to the KZ Interagency team for submission of bi-annual GHSA Progress Report and annual reports to Congress and the National Security Council via the U.S. Embassy/Kazakhstan 3. Have strong knowledge of assessments related to KZ's GHS activities 4. Monitor implementation progress, ensuring that actions are completed on schedule or adjusted to meet changing conditions and identifying constraints to activity implementation as well as proposing solutions for their resolution. 5. Conduct site visits and attend relevant meetings and events where USAID presence is required to ensure programmatic quality is maintained. 6. Work closely with partners to ensure that program achievements and lessons learned are widely disseminated in Kazakhstan and back to USAID Washington. 7. Lead USAID inputs for preparation of key mission, embassy and agency reporting documents, cables and other inputs as required 3. Supervisory Relationship: This position reports to the Regional Democracy and Health Office Director or delegated supervisor. The GHS Technical Advisor should be able to operate independently and require little supervision in carrying out routine responsibilities. The incumbent will provide supervision for a CCN Infectious Disease Specialist . 4. Supervisory Controls: The incumbent will work under the supervision of the Regional Democracy and Health Office Director or delegated supervisor. The GHS Technical Advisor has responsibility for independent planning and implementation of required tasks and activities. The Advisor keeps the supervisors informed of progress, potential controversial matters, and any other concerns. Completed work is expected to be technically sound and of high quality. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The work requested does not involve undue physical demands. III. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION 1. GENERAL: USAID policy specifies that U.S. citizens are preferred over third country nationals (TCNs). Therefore, USN and TCN offers will not be evaluated together. USAID will evaluate USN offers first and if the CO determines that there are no qualified USNs, only then will USAID evaluate TCN offers. Must be able to obtain a U.S. Government - FACILITY ACCESS security clearance. Must be able to secure a medical clearance to serve in USAID/Central Asia. Must be willing to travel throughout the five countries in Central Asia. Must have Foreign Affairs Counter Threat (FACT) training before arriving at post. Available and willing to commit to the Contract Performance Period of 12 months. 2. EDUCATION: The candidate must have a degree in Medicine (MD), Veterinary Medicine (DVM) or a master's degree in Epidemiology, Public Health, or relevant technical field. (Education requirements must be met at the time of application for the subject position). 3. PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE: The incumbent is required to have at least five years of progressively responsible experience in One Health, Animal Health, Public Health or Epidemiology. Prior experience working with a bi-lateral or multilateral donor in development programming is required. Direct experience working on the GHS activities or implementation is also highly desirable. (Work experience requirements must be met at the time of application for the subject position). 4. KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNICAL SKILLS: Professional knowledge of a broad range of infectious disease, one health, antimicrobial resistance, health systems, and development issues; knowledge of the Central Asia cultural/work environment. Knowledge of how to engage with senior level executives and officials in government and development sector contexts, and to build trust-based relationships with senior-level executives. Knowledge of how to engage with technology entrepreneurs, researchers, and innovators. Knowledge of how to work with stakeholders across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. The applicant must possess strong management, negotiation, collaboration, team building, networking and interpersonal skills. Candidate must have a proven ability to work independently with minimal supervision. Strong interpersonal skills are required to establish and maintain strong contacts with counterparts both inside and outside of USAID and in order to explain USAID objectives and procedures to government officials, private businesses, corporations, foundations, NGOs, and other non-traditional development organizations. The incumbent must also have a high degree of technical, analytical, and quantitative skills in scientific approaches and in analysis of development activities and policies. Demonstrated ability to work as a member of a team and to foster teamwork is required as is the ability to develop and maintain productive working relationships at all levels. Given the nature of the position, effective written and oral communications are absolutely critical to perform successfully in this position. The candidate should have a demonstrated ability to produce professional quality analytical pieces and make oral presentations. The incumbent must be able to communicate effectively with Mission employees; local government officials at the Senior Minister level; international and local organizations, donors and other embassies; and various Washington based U.S. Government agencies. 5. SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability and willingness to function collaboratively and productively as both a leader and a member of a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural team and must have the ability to work effectively in a team environment to achieve consensus on policies, activities and administrative matters and to influence relationships positively. Proven ability to work well in complex institutional settings and to develop networks of relationships that facilitate collaboration among colleagues and a genuine interest in assisting USAID staff with expedient program implementation. Must exercise discretion, tact and diplomacy especially when dealing with politically sensitive issues, must be able to interact effectively with a broad range of internal and external partners and USAID clients, international organizations, and host country government officials or NGO counterparts. Strong oral and written communication skills, and an ability to work with a range of senior and technical officials in a collegial and productive way. 6. LANGUAGE SKILLS: Level IV English (oral and written) is required, and knowledge of basic Russian or Kazakh language is preferred. IV. EVALUATION AND SELECTION FACTORS The Government may award a contract without discussions with offerors in accordance with FAR 52.215-1. The CO reserves the right at any point in the evaluation process to establish a competitive range of offerors with whom negotiations will be conducted pursuant to FAR 15.306(c). In accordance with FAR 52.215-1, if the CO determines that the number of offers that would otherwise be in the competitive range exceeds the number at which an efficient competition can be conducted, the CO may limit the number of offerors in the competitive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated offers. FAR provisions of this solicitation are available at https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far. Applicants who meet the Education/Experience requirements and Selection Factors will be further evaluated. Applications that do not meet the required minimum qualifications will not be scored. Candidates meeting the above required qualifications for the position will be evaluated based on information presented in the application. After meeting the minimum qualifications, consideration and selection will be based on a panel evaluation of the Evaluation Criteria. Additionally, USAID may request writing samples and an interview from the top-scoring candidates. Top-scoring candidates will also be asked to provide three professional references. Please note that not all applicants will be interviewed or contacted. USAID will not pay for any expenses associated with the interviews unless the expenses are pre-authorized. Reference checks may be conducted on candidates selected for an interview. Applicants must not appear as an excluded party in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov). Applicants will be evaluated against the following criteria (100 points total): 1. Education (10 points) The incumbent is required to have at least five years of progressively responsible experience in One Health, Animal Health, Public Health or Epidemiology. Prior experience working with a bi-lateral or multilateral donor in development programming is required. Direct experience working on the GHS activities or implementation is also highly desirable. (Work experience requirements must be met at the time of application for the subject position). 2. Work Experience (30 points) The incumbent is required to have at least five years of progressively responsible experience in One Health, Animal Health, Public Health or Epidemiology. Prior experience working with a bi-lateral or multilateral donor in development programming is required. Direct experience working on the GHS activities or implementation is also highly desirable. (Work experience requirements must be met at the time of application for the subject position). 3. Knowledge (35 points) Professional knowledge of a broad range of infectious disease, one health, antimicrobial resistance, health systems, and development issues; knowledge of the Central Asia cultural/work environment. Knowledge of how to engage with senior level executives and officials in government and development sector contexts, and to build trust-based relationships with senior-level executives. Knowledge of how to engage with technology entrepreneurs, researchers, and innovators. Knowledge of how to work with stakeholders across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. The applicant must possess strong management, negotiation, collaboration, team building, networking and interpersonal skills. Candidate must have a proven ability to work independently with minimal supervision. Strong interpersonal skills are required to establish and maintain strong contacts with counterparts both inside and outside of USAID and in order to explain USAID objectives and procedures to government officials, private businesses, corporations, foundations, NGOs, and other non-traditional development organizations. The incumbent must also have a high degree of technical, analytical, and quantitative skills in scientific approaches and in analysis of development activities and policies. Demonstrated ability to work as a member of a team and to foster teamwork is required as is the ability to develop and maintain productive working relationships at all levels. Given the nature of the position, effective written and oral communications are absolutely critical to perform successfully in this position. The candidate should have a demonstrated ability to produce professional quality analytical pieces and make oral presentations. The incumbent must be able to communicate effectively with Mission employees; local government officials at the Senior Minister level; international and local organizations, donors and other embassies; and various Washington based U.S. Government agencies. 4. Skills and Abilities (25 points) Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability and willingness to function collaboratively and productively as both a leader and a member of a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural team and must have the ability to work effectively in a team environment to achieve consensus on policies, activities and administrative matters and to influence relationships positively. Proven ability to work well in complex institutional settings and to develop networks of relationships that facilitate collaboration among colleagues and a genuine interest in assisting USAID staff with expedient program implementation. Must exercise discretion, tact and diplomacy especially when dealing with politically sensitive issues, must be able to interact effectively with a broad range of internal and external partners and USAID clients, international organizations, and host country government officials or NGO counterparts. Strong oral and written communication skills, and an ability to work with a range of senior and technical officials in a collegial and productive way. TERM OF PERFORMANCE The base term of the contract will be for a period of one year, which may be extended upon mutual agreement and subject to, continued need, satisfactory performance and availability of funds. This position has been classified as equivalent to a GS-14 position in the USG Civil Service. The actual salary of the successful candidate will be negotiated depending on qualifications and previous salary history. In addition to the basic salary, differentials and other benefits in effect at the time and which are applicable and subject to change on a similar basis as for direct-hire USG employees will be added. SECURITY AND MEDICAL CLEARANCE The USPSC will be required to complete a full physical examination (including relevant immunizations) from his/her own physician and then obtain a medical clearance from State M/MED prior to service overseas. Also, USAID/Central Asia must initiate a security clearance prior to the Contractor's travel to post of duty. Until a temporary or final adjudication of a security clearance is received, the contract shall not be signed. If a candidate fails to obtain a security clearance (temporary or full) within six months, the offer may be retracted. V. SUBMITTING AN OFFER Submission of a r'sum alone IS NOT a complete application. This position requires the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental materials as described in this section. Failure to provide the required information and/or materials will result in your not being considered for employment. All application packages are to be submitted via email to: centralasiajobs@usaid.gov, citing the Solicitation number and the Position title. Interested individuals meeting the Minimum Qualifications above are required to submit the following: 1. Eligible offerors are required to complete and submit the offer form AID 309-2, - Offeror Information for Personal Services Contracts with Individuals, available at http://www.usaid.gov/forms. 2. Offers must be received by the closing date and time specified in Section I, item 3, and submitted to the Point of Contact in Section I. 3. Offeror submissions must clearly reference the Solicitation number on all offeror submitted documents 4. Cover letter and current r'sum/curriculum vitae (CV). The CV/r'sum must contain sufficient relevant information to evaluate the application in accordance with the stated evaluation criteria. Broad general statements that are vague or lacking specificity will not be considered as effectively addressing. Ensure the application covers the evaluation and selection criteria, as outlined in Section III of this solicitation. 5. Applicants must provide a minimum of three references within the last five years from the applicant's professional life, namely individuals who are not family members or relatives. Ideally, references should be from direct supervisors who can provide information regarding the applicant's work knowledge and professional experience. Applicants must provide e-mail addresses and/or working telephone numbers for all references. 7. 4. Ensuring Adequate COVID-19 Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors - The Offeror will be required to show proof that the Offeror is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 on or before the first date of onboarding, or submit an approved reasonable accommodation to the CO. If the contractor does not meet this requirement the contract may be terminated.* * See Notice Regarding Any Court Order Affecting the Implementation of E.O. 14042 in Section VIII below. VI. LIST OF REQUIRED FORMS FOR PSC HIRES Once the Contracting Officer informs the successful Offeror about being selected for a contract award, the instructions about how to complete and submit the following forms will be provided. http://www.usaid.gov/forms 1. Medical History and Examination form (DS-1843) 2. Questionnaire for Sensitive Positions (for National Security) (SF-86), or Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions (SF-85) 3. Finger Print Card (FD-258) 4. Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306) The above listed forms shall only be completed upon the advice of the Contracting Officer that an applicant is the successful candidate for the job. VI. BENEFITS/ALLOWANCES As a matter of policy, and as appropriate, a PSC is normally authorized the following benefits and allowances: 1. BENEFITS (if applicable) (a) Employer's FICA Contribution (b) Contribution toward Health & Life Insurance (c) Pay Comparability Adjustment (d) Annual Increase (pending a satisfactory performance evaluation) (e) Eligibility for Worker's Compensation (f) Annual and Sick Leave (g) Medevac insurance (h) Access to Embassy medical facilities (i) Paid Parental Leave Benefit (j) Relocation Expense Benefit 2. ALLOWANCES: (if Applicable) The following allowances may be provided for PSCs located in foreign countries using rates prescribed under the Department of State Standardized Regulations (Government Civilian Foreign areas) available at https://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=282&menu_id=101: (a) Post Allowance (Section 220) (b) Separate Maintenance Allowance (Section 260) (c) Education Allowance (Section 270) (d) Education Travel (Section 280) (e) Post Differential (Chapter 500), and (f) Payments during Evacuation/Authorized Departure (Section 600) VII. TAXES It is the responsibility of the selected candidate to abide by the tax regulations. USPSCs are required to pay Federal income taxes, FICA, Medicare and applicable State Income taxes. VIII. USAID REGULATIONS, POLICIES AND CONTRACT CLAUSES PERTAINING TO PSCs USAID regulations and policies governing USPSC awards are available at these sources: USAID Acquisition Regulation (AIDAR), Appendix D, - Direct USAID Contracts with a U.S. Citizen or a U.S. Resident Alien for Personal Services Abroad, including contract clause - General Provisions, available at https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1868/aidar_0.pdf . Contract Cover Page form AID 309-1 available at https://www.usaid.gov/forms . Acquisition and Assistanc...