SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Surge Response Food for Peace Officer - PSC - Cover sheet
- Notice Date
- 6/15/2012
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Agency for International Development, Washington D.C., USAID/Washington, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 7.10-006, Washington, District of Columbia, 20523, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20523
- Solicitation Number
- SOL-OAA-12-000093
- Archive Date
- 7/24/2012
- Point of Contact
- Renee Reed,
- E-Mail Address
-
rreed@usaid.gov
(rreed@usaid.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Solicitation Continuation Pages Cover Sheet The Office of Food for Peace (FFP) in the U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau's for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) is the largest provider of food assistance in the world. FFP annually provides close to $2 billion of food assistance, including some 1.5 million tons or more of in-kind Title II food assistance valued at more than $1.6 billion and reaching 46 million beneficiaries in 48 countries. Since 2010, FFP has complemented its provision of Title II in-kind food aid with a $300 million Emergency Food Security Program (EFSP), which allows for local and regional purchase of food outside of the United States and closer to the emergency setting, as well as market based approaches such as cash transfer or food voucher programs that facilitate access to food. In addition to emergency response, FFP provides support for development food aid programs which aim to address the underlying causes of food security. Taken together, the in kind and cash based programs provide an impressive array of tools to combat hunger and malnutrition overseas. Programming is facilitated by state of the art early warning systems, a changing in kind food aid basket that includes more nutritious products, and a modern supply chain management system that allows for rapid movement of commodities. Programming approaches are evolving to focus increasingly on building the resilience of chronically vulnerable populations, especially those in arid lands who face increasing cycles of drought, and improving nutrition with a special focus on women and children under two. Food for Peace works closely with many other parts of USAID, especially the Bureau for Food Security, which plays a key role in implementing the President's Feed the Future initiative, and the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, which leads on disaster response around the world. Food for Peace employs a staff of over 50 in Washington and also has officers posted abroad. More Information on FFP is available at: http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/ffp/ The Surge Response Group (SRG) is a FFP program to satisfy FFP's growing need for surge capacity to meet program requirements. In response to numerous emergencies worldwide, it became clear that FFP requires more staff to cover positions in the field and in FFP/W. FFP's SRG program will bring on board select candidates who can work on a part-time basis, for no more than 250 days per calendar year. Once hired and after initial orientation, SRG staff may be deployed within one week to facilitate FFP's response to emergencies. In some cases, they may be called upon to meet short-term needs to monitor non-emergency programs in the field. SRG positions are contracted for an initial period of one year with the option to renew for four years. SRG FFP Officers will be considered part of FFP/Washington's resources.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Worldwide, United States
- Record
- SN02777215-W 20120617/120615234839-b041d7ebd99f9e28f95f8896e9a14972 (fbodaily.com)
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