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RFP Date of Issuance: September 7, 2018

RFP # and Title Subcontract to Develop a Video Series for the Career Center Kit “Opening and Developing a Career Center in Morocco”

Due Date for Questions: September 17, 2018 Submission of questions or requests for clarification in writing via email

to infoUCCMorocco@fhi360.org by 5:00pm EST in Washington, DC Please note that inquiries and answers to inquiries will be shared with all

registered Offerors. Please do not contact any USAID Morocco Career Center employees

regarding this RFP. Contacting individual employees shall be cause for disqualification.

NO TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL BE ANSWERED.

Deadline for Proposals: September 28, 2018

Proposal submission (including technical proposal and budget, supporting documentation) due by 5:00 pm EST via email to infoUCCMorocco@fhi360.org Insert the following in the subject line: Subcontract to Develop a Video Series for the Career Center Kit “Opening and Developing a Career Center in Morocco”

Anticipated Start Date:

Anticipated Period of Performance:

Budget ceiling:

October 22, 2018. (Start date is subject to change)

7 months

USAID Morocco Career Center Project anticipates awarding a fixed-price contract Offerors must propose costs they believe are realistic and reasonable for the work.

Authorized Geographic Code:

The authorized geographic code for this procurement is USAID Geographic Code 937 (Morocco, the United States, and developing countries, other than advanced developing countries and excluding prohibited sources).

Organizational Overview

FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in health, education, nutrition, environment, economic development, civil society, gender equality, youth, research, technology, communication and social marketing — creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today's interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 70 countries and all U.S. states and territories.

As we evolve to meet the challenges of the future, we stand committed to the principles that have guided our organization for the last 40+ years. Our work continues to be grounded in research and science, strengthened by partnerships and focused on building the capacity of individuals, communities and countries to succeed.

For more information, see www.fhi360.org

Morocco Project Background

FHI 360 and partners, International Research and Exchange Board (IREX), Education for Employment (EFE) and Golden Resources (GR), are implementing the USAID Career Center Project in Morocco. The activity is being implemented in close coordination with Government of Morocco (GOM) counterparts, specifically the Ministry of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research. USAID Career Center is playing a central role in advancing USAID/Morocco and the GOM’s broader goal of increasing the employability of young Moroccans. The project has been establishing in three regions (Casablanca, Marrakech, Tangier) six pilot Career Centers linked to universities and the vocational training facilities and incorporating work readiness training into the Moroccan tertiary education system, vocational training system, and workplaces where these skills contribute to the employability and performance of youth in the workplace.

About the USAID Career Center Kit “Opening & Developing a Career Center in Morocco”

As part of the sustainability and dissemination plan of the Career Center model, USAID Career Center is designing a Toolkit titled “Opening & Developing a Career Center” to accompany any organization wishing to open their Career Center in Morocco. Based on the six pilot Career Centers’ experience, the Career Center Kit offers technical and operational guidance, tools, and training content and present all the aspects related to how an institution would set up a Career Center. The Kit covers the following three major phases: 1- preparing to open a Career Center, 2- launching a Career Center, and 3- Developing a Career Center (see Table of Contents in the RFP attachments). Each of these phases includes consecutive steps and activities to set up, successfully open and develop a Career Center in Morocco and covers the main following areas:

Improvement of existing physical space to create a Career Center corresponding to the architectural and functional design of the Career Center model

Recruitment of staff and initial training Products and services offered in the Career Center Youth engagement, including the Youth Ambassadors initiative The Career Center communications strategy and online mobilization Daily management of the Career Center: tools and procedures Host institutions engagement Private sector engagement

The Kit includes both physical and digital tools. The development of a visually impactful and user-friendly Kit is critical in the dissemination of the Career Center model.

Purpose of RFP

The purpose of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to solicit applications for a U.S Small Business subcontract to convert the Career Center Kit into a highly visual and interactive format, based on videos, to help future Career Center Managers to get a concrete sense of a Career Center preparation and development project.

Description of Scope of Work and Proposal Requested

We require an interactive set of approximately 31 videos, 5 to 20 minutes each depending on the topic. The video should be in French. Each video will illustrate a phase or an activity described in the Kit in a highly visual and interactive format, in addition to a video demo on how to use the Kit and testimonials from current Career Centers’ stakeholders.

Among these 30 videos, at least 11 of them will be entirely devoted to the Career Center staff initial training.

In fact, one crucial step in the Career Center life cycle is the Career Center Counselors’ initial training. In Morocco, Career Center Counselors and Directors typically receive an intensive 21-day training composed of 11 training modules before the opening of the Career Center. Given the importance of this step, the 11 initial training modules will be turned into at least 11 videos that could be used aside from the other videos of the Career Center Kit as an interactive e-learning course to train future Career Center staff.

The training videos will have to be shot by the Offeror in Rabat, Morocco between October and November 2018, which corresponds to the next initial training session delivered to new Career Center staff. The training is spread over a total of 20-days (see Initial Training Schedule in the RFP attachments).

The initial training course is organized in 11 modules, as follows:Module 1: General Introduction to the Career Center (4-hours)Module 2: Introduction to the Career Center Management Methods (12-hours)Module 3: IT training (6-hours)Module 4: Career Center Communications Basics (8-hours)Module 5: Career Center Communications strategy (18-hours)Module 6: Youth mobilization & Engagement (8-hours)Module 7: The Youth Ambassador Program (8-hours)Module 8: Preparing for the Career Center Inauguration (8-hours) Module 9: The Moroccan Employment Ecosystem (14-hours)Module 10: Delivering Career Services to Youth (72-hours)Module 11: Career Center Management (20-hours)

After the shooting, the modules will be turned into an e-learning course including a number of technical and visual solutions to support the learning process, such as readings, presentations, presentation with voiceover, videos, quizzes, exercises, case studies, etc. The e-learning course will contribute to sustain and further implement project results even when the project is completed. The contractor is allowed to bring-in another subcontractor to do the e-learning product.

The summary of the scope of work requested is as follows:

Description of SOW Timeline/Duration Additional InformationConvert 17 existing content materials (PowerPoint, Word, etc.) into a visual and interactive format. Each material is about 5-pages long.

Final Product: See Deliverable Schedule

See RFP Attachment A

Shoot initial training (11 modules over 20-day period) and convert it into a visual and interactive format

Video shoot: Oct-Nov, 2018Final Product: See Deliverables schedule

See RFP Attachment B

Convert 3 existing demo presentations (PowerPoint) into a visual and interactive format. The demo covers the below topics:

1. Demo of Toolkit2. Presentation of Najahi

Trainings3. Presentation of the

Virtual Career Center

Final Product : See Deliverable Schedule

Key Activities and Deliverables of Scope of Work

1. Instructional design: work with the FHI 360 project team to understand existing content and to instructionally design the content into storyboards to meet the agreed learning objectives. Provide FHI 360 with an inception report which will be the foundation for the video series and a component for review and feedback. The report should include the skill and knowledge map, project plan as well as functional, design, and technical specifications. The inception report would specify whether and if so how existing materials might be used (both PowerPoint and live voice recording). In addition, the report should include the following :

a. List a Project Manager who will be the unique interlocutor of USAID Career Center. The project Manager will be responsible for:

i. Point of contact to discuss the activitiesii. Continuous update to the FHI 360 project team on progress of assignment

b. Identify a local production team in charge of the videos shooting, editing and post-production

c. Suggest ideas to make videos interactived. Edit and produce videos on existing video footage and pictures provided by USAID

Career Center e. Make video format suggestion for each video. According to the topic, the video can be,

for example, a tutorial, a MOOC, a 3D animation, a skit with Actors, etc. f. Record and produce new video footage and pictures whenever needed.

2. Functioning screen design: provide FHI 360 with a functioning version of a screen design, including controls, user interactions, and the framework for the course. This will give FHI 360 an opportunity to work with the controls before full production begins.

3. Detailed storyboard: provide FHI 360 with the exact screen-by-screen specifications for the 31 videos, including all scripting (text, visuals, and interactions) as well as branching and

programming. This will allow FHI 360 to then sign off on the storyboard before production begins.

4. Beta versions: provide FHI 360 with beta versions for testing.5. Final versions of the video series: once all changes, identified above, have been carried out on

the beta version and following the pilot testing, provide FHI 360 with the final version.6. All activities during the implementation of this assignment will be closely coordinated with the

FHI 360 Technical Director and/or FHI 360 the Technical Coordinator to ensure coordination of approaches, activities, message delivery and branding.

7. All activities within this assignment shall be completed no later than April 30, 2019.

The total duration of the assignment must fall within a seven (7)-months period from the agreed upon start date. The selected firm is responsible for the preparation and submission of the following deliverables, with each item being completed in accordance to the proposed duration, as detailed below.

Deliverables Expected duration1) Inception Report (per description above) October 29, 2018

2) Functioning screen design (per description above) December 14, 2018

3) Detailed story board (per description above) January 31, 2019

4) Beta versions of the video series March 1, 2019

5) Final version of the video series April 30, 2019

Minimum Requirements for Qualification

The following are the qualification requirements for agencies to be considered for this award:

1. Prior experience shooting, designing and developing videos.2. Prior experience designing interactive training videos3. Prior experience in instructional design models4. Experience working with both non-governmental organizations and government agencies is

desirable.5. Meet the requirements under the U.S. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.201 for

participation by small business, 8(a) business development programs. More details can be accessed through - https://www.acquisition.gov/far/html/FARTOCP19.html

Disclaimers 1. FHI 360 will not compensate offerors for preparation of their response to this solicitation.2. Issuing this solicitation is not a guarantee that FHI 360 will award a subcontract.3. FHI 360 reserves the right to issue a subcontract based on the initial evaluation of offers without

discussion.4. FHI 360 may choose to award a subcontract for part of the activities in the solicitation.5. FHI 360 may choose to award subcontracts to more than one offeror for specific parts of the

activities in the solicitation.

6. FHI 360 may request from short listed offerors a second or third round of either oral presentation ‐or written response to a more specific and detailed scope of work that is based on a general scope of work in the original solicitation.

7. FHI 360 has the right to rescind a solicitation, or rescind an award prior to the signing of a subcontract due to any unforeseen changes in the direction of FHI 360’s client, be it funding or programmatic.

8. FHI 360 reserves the right to waive any deviations by offerors from the requirements of this solicitation that in FHI 360's opinion are considered not to be material defects requiring rejection or disqualification; or where such a waiver will promote increased competition.

9. Data produced under this solicitation belongs to FHI 360. Any distribution of data must first have written authorization from FHI 360 or its designated representative.

RFP Attachments

Attachment A – USAID Career Center Kit Table of Content Attachment B – Modules and Duration for the Initial TrainingAttachment B – Budget Attachment C – Budget Narrative Attachment D – BiodataAttachment E – Past Performance Reference Form Attachment F – Evidence of Responsibility and Independent Price DeterminationAttachment G – Vendor Verification Form

Section 1 - Considerations The following should be considered by the Offeror when submitting their proposal:

a. The offeror will guarantee the confidentiality of all the UCC Morocco’s documents and materials made available to them as part of this assignment

Section 2 - General Instructions to Offerorsa. Single Award. FHI 360 anticipates awarding one (1) fixed price contract as a result of this Solicitation

through full and open competition. However, FHI 360 reserves the right to award more or no awards as a result of this solicitation.

b. RFP Instructions. If an Offeror does not follow the instructions set forth herein, the Offeror's proposal may be eliminated from further consideration or the proposal may be downgraded and not receive full or partial credit under the applicable evaluation criteria. If an Offeror does not understand the instructions in this Solicitation, then it must write to infoUCCMorocco@fhi360.org by the question submission deadline.

c. Accurate and Complete Information. Offerors must set forth full, accurate and complete information as required by this RFP. The penalty for making false statements is elimination from further consideration and termination of any contract if awarded.

d. Pre-award Survey. FHI 360 reserves the right to perform a pre-award survey which may include but is not limited to: (1) interviews with individuals to establish their ability to perform contract duties under the project conditions; (2) a review of the financial condition, business and personnel procedures, etc.; and (3) site visits.

e. Proposal Preparation Costs. FHI 360 and Morocco Career Center will not pay for any proposal preparation costs.

f. Submission of Alternate Proposals. Offerors must submit a proposal directly responsive to the terms and conditions of this RFP. Alternate proposals will not be accepted.

Section 3 - Delivery Instructionsa. Electronic submission. The Offeror must submit the proposal through electronic submission. Hand

delivered proposals (including commercial courier) and facsimile transmission will not be accepted.

b. Proposals must be submitted in two volumes: Volume I, Technical Proposal, including Past Performance, Gantt Chart, Past Performance References, CVs; and Volume II, Cost Proposal, including budget, budget narrative, biodata forms. The technical proposal shall not reference cost.

c. The complete Technical Proposal must be submitted in MS Word (or compatible) or Adobe Acrobat portable document format (.pdf).

d. The complete Cost Proposal must also be separately submitted in Microsoft Word (for narrative text), Microsoft Excel (for budgets and other relevant tables) and unlocked.

e. Proposals must be submitted to: infoUCCMorocco@fhi360.org by the date and time on the cover page of this solicitation. The subject of the e-mail should read as follows: Subcontract to Develop a Video Series for the Career Center Kit “Opening and Developing a Career Center in Morocco”

f. Offer Validity. Offerors are required to indicate the validity period of offer is ninety (90) days from the date the offer is submitted to allow sufficient time to evaluate proposals and complete negotiations.

g. Proposal Clarity. The Offeror’s proposal should be specific, complete, and concise. The Offeror is urged to examine this solicitation in its entirety and to assure that its proposal contains all the necessary information, provides all required documentation and is complete in all respects since the evaluation of proposals will be based on the actual material presented and not on the basis of what is implied.

The Technical Proposal in response to this solicitation will address how the offeror intends to carry out the statement of work (SOW). It will also contain a clear understanding of the work to be undertaken and the responsibilities of all parties involved.

The Offeror will ensure its Cost Proposal is consistent with its Technical Proposal in all respects since the Cost Proposal may be used as an aid to determine the Offeror's understanding of the technical requirements.

h. The Offeror should submit its best proposal initially as FHI 360 may evaluate proposals and make an award without discussions. However, FHI 360 reserves the right to conduct discussions should FHI 360 deem it necessary.

i. Offerors are allowed to submit one proposal. If an Offeror participates in more than one proposal, all proposals involving the Offeror will be rejected.

j. If the Offeror includes a group of firms and/or subcontractors, one lead organization or firm must be clearly identified and is responsible for handling all reporting and coordination with USAID Morocco Career Center.

k. The person signing the Offeror’s proposal must have the authority to commit the Offeror to all the provisions of the Offeror’s proposal.

l. Proposals shall be written in English. Cost proposals shall be presented in US Dollar.

Section 4 - Instructions for the Preparation of the Technical ProposalPlease ensure completed forms, including the Evidence of Responsibility and Independent Price Determination, along with a copy of legal registration, are included with the technical proposal otherwise the proposal may be rejected.

a. The Technical Proposal in response to this solicitation must address and follow the technical evaluation factors listed in Section 6. The technical proposal will consist of the Technical Proposal Body and an Annex. These two parts together will constitute the Offeror’s technical proposal. The proposal must be well organized, complete, specific, clear and succinctly presented.

b. Page Limitation. Proposals will be concise, specific and complete and detailed information will be presented only when required by specific RFP instructions. The Technical Proposal Body itself will not exceed 15 pages, excluding the Annex and non-substantive items such as the cover page, acronyms, dividers, and table of contents are not included in the 15-page limit. Proposals will be written in English. Pages exceeding the limit will not be read or evaluated. No material may be incorporated in the proposal by reference, attachment, annex, etc. to circumvent the page limitation

c. Technical Proposal Annex. The technical proposal annex must contain the documents specified below, including: work plan, detailed staffing plans, CVs, and any other supporting documentation requested explicitly by the RFP.

d. Organization. The technical proposal must be organized into the following sections as follows: Cover Page: Offerors must provide the names of the organizations involved in the proposal and

the contact information for the Offeror’s main point of contact, including this individual’s name, title or position with the organization/institution, address, e-mail address, and telephone. Offerors must acknowledge whether the contact person is the individual with authority to contract for the Offeror, and if not, that individual must also be listed. (Not included in the 15-page limit.)

The Offeror shall indicate which activities will be done directly by the Offeror, and which activities will be out-sourced.

The Offeror shall demonstrate its specialized competence with regards to the requirements of the tasks/activities. The Offeror shall demonstrate it has the necessary organizational systems, vendors, and personnel to successfully comply with the contract requirements and accomplish the deliverables.

Technical Proposal Body – This section will include the following sections: Technical Approach and Performance Work Statement Personnel and Management Approach Organizational Capacity and Experience Past Performance

Annex – The following are required in the Technical Proposal Annex: Workplan Staffing Plan Key Personnel statements (CVs) Biodata forms Past Performance references Evidence of Responsibility and Independent Price Determination Vendor Certification Form

These sections, including the annex where relevant, must include all information required to fairly evaluate the Offeror under the applicable evaluation factors. Specific guidance on the content of each of these sections is set forth below.

e. Technical Approach (not to exceed 5 pages) - This section should include information sufficient to properly evaluate the proposal under the Technical Approach.

Offerors must describe their overall technical approach and methodology to be utilized by the Offeror for the design, development, implementation and achievement of the stated Tasks and Deliverables. The Offeror shall articulate how it intends to address each of the required tasks as well as desired system functionalities, features and project deliverables listed, in addition to any suggestions and recommendations to these areas while demonstrating the project management approach and framework to be utilized.

f. Capability Statement (not to exceed 3 pages) – explains Offeror’s understanding of desired system and requirements as well as its capability to perform the scope of work, tasks and deliverables. Offeror shall demonstrate it has the necessary organizational systems and procedures, e.g. personnel policies, privacy policies, project management, equipment, supplies and personnel in place to successfully comply with contract requirements and accomplish expected results.

g. Past Performance (not to exceed 3 pages) - Offeror shall briefly describe how the past performance of the Offeror and its team (including all partners of a coalition/joint venture) is relevant to performance of the Contract. The Offeror shall submit a list (up to five) of current and past similar work and assignments completed in the past five years that were similar in size, scope and complexity.Include the contact information: company or organization, name, phone number and email. Please use the Past Performance Reference Form template.

h. Timeline (1 page): A detailed timeline required to complete the project.The Offeror shall outline the approach to conduct the work required, having considered the required deliverables. This section should include a timeline or a Gantt chart reflecting the execution of the work, along with a narrative description on how the work will be done.

i. Personnel/Staffing (not to exceed 3 pages) identify, in summary format of 2-3 sentences, the names, anticipated positions of the field team leaders or essential personnel proposed to perform the requirements of this scope of work, tasks and deliverables. The narrative shall include the percentage of staff time of principals and managers on this activity.

The approach should include the organizational structure of the entire project team (including sub- awardees and other local partners) and explain how the staffing plan will result in successful implementation of the proposed technical approach and accomplish the objectives of the activity. If the Offeror anticipates using any sub-awards, include the roles and responsibilities of each sub- awardee, and the lines of authority and communication.

CVs (not to exceed two pages each) that clearly describe education, experience and professional credentials, and biodata forms shall be completed and attached for the proposed personnel and submitted in Annex. These pages do not count towards the page limitation for this section.

Note: A Project Manager must be identified with a minimum of five years’ experience in developing similar type of project. The Offeror must also include the CVs of key staff members involved in the Project, including the Project Manager. Fluency in French is required. Each CV should not exceed three (3) pages.

Proposed salaries for staff shall be supported by the salary history certified in the biodata forms. FHI 360 reserves the right to verify salary history and rates.

Section 5 - Instructions for Preparation of the Cost ProposalThe Offeror shall provide a complete budget, including budgets for partners, subcontractors, by cost element propose using Annex A - Budget Template. All formulas must be displayed in the cells and the budget must not be locked. The Offeror must propose costs it believes are realistic and reasonable for the work in accordance with the Offeror’s technical approach.

The Offeror must provide a narrative (Annex B – Budget Narrative) discussing the different cost elements to adequately justify the total estimated cost. Any assumptions should be clearly stated. The information in the narrative should be in sufficient detail to allow a complete analysis. This should include a complete breakdown of cost elements associated with each line item and those costs associated with any proposed subcontract or sub grant. Be sure to include data and/or methodologies to support cost estimates.

The budget narrative shall be presented in such a way as to be easily referenced from the budget and should provide sufficient information so that FHI 360 may review the proposed budget for reasonableness.

The Offeror shall provide a complete budget based on cost elements described below.

a. Proposed staff, rates, number of person-days needed to accomplish the work. The rates shall be UNLOADED rates. Fringe benefits should be budgeted separately.

List employee name (when identified), functional position and duration of assignment (in terms of person days), and daily rate. The daily rate is derived by dividing base annual salary exclusive of fringe benefits, incentives, bonuses, overtime, allowances and differentials by 260 days.

Offeror must include a signed biodata form (Annex C) for any proposed staff named in the budget.

b. Fringe Benefits - shall be based on labor law and organizational policy. FHI 360 reserves the right to request a copy of the Offeror’s fringe policy. An explanation of the fringe shall be included in the budget narrative.

c. Costs of workshops, trainings, meeting sessions with USAID Morocco Career Center staff and related materials, printed materials, supplies, etc.

d. Separate running costs, or other direct costs (ODCs) shall be broken down as applicable. Justification should include total monthly cost and percentage of the proposed cost to this project.

e. All projected costs must be in accordance with the organization’s standard practices and policies.

f. Offers including budget information determined to be unreasonable, incomplete, unnecessary for the completion of the proposed project or based on a methodology that is not adequately supported, may be deemed unacceptable.

Furthermore:

g. If the offeror engages a Moroccan company to carry out certain aspects of the deliverable, please note that this project is TAX EXEMPT. Budgets shall reflect the exclusion of any applicable taxes such as VAT.

h. All costs must be budgeted as direct costs. Indirect costs, e.g. overhead, management, administrative, F&A, G&A, will not be accepted.

i. Profit or Fee: A “fee” may be proposed, but FHI360 reserves the right to determine the reasonableness of the fee as well as negotiate the amount and terms of payment. Organizations proposing a fee shall consider:

complexity and innovation of the work to be performed; risk borne by the contractor and the contractor’s investment; amount of any subcontracting which requires monitoring, especially international

monitoring; quality of its record of past performance of similar work that can be demonstrated; industry profit rates in the surrounding geographical area for similar work; length of the contract (short-term is less than 12 months, long-term exceeds 12 months); clarity and cost reasonableness of the initial budget and budget narrative; and fees charges to other clients.

j. If indirect costs are proposed, Offeror must provide a copy of its current NICRA (Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement) issued by a US Government Agency. The detailed budget breakdown shall be structured and formatted to clearly and easily identify the indirect rate (s) applied, and the resulting dollar amount. If the offeror does not have a NICRA, an externally certified indirect rate, or cannot otherwise justify charging an indirect cost rate, the offeror is instructed to directly charge all costs.

Section 6 – Evaluation Criteria

FHI 360 will evaluate proposals based on the Trade-Off Process in accordance with this Section (and the Federal Acquisition Regulations – FAR) and award to the responsible Offeror that presents a proposal representing the best value to FHI 360 considering both cost and non-cost factors. “Best value” is defined as the expected outcome that provides the greatest overall benefit in response to the RFP requirements.

Offers will first be administratively reviewed for completeness and mandatory requirements:

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS MEETS REQUIREMENT

Offeror meets USAID Geographic Code 937 requirement (Morocco, the United States, and developing countries, other than advanced developing countries and excluding prohibited sources)

YES/NO

Offeror must be a U.S. small business YES/NOEvidence of Responsibility and Independent Price Determination Form Completed YES/NO

Failure to meet these three requirements may result in exclusion of a technical proposal from further consideration and/or downgrading of a technical proposal.

Proposals will then be evaluated and scored by a technical evaluation committee (TEC) using the evaluation criteria stated herein. When evaluating the competing Offers, FHI 360 will consider the written qualifications and capability information provided as well as any other information obtained through its own research.

Technical and cost will be evaluated relative to each other, as described herein. Technical is

significantly more important than cost or price. The technical proposal will be scored using the criteria shown in this section. Based on the assessment of the technical qualities of the proposals, a competitive range may be established.

FHI 360 will conduct its evaluation of Offerors’ Technical Proposals as prescribed herein. The evaluation factors (including sub-factors) listed below are presented by descending order of importance, so that Offerors will know which areas require emphasis in the preparation of information.

Offerors must note that these criteria serve as the standard against which all technical information will be evaluated and serve to identify the significant matters which Offerors must address.

Evaluation Criteria Points1 Technical Approach

Extent to which the Offeror demonstrates an understanding of the development context and Statement of Work Comprehensiveness of proposed approach.

Clarity and appropriateness of proposed activity. Implementation plan and proposed timeline are realistic and include all

proposed elements of activity.

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2 Capability Statement – based on the extent to which the Offeror convincingly demonstrate its institutional capability to effectively and successfully achieve the objectives in the statement of work and implement its proposed technical approach.

Organizational competence relative to the Tasks and Deliverables The offeror’s team must be comprised of qualified experts, including a

Project Manager, with a demonstrated track record in developing quality video series.

It is expected that the offeror has experience developing video series for low-bandwidth environments and have knowledge of delivering

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3 Past Performance/References Quality of product or service, including timeliness of performance; Meeting goals and targets; Customer satisfaction with performance; Prior experience working in Morocco, the Middle East or Francophone countries;

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4 Personnel - quality and appropriateness of the proposed personnel, including the extent to which they meet qualification requirements and convincingly demonstrate the Offeror’s ability to effectively and successfully achieve the contract’s objectives.

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Cost proposals will be evaluated but will not be scored. The evaluation of the offeror’s cost proposal will deal with cost analysis and cost realism analysis. In accordance with FAR 15.404-1(d), FHI 360 will perform a cost realism analysis by independently reviewing and estimating the specific elements of each Offeror’s proposed cost estimate to determine whether the estimated proposed costs elements are realistic for:

the work to be performed; reflect a clear understanding of the requirements; and consistency with the unique methods of performance described in the Offeror’s technical proposal.

A cost evaluation will not be performed on Offerors whose technical proposal is not deemed technically acceptable.

NOTE: FHI 360 will not compensate the company for its presentation of response to this RFP nor is the issuing of this RFP a guarantee that FHI 360 will award a subcontract.

2. Competitive Range – If FHI 360 determines that discussions are necessary, FHI 360 may establish a Competitive Range composed of only the most highly-rated proposals. FHI 360 may exclude an offer from the competitive range if it is so deficient as to essentially require a new technical proposal. FHI 360 may exclude an offer from the competitive range if it so unreasonably priced, in relation to more competitive offers, as to appear that there will be little or no chance of becoming competitive. FHI 360 may exclude an offer that would require extensive discussions, a complete re-write, or major revisions such as to allow an Offeror unfair advantage over those more competitive offers.

3. Oral Presentations – As part of the evaluation, the technical evaluation committee (TEC) reserves the right to require offerors to present key parts of their submitted proposals to the committee .

Section 7 - General Terms and Conditions1. Any proposal received in response to this solicitation will be reviewed strictly as submitted and in

accordance with Section 6, Evaluation Criteria.

2. Executive Order 13224 On Terrorist Financing: Offerors are informed that FHI 360 complies with U.S. Sanctions and Embargo Laws and Regulations including Executive Order 13224 on Terrorist Financing, which effectively prohibit transactions with persons or entities that commit, threaten to commit or support terrorism. Any person or entity that participates in this bidding process, either as a prime or sub to the prime, must certify as part of the bid that they are not on the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List and is eligible to participate. FHI 360 shall disqualify any bid received from a person or entity that is found to be on the List or otherwise ineligible.

3. Firms or individuals that are included on the Excluded Parties List System (www.epls.gov) shall not be eligible for financing and shall not be used to provide any commodities or services contemplated by this RFP. Terms and Conditions: Offerors are responsible for review of the terms and conditions described.

4. Contract Mechanism: FHI 360 anticipates awarding a fixed-price subcontract.

5. Withdrawals of Proposals: Offerors may withdraw proposals by written notice via email received at any time before award.

6. Right to Select/Reject: FHI 360 reserves the right to select and negotiate with those firms it determines, in its sole discretion, to be qualified for competitive proposals and to terminate negotiations without incurring any liability. FHI 360 also reserves the right to reject any or all proposals received without explanation.

7. Due Diligence Process: Any selected firm will be required to complete a Financial Pre-Award Assessment in order for FHI 360 to ascertain that the organization has the capacity to perform successfully under the terms and conditions of the proposed award. As part of the Pre-Award Assessment process, the firm will also be requested to submit a financial audit report from the previous fiscal year. In addition, payroll records and other financial information may be requested to support budgeted costs.

8. Client Prior Approval: The selected offeror will be subject to funding agency approval before a subcontract can be awarded. Therefore, organizations are reminded that there may be delays for this process to be completed. In addition, should such approval not be given, this subcontract cannot be awarded.

9. Disclaimer: This RFP represents only a definition of requirements. It is merely an invitation for submission of proposals and does not legally obligate FHI 360 to accept any of the submitted proposals in whole or in part, nor is FHI 360 obligated to select the lowest priced proposal. FHI 360 reserves the right to negotiate with any or all firms, but with respect to price, costs and/or scope of services. FHI 360 has no contractual obligations with any firms based upon issuance of this RFP. It is not an offer to contact. Only the execution of a written contract shall obligate FHI 360 in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in such contract.

10. Request for Proposal Firm Guarantee: All information submitted in connection with this RFP will be valid for 90 (ninety) days from the RFP due date. This includes, but is not limited to, cost, pricing, terms and conditions, service levels, and all other information. All information in the RFP and negotiation process will be contractually binding for the selected Offeror.

11. Offer Verification: FHI 360 may contact Offerors to confirm contact person, address, bid amount and that a bid was submitted for this solicitation.

12. False Statements in Offer: Offerors must provide full, accurate and complete information as required by this solicitation and its attachments.

13. Conflict of Interest: Offerors must provide disclosure of any past, present or future relationships with any parties associated with the issuance, review or management of this solicitation and anticipated award in or outside of Morocco. Failure to provide full and open disclosure may result in FHI 360 having to reevaluate selection of a potential vendor and/or terminating an award.

14. Work Product Presumptive FHI360 Property : All writings, books, articles, computer programs, databases, source and object codes, and other material of any nature whatsoever, including trademarks, trade names, and logos, that is subject to copyright protection and reduced to tangible form in whole or in part by Contractor’s in the course of its service to FHI360 shall be considered a work made for hire, or otherwise FHI360 property. During this agreement and thereafter, Contractor agrees to take all actions and execute any documents that FHI360 may consider necessary to obtain or maintain copyrights, whether during the application for copyright or during the conduct of an interference, infringement, litigation, or other matter. Contractor shall identify all materials in which Contractor intends to exempt from this provision prior to the use or development of such materials.

15. Rights in Data : The Contractor understands and agrees that FHI360 may itself and permit others, including government agencies of the United States and other foreign governments, to reproduce through but not limited to the publication, broadcast, translation, creation of other versions, quotations there from, any provided publications and materials, and otherwise utilize this work and material based on this work. The Contractor shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless FHI360, and the US Government and its agencies against all claims, suits, costs, damages, and expenses that may be sustained by reason of any scandalous, libelous, or unlawful matter contained or alleged to be contained in the work, or any infringement or violation by the work of any copyright or property right; and until such claim or suit has been settled or withdrawn, FHI360 may withhold any sums due the Contractor under this agreement. Contractor agrees to specifically identify to FHI360 and FHI360 any and all computer software licenses (“including shrink-wrap”) as may convey to FHI360

and FHI360. Contractor agrees that any and all computer software developed in the performance of this order using FHI360 monies shall, unless otherwise agreed, become and remain the property of FHI360.

16. Reserved Rights: All RFP responses become the property of FHI 360, and FHI 360 reserves the right in its sole discretion to:

a. To disqualify any offer based on offeror failure to follow solicitation instructions.b. Waive any deviations by Offerors from the requirements of this solicitation that in FHI

360’s opinion are considered not material defects requiring rejection or disqualification, or where such a waiver will promote increased competition.

c. Extend the time for submission of all RFP responses after notification to all vendors.d. Terminate or modify the RFP process at any time and reissue the RFP to whomever FHI

360 deems appropriate.e. Issue an award based on the initial evaluation of offerors without discussion.f. Award only part of the activities in the solicitation or issue multiple awards based on

solicitation activities.

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