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 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 PSC contract, nor does it commit USAID to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of the offers. Any questions must be directed in writing to the Point of Contact specified in the Attached 1.

The USAID Project Management Specialist (PMS) serves as the Economic Governance Advisor, and provides project management support to the Democracy, Rights and Governance (DRG) Office. The PMS assists the DRG Office Director and Deputy Director(s) to oversee programmatic, administrative and financial aspects of the democracy and governance activities in the portfolio to ensure that project objectives are being effectively met within USAID guidelines and regulations. In this capacity, the PMS supports the development and accomplishment of economic governance programming for the Mission. S/he provides the DRG Office with technical assistance and management support for a portfolio of activities dealing generally with fiscal accountability, economic governance, public financial management, and domestic resource mobilization. The PMS also supports the DRG Office on all aspects of contract/grant management for assigned activities, including performance of grantees and contractors according to approved work plans, monitoring and evaluation, reporting on specific results and impact, and success fulfillment of the quarterly accrual process.

The PMS also coordinates with other USAID Technical Offices to ensure synergy between other sector activities and DRG programming, especially in the cross-cutting area of accountability. S/he functions as the liaison between the DRG office and other technical teams, i.e. health, education, and economic growth, to ensure that each office has the necessary tools and coordination to meet their respective results related to public financial management and fiscal accountability. Further, the PMS functions as the liaison to other U.S. Government Agencies within the Embassy (State Department, Treasury, Department of Justice, etc.) and other international donors on matters related to public financial management and economic governance.

S/he also supports the Mission Partner Government Systems team to undertake updates of Public Financial Management Risk Assessment Framework – Stage 1 Rapid Appraisal of the host country’s financial management system and the Program Office in all democracy and governance related assessments and the development of Program Appraisal Documents.

The Project Management Specialist is required to exercise careful judgment in planning and carrying out tasks, including the specific approach to be taken, the resolution of problems and conflicts, and the meeting of deadlines. The job holder is required to work with minimum supervision and in collaboration with other professional staff inside and outside the Mission.

Sincerely,
Donald Brady
Contracting Officer