What to consider when thinking about issuing a TO under PSP

·         For CTOs/technical staff: please contact the USAID/W PSP management team if you are interested in using the PSP IQC.  The PSP management team in GH/PRH can help with:

·         Answering questions about how to put together a Request for Task Order Proposal

·         Answering questions about the pros and cons of particular mechanisms, including PSP, and whether the scope you have in mind falls within the PSP SOW.

·         Sharing experiences from other missions/operating units and providing examples of RFTOPs.

Contact Information: Susan Wright (CTO): swright@usaid.gov, Shyami de Silva (TA): sdesilva@usaid.gov, Marguerite Farrell (TA), mfarrell@usaid.gov.

·         For COs and contracting staff: please contact the USAID/W negotiators assigned to the PSP IQC.  They can help with:

·         Questions about the overall IQC contract,

·         Providing electronic copies of the IQC contract(s)

·         Ensuring that sufficient ceiling is available for your TO

·         Advice regarding the procurement timeline for a task order

·         Other important notes:

·         Every Task Order issued under the PSP IQC should collect 2-5 indicators from among a central list developed by the core-funded PSP-One task order.  The PSP performance monitoring plan is available at the PSP-One website at: www.psp-one.com.  The following are examples of language included in past RFTOPs regarding the requirement for including standard indicators in any TO PMP:

1.      “In addition PSP will have a central set of indicators that will track overall progress for all the Task Orders in different countries. The offeror must include 3-5 indicators from this central list (available at: http://www.psp-one.com).  In addition, as part of the offeror’s workplan(s), indicators specific to this Task Order for XXX will be developed. OR

2.      Work Plan and Performance Monitoring Plan.  Within 60 days of award, the XXX contractor will submit an initial work plan and budget for the implementation of the task order through DATE.  Subsequent work plans will be submitted and negotiated for each year cycle, which currently runs from MONTH through MONTH.  The initial work plan will include a proposed Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP) for the entire period of performance including the process for collecting baseline data and including at least two, and up to five, of the standardized indicators that will be used by all recipients of task orders under this IQC.  The TO work plan and the performance monitoring plan will be subject to the approval in writing by the Task Order CTO.

·         The preferred method for releasing RFTOPs is to email them directly to each IQC holder.  While we make a best effort to keep contact information for each IQC holder currently on this website, please contact the PSP IQC management team in USAID/W for up to date contact information before releasing any RFTOPs.  We will send you the most current email addresses we have for each IQC holder.

·         The PSP IQC management team in GH is available to help with reviewing or drafting statements of work under the PSP IQC.  Please contact us for more information.