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PADCO/AECOM is a current holder of USAID's International
Governmental Integrity and Anti-corruption Services
Indefinite Quantity Contract. Through this IQC, USAID
hopes to promote stronger mechanisms for transparency,
accountability, and greater political participation
in decision making. Consistent with those goals, the
PADCO Consortium of 27 members, aims to generate systems
of overall public integrity that will be able to function
on their own to curb ongoing corruption in both administrative
and political offices. By focusing on abuses within
the public sector by government officials, such as nepotism
and embezzlement, as well as abuses that link the public
and private sectors together, such as bribery, extortion,
influence-peddling, and fraud, PADCO's multisectoral
approach identifies key obstacles and promotes solutions
tailored to specific sectors, projects, or areas of
expertise.
Typical activities under this IQC could include:
- Conducting overall governance assessments
and designing strategic responses to governance
failures in a country
- Developing strategies, programs, and specific
activities to "anti-corrupt" existing
USAID portfolios across technical sectors
- Conducting sector-specific diagnostic surveys
to identify weaknesses, such as end-user dissatisfaction
in service delivery
- Organizing information clearinghouses to
consolidate best practices, track emerging
issues, or analyze interim program results
- Sponsoring collaborative workshops and training
in investigative journalism or freedom of
information advocacy
- Informing government officials in best practices
to limit discretion, improve competition,
strengthen service-delivery accountability,
and realign institutional incentive structures
- Supporting civil society organizations to
develop stronger advocacy, monitoring and
oversight, strategic planning, and organizational
approaches
- Assisting parliamentarians and executive
and judicial officials on the enactment, implementation,
and enforcement of anti-corruption and integrity
legislation in key sectors
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GENERATING TASK
ORDERS
Missions and Regional Bureaus seeking to use the
PADCO Consortium on integrity and anti-corruption
task orders should consult with the Cognizant Technical
Officers (CTOs) in Washington to develop appropriate
Scopes of Work (SOWs). The CTOs coordinate and track
all activities under this IQC, and provide technical
assistance to Missions on integrity-related activities.
All task orders must be processed and negotiated directly
by the originating Office, Mission, or Bureau Contracting
Officer (CO).
REQUEST
FOR TASK ORDER PROPOSAL, click
here
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REQUESTING THE PADCO CONSORTIUM
PADCO's management of task orders will be open, transparent,
and fully competitive-a process that will allow for
the maximum participation of our 26 partners. No partner
will have specific privileges for work or activities.
PADCO's IQC Manager Ejonta Pashaj and Deputy IQC Manager
Mark Brown will convene the Consortium partners, circulate
and lead discussions on the task order, and gather
contributions and proposed solutions from the whole
Consortium. The result will be an optimal technical
approach to USAID's technical and management needs.
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- Individual task orders will clearly describe
all services to be performed or supplies to
be delivered so the full cost or price for the
performance of the work can be established when
the order is placed. Orders will be within the
scope, issued within the period of performance,
and be within the maximum value of the contract.
Only the Contracting Officer for the basic contract
may modify the basic contract to change the
scope, period, or maximum ceiling.
- Unless one of the Fair Opportunity Exceptions
in section (a)2. applies, the terms of this
contract require that whenever a task order
award is contemplated, all contractors will
receive a request for a task order proposal
and that all task order proposals must include
the contractor's cost or price to perform the
anticipated task order. The TO proposal
request must be in writing (via mail, e-mail,
fax, or other, as set out in the RFTOP) and
include a description of the intended services
and the evaluation procedure, including the
relative weighting of cost/price and non-cost/price
criteria. If the selection may be based upon
information obtained from other than the contractor's
proposals, the RFTOP must identify the other
evaluation criteria. The evaluation may be based
solely on cost/price, but may also include one
or more technical factors such as corporate
experience, personnel, or relevant past performance
(in other contracts as well as in earlier orders
under this contract, including quality, timeliness,
cost control, and using small business concerns,
per AAPD 02-06). When making the final selection,
the TOCO should also consider the potential
impact on other orders placed with the contractor
and the minimum ordering requirements of the
contract. Although contractors may elect not
to submit a proposal, when they do, they must
comply with the page limitations for proposals
described in section 2.2.1 through 2.2.3; USAID
will not evaluate any pages that exceed these
limits.
The following are the thresholds and corresponding
procedures for requesting proposals for task
orders:
(b)2.(A) For task orders estimated to be
equal to or less than US $100,000: In
accordance with the general procedures in
(b)2. above, the Task Order Cognizant Technical
Officer (TO CTO) will request a task order
proposal from each contractor after coordinating
the terms of the RFTOP with the TOCO. The
TO CTO may not ask for more than a two (2)
page cost proposal, and if the TO CTO deems
it necessary, may also ask for a technical
proposal of no more than three (3) pages
(page limit does not include resumes, graphs,
or past performance information). The TO CTO
is not authorized to undertake discussions
or negotiations with the contractors. After
applying the evaluation criteria stated in
the request, the TO CTO drafts a brief memorandum
to the TOCO recommending that the task order
be awarded to the contractor that most successfully
addresses the evaluation criteria. The TOCO
is responsible for final selection, negotiation,
and task order award.
(b)2.(B) For task orders estimated to be
more than US$100,000 and equal to or less
than US$2,000,000: In accordance with
the general procedures in (b)2. above, the
TOCO will request a task order proposal from
each contractor. The TO CO may not ask for
more than a two (2) page cost proposal from
each Contractor, and if the TO CO, with the
concurrence of the TO CTO, deems it necessary,
may also ask for past performance information,
or for a technical proposal of no more than
ten pages (page limit does not include resumes,
graphs, and past performance information).
Once the Contractor is selected, the TOCO
may ask for a more detailed proposal (technical
or cost) if needed.
(b)2.(C) For task orders estimated to be
more than US$2,000,000: In accordance with
the general procedures in (b)2. above, the
TOCO will request a task order proposal from
each contractor. The TOCO may use the simplified
procedure in (b)2.(B) above. The TOCO has
discretion to decide how much documentation
above the minimum set forth above is needed
to assess the technical capability and cost
of each Contractor.
All Contractors interested in being considered
for the task order must submit a proposal
in accordance with the TOCO's request for
task order proposal instructions. The information
that the TOCO requests from each Contractor
must be the minimum needed.
(b)3. To obtain services or other deliverables
that are within the scope of this contract,
the TOCO may issue orders using any of the
pricing types specified in the contract.
(b)4. Contractor(s) must respond to the RFP
within the number of calendar days stated
in the Request for Task Order Proposal.
No separate payment will be made to the contractor
for the cost to prepare, submit and/or negotiate
a task order proposal.
(c) Task Order Award. The Contractor must
not commence work until authorized by the
TOCO
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