Sub-Saharan Africa: Energy Sector and Critical Minerals Opportunities DS Series

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1131PL25RDM11055 - AMENDMENT 00001 URGENT NOTICE: AMENDMENT 00001 (A00001) - 1) CORRECT TITLE TO READ:

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: ENERGY SECTOR AND CRITICAL MINERALS OPPORTUNITIES DS SERIES . 2) RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS RECEIVED - 3) A REVISED PERFORMANCE WORK STATMENT (PWS). 4) PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENT I SF 30, ATTACHMENT II QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES, ATTACHMENT III - SF 1449 and ATTACHMENT IV - REVISE PWS - PAGES 18 thru 57. ALL ELSE REMAIN UNCHANGED.

This request for commercial item prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only RFP; offers are being requested and written solicitation will not be issued.

This solicitation is being issued in accordance with (IAW) FAR Part 12. The Government may award multiple contracts resulting from this solicitation to the respondents who are deemed responsible and are determined, based on the evaluation factors, to represent the best value to the Government. The Government may elect to award to a single offeror or to award up to but not to exceed three (3) offerors for the services under this solicitation. Each Contractor shall provide one (1)Final Report in cumulation to USTDA.

In the performance of this contract, each awardee will be required to complete at least one (1) Preliminary Evaluation and one (1) Project Report. USTDA reserves the right to make the final determination on which activities merit consideration for the Preliminary Evaluations and Project Reports. This procurement is a 100 percent Small Business Set-Aside with a small business size standard of $19 MIL annual sales under NAICS Code 541690. Award is limited to U.S. Firms or U.S. individuals.

Contractor and subcontractor personnel used shall be either, U.S. citizens on non-U.S. citizens lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States. Contractor use of subcontractors is limited to less than fifty percent of the proposed price.