USAID/Eastern and Southern Caribbean's Community Resilience Initiative Broad Agency Announcement

ADDENDUM 1 ISSUED ON FEBRUARY 13, 2019: Dear Sirs, The purpose of this Addendum 1 is to amend the Broad Agency Announcement number BAAESC-GDO-2019 and to provide the answer to the questions as follows: I. On page 12, Section VII Broad Agency Announcement Expression of Interest Submission, replace with the following: A. Expression of Interest (s) should: - Be in English, no more than 2 pages in length, and no smaller than 12 point font; - Be submitted electronically to dropportunities@usaid.gov with a copy to andiaz@usaid.gov. - Contain a header with the following information (NOT included in the page count): 1) Respondent Name/Group and Contact Information (point of contact, email and telephone); 2) Response Title; 3) BAA Name/Number; 4) Optional graphic that fits on an 8.5'x11 or A4 piece of paper (NOT included in the page limit); - Be in editable .pdf or Microsoft Word format. II. Questions and answers: 1. Question: Would USAID clarify if a single or multiple award is anticipated following the BAA process? Response: USAID anticipates issuing one award following the BAA process. 2. Question: Does USAID anticipate issuing a Cooperative Agreement or a Contract for the resulting award? Response: The instrument decision will be done at the conclusion of stage 2 (co-creation workshop). 3. Question: Page 7 of the BAA request indicates that the amount of shared resources would depend on the availability of funds from USAID and other resource partners. Does USAID have a current rough budget estimate or budget range for the activity? Response: A budget will be determined after completion of the co-creation stage. USAID estimates a contribution of $1,600,000.00 4. Question: What is the expected duration of the projects that will be funded under this BAA? Response: The expected duration of this project is one year. The estimate period of performance/period of award is September 2019-September 2020. 5. Question: Should EOIs specify partners or can this information be incorporated during Stage 2 (co-creation)? Response: This information can be incorporated during the co-creation. 6. Question: Section VII. A on page 12 states offerors are instructed that Expressions of Interest should - contain a header with the following information (included in the page count): ? Respondent Name/Group and Contact Information; ? Response Title; ? BAA Name/Number; ? Optional graphic that fits on an 8.5'x11 or A4 piece of paper (included in the page limit); Would USAID please allow offerors to include this information on a separate cover page not included in the page count? Response: Yes USAID will allow to have this information in a separate cover page not included in the page count, please reffer to point I. of this addendum. 7. Question: Would USAID please clarify the level of detail required for offeror contact information? Response: USAID means by contact information the name of the principal point of contact with the e-mail and telephone number. please reffer to point I. of this addendum. 8. Question: Would USAID please clarify what is meant by - optional graphic and provide an example for reference? Response: Optional graphic can be photographs, logos or any other image related to the organization or to the initiative.