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Dear Prospective Offeror: The United States Government, represented by the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID), through the Mission in Serbia, is seeking proposals from qualified local Se... Dear Prospective Offeror: The United States Government, represented by the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID), through the Mission in Serbia, is seeking proposals from qualified local Serbia organizations interested in providing the services as described in this solicitation. The competition under this solicitation is limited to local entities in accordance with Section 7077 of Public Law 112-74, as amended by Section 7028 of the Consolidated Appropriation Act (P.L 113-76) titled “Local Competition Authority”. For the purpose of the solicitation, local entity means an individual, a corporation, a nonprofit organization, or another body of person that: Is legally organized under the laws of Republic of Serbia; have its principal place of business or operations in the Republic of Serbia; and is: (A) majority owned by individuals who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of the cooperating country; and (B) managed by a governing body the majority of who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of the cooperating country. For purpose of this section “Majority owned" and "managed by" include, without limitation, beneficiary interests and the power, either directly or indirectly, whether exercised or exercisable, to control the election, appointment, or tenure of the organization's managers or a majority of the organization's governing body by any means. Subject to the availability of funds, USAID anticipates awarding a single Firm Fixed Price Contract, up to $80,000, covering a period of up to six months, from the date of the award. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR 13.106, USAID intends to award a contract on a best-value basis. Therefore, the offerors should not strive to meet the maximum amount, rather, the offerors should propose the best technical, and management solution, and costs that are appropriate, realistic, reasonable, and in accordance with the proposed approach for achieving the activity objective. Please note that offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) in order to do business with the U.S. Government. A successful registration in SAM means the Offeror has obtained a Unique Entity ID, and has secured an NCAGE number to successfully register in SAM. USAID reserves the right to amend or rescind this solicitation at any time. Any amendments to this solicitation will be issued and posted on the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) and USAID/Serbia website and social media. It is the responsibility of the prospective Offerors to ensure that the solicitation has been received from the internet in its entirety. USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. Proposals must be received electronically on or before the closing date stipulated above to provide the services and deliverables specified in the RFP below. Proposals must be sent via email attachments to Dukagjin Hasani at: dhasani@usaid.gov and Armend Aliu at: aaliiu@usaid.gov by the closing date and must conform to all requirements outlined in Section L of this RFP. This solicitation in no way obligates USAID to award a contract nor does it commit USAID to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of the proposal. Respectfully,