International Project Finance Associate

COMBINES SYNOPSIS/ SOLICITATION General Information: Solicitation Number: 77344422Q0071 Job Title: International Project Finance Associate Classification Code: R - Professional, Administrative and Management Support Services Set-Aside: No small business set-aside will be utilized NAICS: 541611 - Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services PSC: R497 - Support - Professional: Personal Services Contracts Contracting Office Address: United States International Development Finance Corporation, (DFC), 1100 New York Ave, NW, Washington D.C., 20527 Description: The United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Office of Acquisition requires a Personal Services Contractor (PSC) for a full-time equivalent International Project Finance Associate. This solicitation is only to be open to individual applicants. The PSC shall be a sole proprietor who will have an employee-employer relationship with the DFC. The level of effort and responsibility is generally equivalent to a GS-11, Step 1 through GS-12, Step 10. The contractor shall provide personal services as a junior officer supporting the most complex, sensitive, or precedent-setting finance projects which are located in developing countries and markets. The PSC is responsible for performing in-depth financial analysis in the loan origination process. The PSC will work for a Managing Director who is coordinating the full range of new project financings. The contractor is responsible for conducting in-depth financial analyses of new loan proposals to determine a proposed project's ability to maintain debt service and fully repay a loan, performing financial analysis utilizing available financial data including the financial statements provided by the project sponsors, creating or modifying sponsor-provided financial projections to assess logical model construction and to test the adequacy of business case assumptions for the proposed DFC financing, and conducting sensitivity analyses to test project assumptions and key economic drivers. The contractor will prepare written portions of various required credit papers related to financial analysis to be submitted for management and credit approval, and review financial covenants to be included in proposed loan agreements and provides recommendations to senior loan specialists as to the appropriateness. The Government intends to offer a firm fixed price contract to the individual(s) whose quote conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous of the Government, price and other factors considered in accordance with the Request for Quotes (RFQ). The anticipated base period of performance is 29 September 2022 to 28 September 2023 with one (1) one-year option period which will be exercised at the Government's need or discretion. The Government will issue up to four awards from the solicitation. Basis for Award: This acquisition is being conducted under FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Applicants will be evaluated using the factors identified in the RFQ attached. No hardcopies of the solicitation will be issued. Noncompliance is grounds to eliminate the proposal from consideration for award. All responsible sole proprietors may submit an application which shall be considered by the agency. Submit all questions via e-mail to mital.pancholi@dfc.gov or samuel.dustin@dfc.gov. Questions or comments regarding this solicitation must be submitted in writing, cite the solicitation number, and be directed to the following Government representative and not DFC staff. Telephonic inquiries will not be entertained due to the possibility of misunderstanding or misinterpretation. POINTS OF CONTACT (POCs): Samuel Dustin Deputy Managing Director, Acquisitions samuel.dustin@dfc.gov Mital Pancholi Sr Contracting Officer Mital.Pancholi@dfc.gov